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ONE OF THE MOST COMMON requests I receive from readers (email me at editor@maximumpc.com!) is for more themed builds. This issue, I'm happy to oblige, and proudly present the Ultimate [...]

IT MAY BE GREEN on the cover of this issue in honor of the colorful Geometric Future Model 5, but inside these pages, it's very blue. That's both a reference [...]

A LOT HAS CHANGED since we did our last 'Console Killer' cover build in December 2020, as the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles launched and subsequently remained sold out [...]

GIVEN THE LAST two years of digital-only or poorly attended physical shows, it was great to see the Las Vegas Convention Center packed with new technology once again. Fighting through [...]

FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, it's felt as though CPUs have been the bridesmaid, never the bride. With the rise of AI, cryptocurrencies, and gaming during and after the lockdowns, [...]

IT'S BEEN A STRANGE few months in the world of PC building. As you'll have read in these pages, Intel had been quiet about a crucial flaw that was discovered [...]

HELLO AND WELCOME to this very forward-looking edition of Maximum PC. This issue, we're giving you our take on two of the latest developments in the PC world. The first [...]

VIDEO GAME CONVENTIONS have had a strange few years. The Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles went virtual for a couple of years during the pandemic but was canceled this [...]

THIS ISSUE of Maximum PC is filled with glimpses into the future--next-generation Zen 5 chips from AMD (page 8), the future of gaming keyboards with 8,000Hz polling rates (page 49), [...]

JUST WHEN it felt like we were seeing the end of new graphics cards this year, AMD surprised us by importing its RX 7900 'Golden Rabbit Edition' from China for [...]

IN THIS ISSUE of Maximum PC, we've dared to think the unthinkable in performance PC building. Namely, can we build a gaming PC that doesn't have a dedicated GPU? Of [...]

THIS ISSUE, we wrap up the RTX 40-series Super voyage we've been on for the Last few months, as we've now built machines featuring the enhanced versions of the RTX [...]

IF NVIDIA'S RTX 4070 Super took center stage Last issue, this month, it's the turn of its slightly superior sibling, the RTX 4070 Ti Super. If you can look past [...]

HANDS DOWN, no question, the RTX4070 Super is the pick of Nvidia's updated GPU range. It's 15 to 20 percent quicker than the OG 4070 for exactly the same money. [...]

THOSE OF YOU who've been using PCs long enough will no doubt recognize the name Creative. The company's dedicated sound cards were a common addition to many a PC, back [...]

WHEN IT COMES to building novel and visually compelling PCs, trust our ex-editor Zak Storey to deliver the goods. This month, he's put together a build using Hyte's Y70 Touch [...]

IT'S FAST BECOMING Maximum PC Holiday issue tradition to go all-out with our cover build and put together the fastest machine possible. Perhaps it feels in keeping with the excess [...]

THIS ISSUE, I got back into PC building, as you can see from the RGB-laden machine adorning this month's cover. It has somehow been nearly a year since my last [...]

AS WE'VE MENTIONED before, the excellent Macrium Reflect Free is being retired, taking with it one of our favorite (and free) ways of backing up. Thankfully, there is an excellent [...]

WE'VE BEEN A BIT down on 2023's graphics cards, thanks to a pretty toxic combination of inflated prices, lackluster performance, and a lack of a generational improvement over previous GPUs. [...]

LAST MONTH, we built a brand new Nvidia/Intel-based system for under a grand. This issue, we're doing it again, but with AMD, in our cover build, masterminded by our in-house [...]

IT'S TAKEN A WHILE, but this month we've finally been able to build a current-gen RTX gaming PC for under $1,000! We've done quite a few value-oriented gaming builds over [...]

WE REVIEWED THE SK Hynix Platinum P41 in our October 2022 issue, calling it 'one heck of an SSD', scoring it a 9 and officially welcoming manufacturer SK Hynix to [...]

IF YOU EVER DROP by the r/pcmasterrace subreddit, you'll find plenty of posts with titles like 'Noblechairs vs. Secret Lab', where a newbie asks the companies' many fans to evangelize [...]

ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, a previous employer of mine decided to move its email provider from Microsoft to Google. I was overjoyed. At the time, Outlook was tired, clunky, and [...]

SO HERE WE ARE--after months of rumors about AMD's Zen 4 and Intel's Raptor Lake CPUs, both arrive within weeks of each other. We'll have to wait until next month [...]

This document provides a summary of the highlights from the CES 2024 tech show in Las Vegas. It includes a range of new products such as gaming laptops, OLED monitors, haptic-feedback cushions, gaming routers, AR sunglasses, Android tablets, laptops with AI capabilities, and more. The article briefly describes each product, including release dates and prices. It also mentions the increasing use of AI technology in various devices. The summary provides a concise overview of the showcased technology products, their availability, website information, and prices. [Extracted from the article]

THIS MONTH, I took a look at Netgear's Nighthawk A8000 (see review, page 87), a USB dongle that allows you to upgrade any Windows 11 device to WiFi 6E. The [...]

IT TOOK NVIDIA over two and a half years, but we finally have a successor to the RTX 3060Ti in the form of the new RTX 4060Ti. I'm sure many [...]

Modular Mayhem PC building is about slapping 'brains' on your components now I'VE SADLY NOT been at Computex this year, but over in Taiwan, slapping 'brains' on all your PC [...]

AS WE COVER in this issue's news (page 8), both AMD and Nvidia are now starting to release their mainstream GPUs, by which I mean the ones an average person [...]

IN THIS ISSUE OF MAXIMUM PC, we make a return to building a PC that's more in keeping with ourtitle, going all-out with a top-of-the-line AMD gaming CPU and Nvidia's [...]

GERMAN CHAIR manufacturer Backforce has made some great gaming chairs for the premium end of the market, such as the $600 Backforce One and the $700 Backforce One Plus. Both [...]

PUBLISHING A PERSONAL website was once costly and complicated. But not any longer. User-friendly platforms such as WordPress and Wix enable you to publish online for free--you might not even [...]

IN THE COMMENTS SECTION of Maximum PC (see pages 94-95), the most hotly contested issue of the last few months has been our Budget Builds in the Blueprints section (page [...]

AS YOU MAY HAVE GUESSED by the fact that you're not holding a physical copy of Maximum PC this month, we're becoming a digital-only publication from this issue forward. Sadly, [...]

WE PROMISE it's nothing personal, but we've been maligning AMD and its GPUs for the past six issues. True, it's mainly because Nvidia has been drip-feeding its Lovelace-powered 4000-series cards [...]

THIS MONTH, I was lucky enough to head out to Las Vegas for this year's Consumer Electronics Show. You can read my full report on page 32, where I pick [...]

LIKE MANY OF YOU, I'm a member of quite a few WhatsApp groups across family, friends, and colleagues. One such group of journalists and PRs in tech has been spamming [...]

WHEN THE FIRST NETGEAR Orbi arrived in 2016, mesh Wi-Fi systems were largely the domain of offices managed by IT professionals. But as homes started to absorb more smart devices [...]

THE ONLY ANDROID tablet to really take on Apple's iPad Pro at the premium end of the market so far is the $850 Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+, released back in [...]

EVEN BEFORE JOINING this esteemed publication, I considered myself a hardcore PC gamer. I waited patiently for God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn to make their way to the [...]

A FEW YEARS AGO, there was an explosion of high-end microphones from companies such as Razer, Blue, and HyperX. They'd clearly all realized there was a nascent market of wannabe [...]

APOLOGIES to anyone who might be sick of my regular gushing over Samsung devices this year. It's a recent phenomenon--I spent the last ten years before joining Maximum PC as [...]

SINCE THE Nvidia RTX 4090 arrived to a '9 Kick-Ass' award in our December 2022 issue, we've been fixated on the card. I admit to being personally impressed when I [...]

WELL, HERE WE ARE. We've spent the last few issues teaching you how to build budget PCs under $1,000--a great exercise, as that hasn't been possible for the best part [...]

IN A MOVE THAT was inevitable but still shocking, Google announced it will close its game streaming service Stadia in January 2023, three years after it launched. The writing was [...]

WHAT A ROLLERCOASTER ride 2022 has been. Obviously, I mean in general, but this being Maximum PC, I refer specifically to the last 12 months in tech. The story of [...]

The article from Maximum PC addresses reader questions on updating BIOS for motherboards and advice on upgrading GPUs. The tutorial on updating BIOS emphasizes that the process is now less risky and can often be done within Windows or through a straightforward process in the BIOS. Regarding GPU upgrades, the editor suggests waiting for upcoming releases from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel before making a decision. Additionally, the article highlights the best-looking games of the year, such as Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, providing insights into their visual appeal and gameplay. [Extracted from the article]

THE HYPERX QUADCAST microphone has to go down as one of the best peripheral debuts of the last few years. HyperX had no pedigree in the market when it launched [...]