Maximum PC - UK (2020-05)

if your latest incremental upgrade was accompanied by a fresh Windows install, which is a must when swapping out motherboard, CP ...

What parts to pick, tube bending techniques, and more, by Zak Storey THERE’S NOTHING QUITE LIKE having a custom-built liquid-coo ...

STEP- BY-STEP GUIDE Build this kick-ass ITX gaming PC PG. 56 MAY 2020 MAXIMUMPC 23 ...

COOLING THEORY Most CPU towers consist of small vacuum-sealed chambers containing a tiny amount of fluid. When heat is applied t ...

A good waterblock can really make your build shine. Fittings A good rule of thumb is to remember you’ll need at least two basic ...

Main Ingredients Reservoirs & Pumps Fans Radiators Although we like splitting our reservoir and pumps, combi units are far e ...

Now you have an understanding of all these different components, it’s time to decide what kind of loop you want to build, how yo ...

Techniques & Skills PRE-BLOCKED GPUS If you’re not sold on stripping down your pride and joy to liquid cool it, there is, th ...

When it comes to tube bending, we always recommend that you stick to a single 90-degree bend per length of tube. In fact, take a ...

Cool Runnings Final Steps Now you’re almost there. Your system’s built, your waterblocks are in place, and you’ve finally got al ...

Liquid Assets Your build is finally finished, your loop is complete, and your system is up and running—what can you expect now? ...

GIMP continues to be stupidly named, but it’s tremendously powerful for photo editing. 32 MAXIMUM PC MAY 2020 maximumpc.com free ...

Seventy completely free apps to make you more (or less) efficient THE BEST FREE SOFTWARE OF 2020 WE KNOWWHAT you’re thinking: No ...

PC TESTING AND PERFORMANCE 01 CPU-Z Something everyone who’s even tangentially interested in their PC’s internals should have, C ...

IMPROVE YOUR CODING DESKTOP EXTRAS 11 UNREAL ENGINE There’s a host of game engines out there for free (Unity and Amazon’s Lumber ...

PLAY SOME GAMES 26 FORTNITE BATTLE ROYALE You’ve already decided whether Fortnite is for you, and we won’t try to change that, b ...

31 Cakewalk Here’s the story: Cakewalk started on DOS in 1987, spawned high-level digital audio workstation SONAR, its parent co ...

51 Brave Browser One of the fastest rising browsers, Brave uses Chromium to render pages, but that’s where its similarities to C ...

61 Plex You could opt for any one of a number of standard media players—VLC, PotPlayer, Media Player Classic, et al— but we don’ ...

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