Custom PC - UK (2020-02)

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(^32) CoresAMD3970XTHREADRIPPER
(^24) CoresAMD3960XTHREADRIPPER
(^18) CoresINTEL10980XECOREi9
(^16) Cores AMD RYZEN 9 3950X
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PROCESSORS
18 AMD Threadripper 3960X
19 AMD Threadripper 3970X
24 AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
26 Intel Core i9-10980XE
MOTHERBOARD
22 Asus ROG Zenith II Extreme
GRAPHICS CARDS
30 Zotac GeForce GTX 1660 Super AMP
34 Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT Nitro+
PERIPHERALS
36 Cooler Master MM
37 Razer Tartarus Pro
PC SYSTEMS
38 MSI Trident A
40 AlphaBeta i5 RTX
42 Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti Fluid
Mince pie megatest
44 Morrisons Mince Pies
44 Tesco Finest
45 Morrisons The Best
45 Tesco Mince Pies
45 Heston Chocolate and Cherry
45 Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference
45 M&S All Butter
45 Sainsbury’s Mince Pies
46 M&S Puff Pastry Mince Pies
46 Heston Spiced with Lemon
46 Mr Kipling
46 Waitrose Butter Enriched
46 Co-Op Mince Pies
46 Co-Op Truly Irresistible Butter Enriched
Custom kit
47 Cozoo Headphone Stand
47 Speedlink Orios LED XL
Gaming laptop Labs
51 Acer Predator Triton 500
52 Alienware m
53 Chillblast Phantom 17
54 HP Omen 15
56 MSI GS75 Stealth 8SG-046UK
58 PC Specialist Vortex IX
59 Razer Blade 15
60 Scan 3XS Vengeance GL 2070
Games
71 GRID
72 Disco Elysium
74 Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
75 Trine 4
76 Pistol Whip
Hobby Tech
98 Argon 1 Pi 4
100 Sipeed Longan Nano
102 Arcade Game Typography
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REVIEWED
Regulars
3 From the editor
8 Richard Swinburne
10 Tracy King
12 Incoming
14 Letters
47 Custom kit
62 How we test
64 Elite products
70 Inverse look
76 Reality check
98 Hobby tech
103 For the win
104 Customised PC
106 How to guides
111 Readers’ drives
114 James Gorbold
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