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ROG MaximusXICode

Asus £350

Immense overclockingpotential,anda look

that’s barelyevenrecognisableasa

motherboard.Space-agePCBtech.

Core i9 9900K

Intel £480

Intel’s new 5.0GHz,8-coremonsterrulesthe

roost in theCPUmarket.Andit comesina

fancynine-sidedboxtoo,sothere’sthat.

GeForce RTX2080TiBlackEdition

EVGA £1,049

EVGA’s customdesignisconsiderably

cheaper thanNvidia’sreferencecard,and

withgreatcooling.

Kraken X62

NZXT £126

The Krakenistheculminationofthreeofour

favourite things:aninfinitymirror,a 280mm

radiatorandslickbraidedcooling.

G502Lightspeed

Logitech £95

The Lightspeedistheverylatesteditionof

Logi’s loveableG502,andwhileit mightlook

familiarnearlyallinternalpartsarenew.

WDBlue4TB

Western Digital£87

With a largebootSSD,there’slittleneedfor

a large, cheapSSD.Insteadwe’veoptedfora

huge4TBharddriveforallyourbulkdata.

AW3418DW

Alienware £840

34 inches ofcurved,beautifullypresented

120Hz displaywiththeaddedbenefitsof

G-Sync.Oneforaesthetesandathletesalike.

HX750i 80 PlusPlatinum

Corsair £148

Modular, customcablekits,anda platinum

efficiency rating.What’snottoloveabout

thisCorsairPSU?Nothing,that’swhat.

XPG SX8200Pro1TB

ADATA £120

A whole terabyteofM.2storagewith

blistering read/writespeeds,justwaitingto

be filled withSteamgamesyou’llneverplay.

VengeanceRGBProDDR4-3200

Corsair £155

Faster thanyoucouldeverreasonablyhope

to make useofunlessyouplantoeditthree

4K movies atonce,plusallthatRGB.

G915 Lightspeed

Logitech £160

Those low-profilekeysfeelliketakingyour

fingers figure-skating.It’swirelesstoo,so

that’s the cablejamdragonslain.

Enthoo EvolvATXTG

Phanteks £135

The 5mm thickaluminiumpanelsresonate

with svelte professionalism,andtheinterior

makes buildinginsidethisa dream.

Kraken Ultimate

Razer £130

Thunderingbassthatdoesn’timpingeon

clarity, plusa micyourDiscordmateswill

definitely notice.Ina goodway.

TOTAL

£3,866

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