Custom PC UK

Custom PC is the UK’s best-selling magazine for PC hardware, overclocking, gaming and modding. Every month, Custom PC is packed with in-depth hardware reviews, step-by-step photo guides and informative features, all with a focus on tinkering with your computer’s insides. Along the way, you’ll also find hard-hitting tech opinion, game reviews and all manner of computer hobbyism goodness, from small Pi projects to extreme PC mods.

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AMD SURPRISES WITH ITS 3D V-CACHE • Intel’s forthcoming Alder Lake platform has just been given some real competition, says Richard Swinburne

MORE GAME ADDICTION NONSENSE • Following a headline in The Guardian, Tracy King gives us a lesson in how statistics can be distorted for clicks

RAZER UNLEASHES COMPACT AMD LAPTOP

AMD COUNTERS DLSS WITH FSR

AOC LAUNCHES MINI LED GAMING MONITOR

LIQUID-COOLED RADEON RX 6900 XT

8PACK UNVEILS NEW HYPERCUBE

CORSAIR RELEASES 420MM CAPELLIX COOLER

NOCTUA LAUNCHES £100 PASSIVE CPU COOLER

LIAN LI MAKES ROTATABLE CHASSIS

ASUS MAKES ALL-AMD LAPTOPS

NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Ti FE/~£1,100

NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 Ti FE/1 ARM + 1 LEG

GIGABYTE Z590 VISION G/£221 inc VAT

ICEGIANT PROSIPHON ELITE/£150 inc VAT

ROCCAT KONE PRO/£70 inc VAT

FREE CHILLBLAST AERO RGB GAMING MOUSE WITH A 12-MONTH SUBSCRIPTION TO CUSTOM PC

CORSAIR SABRE RGB PRO/£50 inc VAT

ASUS TUF DASH F15/£ 1,299 inc VAT

WIRED2FIRE ULTIMATE – POWERED BY MSI/£3,250 inc VAT

CHILLBLAST FUSION TESTAROSSA/£3,799 inc VAT

Custom kit • Phil Hartup checks out the latest gadgets, gizmos and geek toys

ALL PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW COME WITH A FREE DIGITAL SUB

Liquidated • Antony Leather puts six of the latest 240mm all-in-one liquid CPU coolers to the test

ALPENFÖHN GLACIER WATER 240 ARGB/£145 inc VAT

ANTEC NEPTUNE 240/£80 inc VAT

BE QUIET! SILENT LOOP 2/£116 inc VAT

CORSAIR iCUE H100I ELITE CAPELLIX/£150 inc VAT

LIAN LI GALAHAD 240MM/£110 inc VAT

PHANTEKS GLACIER ONE 240MPH HALOS/£140 inc VAT

In the air tonight • Edward Chester puts six of the latest mid-range Wi-Fi 6 routers to the test

ASUS RT-AX68U/£165 inc VAT

BELKIN RT3200-UK/£80 inc VAT

LINKSYS MR9600/£200 inc VAT

NETGEAR NIGHTHAWK RAX40/£140 inc VAT

NETGEAR NIGHTHAWK PRO GAMING XR1000/£300 inc VAT

TP-LINK ARCHER AX73/£170 inc VAT

How we test

Elite • Our choice of the best hardware available

LOOT GRATES • Shooters are being ruined by an obsession with loot, argues Rick Lane

Dread XP Collection: The Hunt/£9.89 inc VAT • DEVELOPER Dread XP, David Szymanski et al/PUBLISHER Dread XP

Resident Evil Village/£64.99 inc VAT • DEVELOPER Capcom/PUBLISHER Capcom

NIER REPLICANT/£49.99 inc VAT • DEVELOPER Square Enix, Toylogic Inc/PUBLISHER Square Enix

TOTALLY ACCURATE BATTLE SIMULATOR/£ 14.99 inc VAT • DEVELOPER Landfall/PUBLISHER Landfall

WRAITH: THE OBLIVION: AFTERLIFE/£24.99 inc VAT • Rick Lane haunts a virtual mansion and considers the HTC Vive Pro 2’s chances in his latest VR roundup

SNIPER ELITE VR

HTC RELEASES VIVE PRO 2

BUILD YOUR DREAM PC • ANTONY LEATHER SHOWS YOU HOW TO BUILD A DAZZLING PC THAT ATTRACTS ATTENTION

WATER COOLING

CUSTOM MOUNTS AND SCREW HOLES

PAINT EFFECTS

CUSTOM RADIATOR MOUNTS

ENLIST THE PROS

ETCHING

ENGRAVING

VINYL

RGB LIGHTING

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