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AMD’S PRICE PUZZLE • Richard Swinburne likes the pricing of AMD’s upcoming new GPUs, but the total platform cost of AM5 is still far too expensive

EXTREMIST GAMING • Tracy King turns her sceptical eye to claims that extremists are using video games as tools to recruit young people

NVIDIA INVESTIGATING MELTING CABLES

NEXT-GEN RADEONS SET TO UNDERCUT NVIDIA

NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 /~£1,329 inc VAT

AMD RYZEN 9 7900X / £549 inc VAT

AOC 27G2SPU/£230 inc VAT

JONSBO D30 / £95 inc VAT

ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI / £526 inc VAT

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SAMSUNG 990 PRO / 2TB £284 inc VAT (reviewed); 1TB £154 inc VAT

WD BLACK SN850X/4TB £400 inc VAT; 2TB £212 inc VAT (with heatsink, reviewed); 1TB £112 inc VAT

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB DDR5/£256 inc VAT 32GB (2 x 16GB) 6000MHz

G.SKILL TRIDENT Z5 RGB/£236 inc VAT 32GB (2 x 16GB) 6000MHz

COOLER MASTER MM712/£80 inc VAT

CORSAIR KATAR ELITE WIRELESS/£45 inc VAT

SCAN 3XS FLUID TORRENT CS/£6,899 inc VAT

BEURER TL41 DAYLIGHT THERAPY LAMP / £74 inc VAT

HYPERX PULSEFIRE MOUSE MAT / £14.99 inc VAT

KENSINGTON SD5700T DOCKING STATION/£329.99 inc VAT

MINCE PIE MEGATEST • We apply our demanding testing principles to the latest festive pastry treats to find this year’s top mince pie

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32in gaming monitors • If you’re after some big-screen gaming fun, but don’t have the GPU grunt to play games at 4K, 2,560 x 1,440 32in displays are the way to go. Edward Chester puts six to the test

COOLER MASTER GM32-FQ/£365 inc VAT

CORSAIR XENEON 32QHQ165/£550 inc VAT

DELL G3223D/£350 inc VAT

IIYAMA G-MASTER GB3271QSU/£320 inc VAT

MSI MAG OPTIX MPG321QRF-QD/£700 inc VAT

PHILIPS MOMENTUM 5000 32M1N5500VS/£330 inc VAT

32IN GAMING MONITOR LABS RESULTS

Elite • Our choice of the best hardware available

NEW PROJEKTS • CD Projekt recently announced a slew of new products, but after the Cyberpunk 2077 fiasco, Rick Lane asks if it’s risking its reputation again

A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM/£43.99 inc VAT

Return to Monkey Island / £19.49 inc VAT

GROUNDED/£34.99 inc VAT

PRODEUS/£19.99 inc VAT

INSIDE NVIDIA’S NEW GPU • NVIDIA’S ADA LOVELACE MICROARCHITECTURE IS FINALLY HERE, BRINGING A HOST OF NEW FEATURES AND ASTONISHING LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE. EDWARD CHESTER UNPICKS THE INNER WORKINGS OF NVIDIA’S LATEST PIECE OF GAMING SILICON WIZARDRY

LIGHTS ALIVE: A PC ENTHUSIASTS’ GUIDE TO RGB LIGHTING • ANTONY LEATHER PROVIDES SOME ILLUMINATION ON THE OFTEN CONFUSING WORLD OF RGB LIGHTING

Hobby tech • The latest tips, tricks and news in the world of computer hobbyism, from Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Android to retro computing

Hardkernel relaunches ODROID-H family

Textfiles.com serves 133 million vintage files

Keyboardio Model 100

Noctua’s NA-TPG1 AM5 thermal paste guard • Case mods, tools, techniques, water-cooling gear and everything to do with PC modding

My favourite new CPU? Intel’s Core i5-13600K

How to 3D-print PC accessories • Antony Leather shows you how to design and 3D-print objects for your PC

Readers’ drives The Venom Desk • Working in aluminium window and door manufacturing, Daniel Hunter had the skills and tools needed to make this stunning aluminium desk rig, which contains two high-end...