VIRTUAL MACHINES MADE MANIFEST

A RETURN TO NORMALITY

Zak Storey IT’S NICE FOR ONCE to just

AMD Does It Again

Zen 3 gives Team Red another big jump in performance

NO FACEBOOK, NO OCULUS

OLED tech offers unparalleled pixel densities

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies

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

THE DOJ TAKES ON GOOGLE

It’s accused of “aggressively using its monopoly”

WINDOWS FALL UPDATE

20H2 update goes live

Superconductivity at Room Temperature

Researchers have discovered a material capable of superconductivity

Big Navi Lands

The new Radeon 6000-series puts AMD’s card right

Minecraft Requires Microsoft Account

From the start of next year if you

TECH TALK

Infinity Cache Changes The VRAM Paradigm

OPEN SOURCE

Why Every PC Builder Needs Some Pi

DOCTOR

THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES

LETTERS

WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON

OFFICE HOURS

Working from home? Here’s our straightforward guide to building a solid office PC

GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS

With no unusual features and no graphics card, this is a build that even a novice should be able to complete. Clear some space, gather your components, and let’s get to work

FUNCTION OVER FORM

1 The Corsair A500 is a seriously bulky

AMD ZEN 3 UNWRAPPED

The upcoming Ryzen 5000 CPUs significantly improve on an already successful 7nm design

BUILD A JELLYFIN MEDIA SERVER

Set up your own powerful-and completely free-alternative to Plex and Emby with Nick Peers

TECH PORN

PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

Using Intel GVT-g

Of course it’s only available on Linux— an Ubuntu 20.04 install will do—and the official Intel guide (http://bit.ly/maxpcgvt ) is pretty deep. The official Arch guide (http://bit.ly/maxpcarch) can be followed, but requires a good few asides for the uninitiated. The most user-friendly guide we spotted is at http://blog.tmm.cx. The four-step process covers:

Hardware acceleration

Any processor made in the last 15 years

HOW TO

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

AUTOPSY

THIS MONTH WE DISSECT

Cable Sleeving Tutorial Part 2

YOU’LL NEED THIS CABLE SLEEVING TUTORIAL PART 1 Maximum

Stream From a Birdbox With a Pi

YOU’LL NEED THIS A RASPBERRY PI & A COMPATIBLE

How To Apply Thermal Paste

YOU’LL NEED THIS NON CONDUCTIVE THERMAL PASTE Recommended, Noctua

BUILD IT

Case Transplants 

LAB NOTES

TESTED. REVIEWED. VERDICTIZED

Reviewed…

76 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition 78

Corsair HS60 Haptic

This headset comes with haptic feedback that can vibrate you to your eyeballs—but that you can also switch off

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition

Heir to the Titan throne

HP EliteBook 845 G7

AMD teams up with HP for a sweet new laptop

AOC C27G2

Punchy pricing for 165Hz, pity about that VA panel

Razer Tomahawk Mini-ITX

A chassis from Razer?

Samsung 980 PRO 1TB

Samsung gives its premium SSD a PCIe Gen4 upgr ade

Asus ROG Strix Scope RX

Let’s get optical

Razer Pro Click Mouse

An ergonomic mouse made for comfort

Razer Pro Type Keyboard

A keyboard for professionals. Maybe

Corsair K60 RGB Pro

World: Meet the Cherry MX Viola

Baldur’s Gate III

Remembering the Forgotten Realms

Steam vs Epic Games Store

Digital storefronts battle it out for your money

THE BUILDS

WITH THE BUILDS WELL AND TRULY SHAKEN UP