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Crusader Kings III

The king is dead! Long live the king!

Corsair K100

Reimagining a champion

Big Navi Lands

With AMD’s new launch, Nvidia has a serious rival at last

Audacity vs Audition

Battle of the digital audio workshops

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Time to get Ampered for Nvidia’s new starting lineup

Asus ROG Maximus XII Extreme

Aint no kill quite like overkill

Röki

Take a stroll through a deep, dark wood

NEXT-GEN DISTROS

Step right up: Jonni Bidwell is here to unveil the finest Linux distros around!

Hydra Mini

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

MSI Raider GE66

Raiders of the lost laptop

Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition

Oh give me a home, where the robo-buffalo roam…

Google Docs vs LibreOffice

The last word no longer belongs to Microsoft

Corsair 4000D Airflow

Obsidian meets 2020

Testing Nano Coolant We get handson with one of the world's most advanced liquid coolants

WE KNOW WHAT you’re thinking: “This is odd.” And you’re right—it’s not something we’d usually cover here at Maximum PC. It’s not a gaming rig specced out to some arbitrary number set by the management bods, nor is it a deep-dive into the latest technological architecture from the likes of Nvidia (next issue—don’t worry!). No, this is something we’ve never done before: A case study and the chance to test something that very few people can get their hands on.

GMMK Compact Barebones Keyboard

A small, mighty keyboard you can build yourself

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Incremental increases

Premiere Pro vs DaVinci Resolve

Choose your champion in the battle of the big video-editing apps

Razer Blade Pro 17

The Blade is back to blow you away

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Need a number-crunching monster in order to work from home? We’ve got you covered

HyperX Pulsefire Raid

A great sensor, 11 buttons, and a reasonable price, so what’s the catch?

Elgato Wave:3

Elgato fleshes out its streaming range with a great USB mic

Corsair One A100

Return of the king

How to Delid Your Processor, and Why

AH DELIDDING, THAT OLD, TERRIFYING PROCEDURE, usually only recommended for the elite.

Death Stranding

Life’s a beach and then you don’t die

CLOCK WORKS

Want to be a competitive overclocker? Here’s how to get started, by Scharon Harding

Beyond a Steel Sky

One of the great '90s adventures reimagined

ViewSonic Elite XG350R-C

The perfect home office gaming monitor?

TECH PORN

TECH PORN

Phanteks Eclipse P500A

Maximum mesh

Desperados III

The quiet bunch