BEST VALUE PC 2023

THE DO-IT-ALL PC

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AMD and Nvidia go Mid-range

Radeon RX 7600 and GeForce RTX 4060 fight for 1080p

METEOR LAKE

LATEST ON THE NEW PROCESSOR

WINDOWS GETS A COPILOT

Microsoft is making use of the AI advance

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies

A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech

AMD CONFIRMS HYBRID CHIPS

Pheonix 2 APU to get Zen 4C cores

PHOTOSHOP GOES AI

Just type in what you want to see

New Sony Handheld

SONY HAS A NEW HANDHELD, currently known internally

PCIe 5.0 SSDs Run Hot

Users of the first generation of PCIe 5.0

GPU Clock Record

Nvidia’s 4090 is the world’s best consumer GPU.

TECH TALK

How much VRAM do you really need?

THE BEST VR HEADSETS

IN 2023, a VR headset needs to be

TRADE CHAT

What is actually going on with gaming graphics?

DOCTOR

THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES...

LETTERS

WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON...

STREAMLINE AND CLEAN UP WINDOWS

Strip the bloat from Windows and give it a spring-clean for a factoryfresh feel with Nick Peers

HOW TO BE INVISIBLE ONLINE

Robert Irvine recommends the best new ways to stay anonymous online by switching to more effective anti-tracking tools

CENTERFOLD

PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

SEVEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WI-FI

Another new wireless technology, already? Darien Graham-Smith looks ahead to the next-generation networking standard

RUN WINDOWS AND MACOS [TOGETHER]

Why limit yourself to one OS? Nik Rawlinson finds out how to work seamlessly across different platforms

HOW TO

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

LAB NOTES

GUY COCKER, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Intel Core i3-13100F

Intel remains the budget gaming king, even if it struggles to beat its previous gen chip

Lenovo Legion Y32p-30

Lenovo’s premium 4K panel has a pricing problem

Dell 24 Monitor P2423D

Another QHD productivity delight or misfire?

Alienware X17 R2

Is last-gen power still relevant?

Dell 27 Gaming Monitor G2723H

Is 1080p all you really need?

Intel Core i5 13400F

The best budget gaming CPU right now

SteelSeries Apex Pro TKL Wireless

A compact, fast-paced keyboard that focuses on swift switches

SteelSeries Arena 9

Are the world’s first 5.1 surround sound gaming speakers a necessary addition to your setup?

Razer Blackshark V2 Pro 2023

A genuine 2023 upgrade, but the original still sounds great for less

System Shock

Nightdive has modernized the original, although it might have stuck too faithfully to its formula

Google Bard vs ChatGPT

Two AI chatbots, alike in dignity, but which should you use?

THE BUILDS

THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES...