Tech Triumphs and Tragedies

NEXT GEN HAS ARRIVED!

WELL, HERE WE ARE. We’ve spent the last

New graphical king

Power cables under strain from new monster GPU

GAMERS ADOPT WIN11, SLOWLY

ONLY 1/4 OF STEAM USERS

OFFICIAL SECURITY FOR THE IOT

Every smart gadget is a potential security risk,

THE EMPTY METAVERSE

New hardware, but few users and rising losses

COLORFUL NEW SURFACE PRO 9 MIXES INTEL & ARM

Laptop-tablet hybrid reaches version 9

Razer Edge to go 5G

READY FOR ANOTHER HANDHELD CONSOLE? The Razer Edge

Google Incognito mode... isn’t

Chrome’s Incognito mode stops third parties from seeing

Digital vehicle tags

California has joined Arizona and Michigan in allowing

Nvidia’s RTX 4090 16-pin Adapter Woes

LAST MONTH, we finally got a taste of

THE LIST

BEST POWER SUPPLIES FOR PC GAMING

That prediction didn’t work out so well…

ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO, I predicted 18 months

DOCTOR

THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES...

WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON...

> Remember XMP > Balancing Buil > Decoding

THE BUILDS

THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES...

TURBO

WITH A LARGER BUDGET and an arsenal including

8K GAMING MONSTER

A gaming PC powered by top-end Intel and Nvidia processors? Af ter two years of inflated prices, chip shor tages, and slow progress, next-gen is here, as Guy Cocker discovers

8K FOREVER

BUILD YOURSELF THE BEST GAMING PC OF 2022

GAMING PARADISE?

IF YOU’VE SEEN OUR RTX 4090 REVIEW, you

DDR5 VS. DDR4

WHILE WE INTENTIONALLY BUILT this PC using all

RTX 4090: WHAT TO TRY FIRST

THE BEST GAMES AND HARDWARE TO SHOW OFF YOUR NEW GPU

GEAR of the YEAR

AH YES, it’s that time of the year

INTEL’ S ARC ALCHEMIST ARCHITECTURE

© GETTY IMAGES/KATSUMI MUROUCHI Turning silicon into gold

CENTERFOLD

PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

THE TRUTH ABOUT HDR

Fake technological news or the ultimate visual experience? Jeremy Laird investigates the state of HDR technology on the PC today

LIFTING THE LID ON DDR5

The latest RAM technology has hit the mainstream, but what dif ference does it make? Darien Graham-Smith decodes the data to find out

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

TIP OF THE MONTH NAVIGATE WINDOWS 11 WITH

Under the hood of Windows 11 22H2

YOU’LL NEED THIS

Build a Streaming Audiobook Server

YOU’LL NEED THIS

How to Update Your GPU Drivers

YOU’LL NEED THIS

LAB NOTES

Stop me if I’m repeating myself…

Editor’s Pick:

SteelSeries Arctis Nova Pro

Intel Core i9-13900K

Introducing Intel’s new multi-core monster

Intel Core i5-13600K

In this case, E’s are most definitely good

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

This standard Zen 4 chip is no gap filler

Asus ROG Maximus

A premium motherboard for premium Intel builders

Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition

A true mid-range competitor

AOC Agon AG275QX

Hitting the 1440p, 170Hz sweet spot…

SteelSeries Arctis Nova 7 Wireless

Is it a step forward or a step backward for SteelSeries?

Corsair Katar Elite Wireless

Does this Katar provide razor sharp accuracy or is it a blunt instrument?

SureFire Kingpin M2

A dependable mechanical keyboard for $50?

Gotham Knights

The latest Batman(ish) game keeps it in the family

Google Drive vs. WeTransfer

Which side are you on for file sharing?