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MID-RANGE PCsPREMIUM PCsMSIB350MMor
★★★★★
£100•www.amzn.to/2zuBbF1AMD Ryzen72700X
★★★★★
£174•www.amzn.to/2JvaEyCAMD Ryzen93900X
★★★★★
£550•www.ebuyer.comAMD’s second generation
of Ryzen processors gets
off to an auspicious start
with the mighty Ryzen 72700X. It’s faster
than Intel’s equivalent Core i7-8700K at stock
speeds, despitebeing cheaper,and temperatures staynice and
low even when overclocking.Anear-perfect
motherboard fo
AMD Ryzen-bas
microATX systems. It’s remarkablywell
equipped forconnectivityand upgradability,and comes close to
much more expensive mobos in performance benchmarks.Forget the Intel Core
i9-9900K –this 12-core
monster of aCPU performs far
better forsimilar money. There is adrawback, in that it’s
not very overclocking-friendly,but that’s partly because it’s so fast to
begin with. Pair it with some good RAM, and you’re already most of
the waytoacapable home workstation.PROCESSORSOCKETAM4•DIMENSIONS244x244mm•CHIPSETAMDB350•MEMORYSLOTS (^4) • PCI-EX16SLOTS (^2) • PCI-EX1SLOTS (^2) • PCISLOTS (^0) • USBPORTS2x USB2, 3x USB3.1,
1x USBType-C•VIDEOOUTPUTS1x HDMI,1xDisplayPort, 1x DVI-D•WARRANTYOneyearRTB•
DETAILSwww.msi.com•PARTCODEB350MMortar•FULLREVIEWJul2018
SOCKETAM4•CORES (^8) • FREQUENCY3.7GHz•INTEGRATEDGRAPHICSNone•
WARRANTYTwoyears RTB•DETAILSwww.amd.com•PARTCODEYD270XBGAFBOX•
FULLREVIEWAug2018
SOCKETAM4•CORES (^12) • FREQUENCY3.8GHz•INTEGRATEDGRAPHICSNone•
WARRANTYTwoyears RTB•DETAILSwww.amd.com•PARTCODE100-100000023BOX•
FULLREVIEWNov2019
COOLERMASTERMasterBoxK500
★★★★★
£75•www.scan.co.uk
AMD RadeonRX
★★★★★
£329•shop.amd.com
AMD RadeonRX5 7
★★★★★
£290•shop.amd.com
THERMALTAKEView37
★★★★★
£109•www.scan.co.uk
Great looks, afull set of
pre-installed fans, high build
quality and aspacious interior:
the MasterBox K500 is acommendable
all-rounder.It’s not the best on storage capacity,
but you can still add at least acoupleofSSDs
and hard disks each.
The standard
RX 5700 is
better value for
lower resolutions, but if you
want to playat4Kwithout the
expense of Nvidia’s topRTX graphics
cards, the RX 5700 XT’s higher core count and
clock speeds make it agreat choice.
Aspacious, feature-rich
chassis forboth ATX- and
EATX-based builds, the View
37 comes with agull-wing side window that’s
perfect forshowing off your handiwork.
CASETYPEMid-tower•MOTHERBOARDTYPEATX, microATX,
Mini-ITX•SUPPLIEDFANS3x 120mm•MAXDRIVEBAYS3x 3.5in,
2x 2.5in•DIMENSIONS260xx190x280mm•WEIGHT6.2kg•
WARRANTYTwoyears RTB•DETAILSwww.coolermaster.com•
PARTCODEMCB-K500D-KGNN-S00•FULLREVIEWJan2019
GPUAMDRadeon RX 5700 XT•MEMORY8GBGDDR6•GRAPHICSCARDLENGTH272mm•
WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.amd.com/uk•PARTCODERadeon RX 5700 XT•
FULLREVIEWOct2019
GPUAMDRadeon RX 5700•MEMORY8GBGDDR6•GRAPHICSCARDLENGTH268mm•
WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.amd.com/uk•PARTCODERadeon RX 5700•
FULLREVIEWOct2019
CASETYPEMid-tower•MOTHERBOARDTYPEATX, EATX,
microATX, Mini-ITX•SUPPLIEDFANS2x 140mm•MAXIMUM
DRIVEBAYS7x 3.5in, 11x2.5in•DIMENSIONS525x261x538mm•
WEIGHT11.8kg•WARRANTYThreeyears RTB•DETAILSwww.
thermaltake.com•PARTCODECA-1J7-00M1WN-00•
FULLREVIEWDec 2018
AMD’s 7nm GPU is
cheaper than both th
GeForce RTX2060a
the RTX2060 Super,yet is just as comfort
with gaming at 1080p and 1440p.This low price onlyseemsto p
forthe reference design rather than partner versions, but the
blower-style cooler is the only real downside.
tar
blywell
ASUS ROGStrixFlare
★★★★★
£120•www.game.co.uk
Besides being a
comfortable and
responsive gaming
keyboard, largely thanks to its always-reliable Cherry MX
Redswitches, the ROG Strix Flare is loaded with useful features and
cool extras: there’s aset of dedicated media controls and aUSB2
pass-through port, among others.
KEYBOARDSHAPEFull size•NUMBERPADYes•CONNECTION2xUSB2•MEDIAKEYSPause/
play,mute, skip,volume•USBPORTS2x USB2•WARRANTYOneyearRTB•DETAILSwww.asus.
com/uk•PARTCODE90MP000MO-BOEA00•F REVIEWOct 2019
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