NO GPU? NO PROBLEM!

IN THIS ISSUE of Maximum PC, we’ve dared

Intel announces 6th Gen Xeon brand

‘Xeon Scalable’ becomes the Xeon 6 series

RDNA 2 GPU STOCKS LOW

6950 XT, 6900 XT, & 6800 XT SPARSE

SAMSUNG BUILDS 9TH GEN V-NAND CHIPS

Samsung begins producing next-gen memory chips for SSDs

LG ANNOUNCES GAMING OLED

The panel can alter refresh rates and resolutions

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies

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

EX-ARM CHINA CEO FOUNDS RISC-V

Firebrand Allen Wu courts controversy in his latest venture

Fire risk triggers recall of cat robots

SEGA TOYS released its line of ‘Kimit’

Intel Raptor Lake Core i9 Instability Problems

THE RACE BETWEEN AMD AND INTEL has heated up in the past few years as Ryzen processors have become increasingly competitive. The amount of headroom for overclocking has shrunk in response, and it seems motherboard vendors may have tweaked settings a bit too aggressively.

What exactly is an ‘AI’ PC?

AI, EVERYWHERE, all at once. That, in a nutshell, is what’s happening to the computing industry. The PC, inevitably, is not immune. Later this summer, you’ll be able to buy a machine that officially qualifies as an ‘AI’ PC, according to no lesser an authority than Microsoft. But you might be surprised at who’s making it.

DOCTOR

THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES...

DEDICATED VS INTEGRATED

GPUs We put AMD’s latest Ryzen 5 8600G to the test

LETTERS

WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON...

THE BUILDS

THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES...

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Microsoft, AMD, and Intel are all pushing the idea of AI PCs, but is it anything more than marketing speak? We find out

SAFEGUARD YOUR PC SECURITY FOR 2024

Nate Drake explores some of the more insidious cybersecurity threats of 2024, as well as ways to keep your PC safe

CENTERFOLD

PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

CREATE A SECURE WIREGUARD VPN SERVER

Discover how to securely access your home network

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’VE BEEN

Don’t let attackers sneak under your radar: Nik Rawlinson reveals the telltale signs to look out for

HOW TO

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

Use Photoshop’s new AI features

YOU’LL NEED THIS PHOTOSHOP CC 25.5 OR LATER Some

Use parental controls in Windows 11

YOU’LL NEED THIS AN ACTIVE MICROSOFT ACCOUNT for

Prevent browser fingerprinting

YOU’LL NEED THIS Admin privileges Stable internet connection

Convert Media Files with VLC

YOU’LL NEED THIS An up-to-date version of VLC

OLED isn’t all upside

The new monitors are complicated

Sapphire RX 7900 GRE Pulse

The Golden Rabbit Edition goes global

HP Omen 45L

HP’s biggest desktop PC offers mighty gaming potential

Ayaneo Kun

Physically wonderful, technically impressive, frustratingly quirky

2TB Seagate FireCuda 540 PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD

A brilliant drive, wrongly priced

32GB Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5

No glitz, no glamor; all performance

Geometric Future Model 8 Dharma

Something a little different

Elgato Facecam MK.2

Don’t call it a sequel—it’s an upgrade in every way

ASUS ROG Strix Scope II RX

Clickety clackety class

XGIMI Halo+

Almost flawless projection—with a catch

Horizon: Forbidden West

A solid PC port job, but doesn't move the series forward

HWMonitor vs HWiNFO

The kings of system monitoring go head-to-head