CUSTOMPC/ ISSUE 198
08 Half-baked
Richard Swinburne is excited about
Valve’s Half-Life: Alyx but less
about the hardware requirements.
10 Getting cross
Should games and religion
ever mix? Tracy King looks
at the latest game to try.
15 Custom PC Awards
The Custom PC awards are back
and we want to hear your thoughts.
20 Asus ROG Strix
X570-i Gaming
Antony Leather puts Asus’
more affordable mini-ITX
motherboard through its paces.
24 ARCTIC Freezer 50 TR
Are Threadripper CPUs too big
for air cooling? ARCTIC doesn’t
think so. Antony Leather turns
up the heat on the 50 TR.
30 Roccat Kone Pure Ultra
Roccat enters the ultralight gaming
mouse market with a rodent
that’s a little bit different. Edward
Chester puts it through its paces.
Highlights
Welcome
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Chesterclearsthingsup.94 Hobby tech
Gareth Halfacree talks to the man
behind Bitmap Books, tinkers with
the SensorEq Coolipi and leafs
through UNIX: A History and Memoir.106 How to soundproof your case
Keep a lid on your PC’s noise levels
with our guide to the easiest way to
cut your computer’s cacophony.42 TRX40 moth
As 3rd-genThre
impressedusm
which motherbo
pair with yourprocessor?Antony
Leather tries out five of the best.54 HDR monitor Labs
HDR is the latest craze in PC monitors,
but which is the one to buy? Six of the
latest models are put to the test.71 Conflict Zone
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare gets
the mechanics right but Rick Lane
wonders if the message is wrong.78 24-core Threadripper
build guide
Antony Leather takes us through how
to build a monstrously powerful multi-
core mammoth of a machine in this
24-core Threadripper build guide.20
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8 HDRmonitorbuyersguide
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