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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INTEL’S AMBITION GROWS • Intel is planning an avalanche of new nodes and chips over the next couple of years. Richard Swinburne takes a look at the latest information

WAR GAMES • Tracy King considers the role and impact of games that simulate war in light of current events

RAZER MINI KEYBOARD GETS ANALOGUE SWITCHES

NEW AMD CPUS INCOMING

Rumour control • OUR ROUNDUP OF THE LATEST UNCONFIRMED TECH GOSSIP. TAKE THESE STORIES WITH THE APPROPRIATE PINCH OF SALT

Nvidia gets hacked • Following a security breach at Nvidia, Richard Swinburne takes a look at the implications of some of the findings

Letters • Please send us your feedback and correspondence to custompc@raspberrypi.com

MSI PRO B660M-A DDR4/£135 inc VAT

FRACTAL DESIGN TORRENT RGB TG/£219 inc VAT

ANTEC NX700/£70 inc VAT

WD BLACK SN770/£310 inc VAT (2TB) £125 inc VAT (1TB - reviewed) £80 inc VAT (500GB) £67 inc VAT (250GB)

KINGSTON FURY RENEGADE/£285 inc VAT (2TB - reviewed) £167 inc VAT (1TB) £101 inc VAT (500GB)

CORSAIR XENEON 32QHD165/665 inc VAT

CORSAIR K70 RGB PRO/£170 inc VAT

RAZER SEIREN V2 PRO/£120 inc VAT

HP OMEN 17/£1,499 inc VAT

PC SPECIALIST MAGNUS PRO/£2,499 inc VAT

GLADIATOR NOCTURNAL/£1,799 inc VAT

MSI FORCE GC20 V2/£26.69 inc VAT

AOTHIA DESK PROTECTOR/£13.99 inc VAT

ROCKETEK USB HUB/£19.99 inc VAT

JLAB GO AIR POP EARBUDS/£19.99 inc VAT

KEYSMART SAFEBLADE/£9.99 inc VAT

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Mini but mighty • Antony Leather Puts seven of the latest mini-ITX cases head to head, so you can find the perfect home for a mini PC system

FRACTAL DESIGN TORRENT NANO/£110 inc VAT

GEEEK G1 SE/£124 inc VAT

KOLINK ROCKET COMPLEX/£149 inc VAT

LIAN LI Q58/£150 inc VAT

NZXT H1 V2/£339 inc VAT

PHANTEKS EVOLV SHIFT XT/£135 inc VAT

SSUPD MESHLICIOUS/£100 inc VAT

MINI-ITX CASE LABS TEMPERATURE AND NOISE RESULTS

Button moon • Do you need a mouse with more than just a handful of buttons? Edward Chester puts seven multi-button gaming mice to the test

CORSAIR NIGHTSWORD RGB/£70 inc VAT

CORSAIR SCIMITAR RGB ELITE/£45 inc VAT

LOGITECH G502 HERO/£38 inc VAT

RAZER BASILISK V3/£70 inc VAT

RAZER NAGA X/£71 inc VAT

ROCCAT KONE XP/£80 inc VAT

STEEL SERIES RIVAL 600/£82 inc VAT

Elite • Our choice of the best hardware available

PASS AND FUTURE • Rick Lane asks if the success of Microsoft’s Game Pass subscription service will change the types of games we play

God of War/£39.99 inc VAT

Elden Ring/£49.99 inc VAT

Dying Light 2/£54.99 inc VAT

SIFU/£31.99 inc VAT

STRANGE HORTICULTURE/£ 12.99 inc VAT • DEVELOPER Bad Viking / PUBLISHER Iceberg Interactive

REALITY CHECK • Rick Lane becomes a virtual assassin in Hitman VR, and casts a cynical eye on HTC’s Viverse vision

HITMAN TRILOGY VR/£49.99 inc VAT

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