BUILDING THE $990 GAMING PC

BARGAIN-BASEMENT GAMING

AS I’M SURE YOU’RE AWARE, AMD has just

Zen 4: all that we’d hoped for

AMD’s latest is fast and efficient—and the fight is on!

DUCKDUCKGO RELEASES PRIVATE EMAIL

YOUR EMAILS AREN’T SAFE from prying eyes. Google

INTEL HINTS AT LOWER PRICES

Alchemist has been disappointing, but can Intel turn it around?

WIN11 22H2 UPDATE IMMINENT

First significant Win11 update brings new features

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies

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

NVIDIA DOUBLES POWER

High expectations for Nvidia’s next-gen GPUs, but the wait goes on

Flexible curves

Flexible OLEDs such as the LG Flex are

USB 4 goes twice as fast

The people behind the USB standard have announced

Amazon acquires iRobot

Amazon’s latest acquisition is iRobot, makers of the

AMD Ryzen 7000 Lineup Revealed

WE TOOK A DEEP DIVE into AMD’s Zen

THE LIST

THE TOP FIVE PC GAME CONTROLLERS

Plenty Moore where that came from…

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DOCTOR

THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES...

BUILD A $990 GAMING PC

Gaming on a budget? We show you how to build a machine for under $1,000

PREPPING YOUR FRESH PC

Follow these steps to make sure your PC is running up to speed

STARTER PERIPHERALS

TO HELP YOU get into the swing of

LETTERS

WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON...

THE BUILDS

THIS MONTH’S STREET PRICES...

HOW TSMC CAME TO RULE THE WORLD

A decade ago, TSMC was generations behind Intel in chip production technology but now it’s the undisputed world leader. Jeremy Laird looks at the rapid rise of Taiwan’s chip foundry

LINUX IN SPACE!

With the OS now established in astronautics, Mike Bedford looks at its future prospects

CENTERFOLD

PERFORMANCE GEAR LAID BARE

BEST OF GAMESCOM 2022

The world’s biggest video games show is back after three years. Guy Cocker was in Germany to see all the latest games and hardware

HOW TO

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

MacBook Air with M2 chip

THIS MONTH WE DISSECT... The compact main board

Fix PC problems with Windows 11

YOU’LL NEED THIS WHOCRASHED HOME EDITION ( www.resplendence.com/

Locate and update hard-to-find drivers

YOU’LL NEED THIS TRY ONE OR BOTH OF

Turn a monitor into a digital dashboard

YOU’LL NEED THIS AN OLD OR CHEAP MONITOR

LAB NOTES

Logitech Creators Day New keyboards, mice, webcams, and more

Intel Arc A380 by Gunnir

This sinking ship needs a better driver

MSI Aegis Ti5 12th

An OTT design and OTT performance, is this a winning combo for MSI?

NZXT Canvas 32Q Curved

A fine, but not fantastic, 165Hz gaming panel

NZXT H7 Flow

Is this the pick of the bunch?

Backforce V

High-end gaming chair engineering at a more affordable price

HP Elite Dragonfly G3

Epic battery life, but otherwise a bit borked

Mountain Everest Max

This keyboard does it all—and has plenty of customization

HyperX DuoCast

HyperX’s midrange mic suffers from middle child syndrome

WD Black SN850X 1TB

WD gives its top SSD some added X-factor

Rollerdrome

Everything’s more fun on roller skates

Plex vs. Jelly fin

Do you need to pay for a media streaming server?