MSI Aegis Ti5 12th

An OTT design and OTT performance, is this a winning combo for MSI?

Intel Arc A380 by Gunnir

This sinking ship needs a better driver

INTEL 2.0

Graphics chips such as AMD's Navi 21 GPU have long been a TSMC specialty.

THE TOP FIVE PC GAME CONTROLLERS

MOUSE AND KEYBOARD is the godlike choice when it comes to playing games on PC, but even we have to concede, there are times when a good old game controller does it best.

Corsair K70 Pro Mini Wireless

Is this small and quirky keyboard worthy of its hefty price tag?

Razer Barracuda Pro

Wireless gaming and lifestyle cans—and a compromise on both

BenQ Mobiuz EX3210U

The monitor for all occasions?

ASRock RX 6750 XT Phantom Gaming D

Graphics prices falling down, falling down…

Framework Laptop

Do-It-Yourself Upgradeable Laptop

NZXT H7 Elite

The best of the best from NZXT?

Colorful GeForce GTX 1630

Party like it’s 2019 with this blast from the past

SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB

Welcome to the big league, SK Hynix…

NZXT C850 80+ Gold

There's no getting around it, this system will be resource hungry.

PNY XLR8 CS3140 PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1TB

STORAGE

PNY XLR8 Gaming REV RGB 32GB (2x 16GB) 3200MHz DDR4

MEMORY

Intel Core i9-12900K

CPU

Acer Predator XB323QK

32 inches of fantastic 4K 144Hz action

Corsair HS65 Surround

A good value daily gaming headset?

Audeze Euclid

Earphones for the price of a desktop? You read that right

Logitech MX Master 3S Wireless Mouse

The best productivity mouse

Razer Leviathan V2

The best PC soundbar just got better

ASUS TUF F15 2022

Value, performance and a new image for TUF?

HP X34

Great value ultrawide for gamers

Asus ROG Flow X16

HDR done right, at last

PowerColor RX 6400 ITX

Bottom of the budget barrel

THE LIST - TOP FIVE GAMING LAPTOPS

GAMING LAPTOPS are a contentious issue here at Maximum PC, with some of our writers loving them and others loathing them. Regardless, they remain a common entry point to PC ownership for many, thanks to their versatility, portability, and generally high-power performance. These are the best gaming laptops out there right now across a range of sizes, styles, and budgets, so you can get your game on no matter where you are or what you're doing.

Alienware Aurora R13

ALIENWARE once dominated the desktop gaming PC market with its unique cases, but now everyone from Razer to HP has distinctive-looking designs.

AMD ZEN 4 UNWRAPPED - Welcome to the modern age

AMD’S ZEN ARCHITECTURE revitalized the CPU industry, bringing much-needed competition and higher core counts to consumers everywhere. It’s hard to believe we languished on 4-core Intel CPUs as the top mainstream solution for a full decade, starting with the Core 2 Quad in early 2007 and lasting until the Core i7-8700K launched in late 2017. If you wanted more CPU cores, you had to move to the more expensive LGA2011 HEDT (high-end desktop) platform. AMD kicked that idea to the curb with its first Ryzen 7 CPUs, and we’ve been watching an arms race of escalating core counts and clock speeds ever since.

PHOTOREALITY CHECK

Real-time photorealism is the holy grail of gaming. And it’s coming to the PC sooner than you think, says Jeremy Laird

Razer Blade 15 Advanced (2022)

Be careful what you wish for…