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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.

First step into water cooling

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WHAT’S IN A NAME? • Buying a laptop with a GeForce RTX 3060, 3070, 3080? You might be getting one of 28 versions, explains Richard Swinburne

GAMER SNAKE OIL • Tracy King takes aim at nutrient supplements being marketed at gamers

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

Titanic towers • What do you get if you spend over £100 on your PC’s home? Antony Leather puts five of the latest and greatest cases to the test to find out

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NZXT H510 ELITE/ £150 inc VAT

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PHANTEKS ENTHOO PRO 2/ £134 inc VAT

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CASE LABS AIR COOLING RESULTS

Mechanical animals • Edward Chester puts eight of the latest high-end mechanical gaming keyboards to the test

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CORSAIR K100 RGB/ £229 inc VAT

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A JOKE OF A FEATURE • Mistakes in game design are inevitable, but don’t then joke about them. That’s Rick Lane’s job

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Hitman 3 / £49.99 inc VAT

THE MEDIUM / £41.99 inc VAT

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JURASSIC WORLD: AFTERMATH/ £18.99 inc VAT • Dinos, Doom and sci-fi road trips. Rick Lane rounds up the latest happenings in the world of VR

VANISHING GRACE

BUILD A FIRST-CLASS WATER-COOLED GAMING PC • ANTONY LEATHER SHOWS YOU HOW TO BUILD A POWERFUL WATER-COOLED PC TO PLAY THE LATEST GAMES AT MAXIMUM SETTINGS

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BUILDING THE PC

PERFORMANCE AND OVERCLOCKING

MECHANICAL KEYBOARDS EXPLAINED • EDWARD CHESTER TEACHES YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MECHANICAL KEYBOARD SWITCHES

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