HOW TO STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

AFFORDABLE AMD

LAST MONTH, we built a brand new

THE NEWS

Intel’s messy roadmap Three lakes, two sockets, and

TECH TALK

Nvidia DLSS 3.5 and Ray Reconstruction

THE LIST

THE BEST GAMING CHAIRS

TRADE CHAT

AMD has canceled some GPUs, but don’t panic!

DOCTOR

THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES...

AMD RADEON ON A BUDGET

Team AMD or Team Intel? Which sub$1,000 machine should you side with?

THE COMPONENTS

CPU AMD RYZEN 5 5600X This chip has

AMD RADEON ON A BUDGET

A NEW GO-TO AMD GPU FOR 1080P GAMING?

ALL-INTEL OR ALL-AMD?

WHICH IS THE KING OF 1080P GAMING?

LETTERS

WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON...

THE BUILDS

THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES...

BUILD YOUR OWN CLOUD STORAGE

Don’t trust third parties with your data? Nick Peers has the answer…

BEYOND MOORE’S LAW

Moore’s Law is mostly dead, yet it stumbles ominously forward. Jeremy Laird investigates whether the Lord of Light can revive computing’s prospects or are they already zombified?

MAKE WINDOWS GREAT AGAIN

Microsoft has made many unwelcome and unnecessary changes to Windows 10 and 11. Robert Irvine reveals how to reverse all the ways it has messed up its operating system

CHOOSE THE BEST VPN PROVIDER

Nate Drake gives you the rundown on how to select the very best VPN service for your needs

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YOU’LL NEED THIS MKVTOOLNIXGUI Your Swiss army knife

Make e-mail easier with Thunderbird

YOU’LL NEED THIS THUNDERBIRD The latest version (115.0)

Keep your ad blocker working

YOU’LL NEED THIS CHROME OR EDGE, UBLOCK ORIGIN

Store your files online for FREE

YOU’LL NEED THIS MEGA ACCOUNT New Zealand-based cloud

LAB NOTES JEREMY LAIRD, CONTRIBUTOR

Falling behind the curve

Editor’s Pick:RedMagic 8S Pro

Forget video calling and Insta snaps, this is the best gaming phone right now

Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC

An OLED experience on an absolutely epic scale

Sk ytech Chronos 2

Cost-effective gaming that comes with a couple of caveats

Kingston XS1000

Good things come in small packages

Razer Blade 14

Good things come in small packages

AOK ZOE A1 Pro

Definitely more than a Deck, but is it better than a ROG Ally?

Asus ROG Rapture GT-A XE16000

A lot of router for a lot of cash

Corsair HS80 Max Wireless

Revised mid-tier headset from Corsair has plenty of features in its arsenal

Drop Lord of the Rings Dwarvish ENTR

As sturdy as a stout dwarf but basic under the skin

Mountain Makalu Max

A great wired gaming mouse, but sometimes a frustrating wireless one

Baldur's Gate III

Larian's latest is worth the 20-year wait

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