Maximum PC

Maximum PC is the magazine that every computer geek, PC gamer, or content creator should read every month. Get Maximum PC digital magazine subscription today for punishing product reviews, thorough how-to articles, and the illuminating technical news and information that PC power users crave. Maximum PC covers every single topic that requires a lightning-fast PC, from video editing and music creation to PC gaming; we write about it all with unbounded enthusiasm for our collective hobby.

Maximum PC

BE WATER, MY FRIEND

Intel’s hot new model • Overclockers break records with the Core i9-12900KS

WINDOWS 11 UPDATES APP SECURITY • THE CATCH IS YOU HAVE TO REINSTALL WINDOWS TO USE IT

RESTOCKED AND RELOADED • Graphics cards are back on the menu

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies • A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech

ETHEREUM GOES GREEN • Move to proof-of-stake this year

INTEL’S ARC ALCHEMIST • Third player joins the GPU market

AMD’s 6000 series goes Pro

Win11 still relatively rare

PC sales boom over

AMD 3D V-Cache Boosts Gaming Performance • WE’VE KNOWN FOR AGES that large caches can help improve performance, though larger caches can also increase latency and counteract those gains. It’s a balancing act, and L1 caches have been sitting in the 32KB to 96KB range for quite some time now.

THE TOP FIVE PC SPEAKER SYSTEMS

The problem with the PC is power… • AS THE FANS INSIDE my Intel eight-core laptop spooled up to their customary mini-hurricane mode, it reminded me that the PC has a major problem with power efficiency. I had a couple of Chrome windows open running 10 tabs each. That’s pretty much all it takes for my laptop to freak out now.

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

12TH GEN WATERCOOLING • Mixing PC components with water coolant, pipes, and fastenings? Sam Lewis goes in at the deep end

INTO THE LIQUID LOOP • FIRST TIME LIQUID COOLING? WE WON’T LEAVE YOU HIGH AND DRY

WATERCOOLING, CHECK

STATE OF THE GPU-NION ADDRESS • Eight years of graphics cards put to the test

INTEL ARC PREPS FOR A FLOOD

THE BEST EXTREME, HIGH-END, MIDRANGE, AND BUDGET GPUs

YOU DON’T NEED ULTRA QUALITY

MAXED OUT AT 4K

AMD AND NVIDIA GPU FEATURES

WHAT ABOUT LAPTOP GPUs?

WHEN TO UPGRADE

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE 76% • PLUS GET A FREE COPY OF BOOK OF AMAZING TECHNOLOGY

LEFT BEHIND • Why do some games get abandoned by their developers? Christian Guyton investigates

PROBLEM CHILDREN

LOST AND DAMNED

GETTING CLOSURE

Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Portal

SCREEN TECH IN 2022 • OLED monitors are here at last. But as Jeremy Laird reveals, you can expect plenty more panel tech in 2022

THE ULTIMATE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY BUT YOU’LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT

CONNECT FOUR DISPLAYPORT AND USB UPS THE ANTE

HOW TO • STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

INTEL’S NUC 12 MINI PC

Advanced Windows 11 tips: Registry Editor

TOUR REGISTRY EDITOR

REGISTRY 101

REGEDIT ALTERNATIVES

Machine of the Month: NEC PC-9800 (1982)

GIMP 3D perspective

MSI Special Single Manufacturer Build • Is using one manufacturer’s components a good idea?

THE CONCLUSION

A long time coming • I’ve become obsessed with a game and, no, it’s not Elden Ring

CHRISTIAN GUYTON

Editor’s Pick: Nubia RedMagic 7 Pro • Gaming smartphones: what are they good for?

Asus RTX 3090 Ti TUF Gaming • Fully armed and operational

Velocity Micro Raptor Z55 • Scary performance from this overclocked beast

Alienware 34 AW3423DW • The best things come to those who...