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Disintegration
Things fall apart
SteelSeries Apex 3
A competent, affordable keyboard for membrane fans
EK Fluid Gaming 270 Vanquish
What’s cooler than being cool?
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
The Goldilocks chip
COMPACT COMPUTING
Build yourself a desk-friendly videographer’s machine
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 vs Affinity Photo 2020
In the battle of the image-editing apps, there’s only one winner: the users
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
After more than a decade of dominance, Intel has fallen behind its main rival, AMD. Jeremy Laird investigates where Intel went wrong and how it will fight back
LICENSE TO FAIL
Join Christian Guyton for a walk down memory lane as we recall the 20 biggest computer industry flops of the last 20 years
MSI MEG Z490 Ace
Intel’s new chipset finally hits our lab
Intel Core i5-10600K
The gaming staple finally gets Hyper-Threading
Gears Tactics
Do you know the way to Fenix Point?
EK Fluid Gaming 275-AG Vanquish
WHEN IT COMES TO liquid cooling, EK is the genuine article. Cooling kits and water blocks are the first thing this Slovenian brand offers, but today we’re going a step further, taking a look at one of EK’s fully liquid-cooled gaming systems. This is the 275-AG Vanquish, an absolute powerhouse for gaming, fitted with an EVGA RTX 2080 Super and AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, along with 32GB of high-speed RAM. Sit down for this: It costs $2,700. Yes, that’s a lot of money to drop on a gaming rig, but consider that the CPU and GPU cost $1,200 to buy separately. The Vanquish is expensive, but you get plenty of bang for your buck.
Before We Leave
Build a cosy colony, but beware of the whales
Aukey KM-G6 LED Mechanical Keyboard
Click clack to reality
Asus ROG Strix Go 2.4
Ready, set, go
Acer Nitro 7
Laptop gaming without the hefty price tag
Steelseries Rival 3
Take a good thing, make it cheaper
In Other Waters
Who is the bad guy here?
MSI Optix MAG321CURV
A budget 4K gaming panel?
XCOM: Chimera Squad
Say hi to the hybrids
Intel Core i9-10900K
It’s another refresh, but it’s still one heck of a chip
Be quiet! Pure Base 500DX
Evolutionary advancements
BUILDING ON A BUDGET
A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO PUTTING THE PERFECT $535 BUDGET PC TOGETHER LENGTH OF TIME: 1-2 HOURS LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: EASY
Whirlwind FX Element
Elementary, my dear Watson
$535 BUDGET BUILD
When it’s not about gaming, just what can you get on a budget?
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14
The new crown prince of 14-inch gaming laptops
Steelseries Apex Pro
The life magnetic, with Maximum PC
Viewsonic Elite XG270QG
Viewsonic meets LG in this pristine gaming monitor
Doom Eternal
Rip and tear, but obey the lore
HyperX Cloud Flight S
A headset with… let us check our notes… wireless charging?