BUILDING THE ROCKET LAKE

LAKES OF ROCKETS AND STUFF

WE DID IT! We finally took new portrait

Bitcoin’s Bubble

  Cryptocurrencies are valuable, but dirty

IRREPARABLE GOODS SLAMMED

FTC REPORT POURS SCORN ON THE EXCUSES MADE

AMD AND GF FINALLY PART WAYS

The partnership that never really worked

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies

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

HACKERS CUT FUEL SUPPLY

Ransomware attack shuts essential pipeline

WINDOWS 10X DEAD

Launch of lightweight OS delayed indefinitely

You’ve Been Tagged

APPLE’S NEW $29 AIRTAG is a little button

M2 Chips This Summer

Apple’s M2 chip is on schedule to make

New Magnetic Tape

As part of the quest to build a

Goodbye Mining, Hello Farming

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT the cryptocurrency-induced PC component shortages couldn’t get any worse, there’s a new coin in town: chia. Try to ignore the catchy “ch-ch-ch-chia” jingle in your brain and focus on the looming prospect of a cryptocoin that does to storage what ethereum has done to the graphics card market. By the time you read this, it’s entirely possible the storage shortage (stortage?) will be well under way

Tech Is Everywhere; Why Are Hospitals So Behind?

I’M BACK. I was diagnosed with lymphoma in December, and had to take time off while undergoing chemotherapy. Things are looking up now, but I spent a lot of time in hospitals over the last few months, and it left me wondering why the medical industry is so far behind with its computing

DOCTOR

THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES... > PC Shutdown Woes

THE ROCKET LAKE GAMING PC

  Sam  Lewis  has to  fend  for  himself  with  his  first  ever  build  for  Maximum  PC

ROCKET LAKE INGREDIENTS

CPU INTEL CORE I9-11900K $550 It may not have

UNPACKING INTEL’S ROCKET LAKE AND BEYOND

After the Rocket come the Alders,Raptors,and Meteors

Getting Started With Raspberry Pi

Single-board computers have captured  the imagination of many PC builders.  Here’s Ian Evenden’s beginner’s  guide to getting a Raspberry Pi  up and running

PC GAMING: A HISTORY

PC gaming has come a long way.  Christian Guyton looks at where it’s  been and where it might go next

HOW TO

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC TIP OF

GETTING SPOILT

As I mentioned in the previous issue, I’ve

Xiaomi Mi Watch 2021

IFIXIT presents: THIS MONTH WE DISSECT... Last year’s

Make a Mock-Up in Photoshop

YOU’LL NEED THIS

Have More Fun With Your Oculus Quest 2

YOU’LL NEED THIS OCULUS QUEST 2 See our

Mod Your PC With 3D-Printed Parts

YOU’LL NEED THIS 3D PRINTER You’ll also need

Machine of the Month: Atari 800 Series (1979)

YOU’LL NEED THIS

Glutton for Punishment

What did I get up to in my time off?

Asuswrt-Merlin Project

Wizardry for your router

Reviewed…

72 AMD Radeon RX 6800 74 Nvidia GeForce

AMD Radeon RX 6800

All the VRAM, plenty of cores

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

More memory, less bandwidth and compute

Corsair One a200

Slim, sleek, and brimming with power

AOC Agon AG493UCX

It’s big, but is it beautiful?

Oculus Quest 2

Heralding the arrival of true consumer-ready VR gaming

Lian Li PC-O11-Dynamic Mini

The prodigy has been downsized

Topping E30 DAC & L30 Amp

Will this compact duo enter your audio setup?

AVerMedia PW315

For both work and streaming?

Pictek PC305

Can a cheap keyboard play with the big boys?

Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139

A relic from yesteryear, or a wondrous remaster waiting for its chance at the limelight?

Spotify vs. Tidal

Which music-streaming corner should you back?

LETTERS

WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON

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