PC Gamer Presents - PC Hardware Handbook - May 2018

ROUND-UP GPU Priced out of the stratosphere due to cryptocurrency mining, and coupled with nasty power draw and little room for ...

AMD THREADRIPPER 1950X http://www.amd.com £990 Let’s get this out of the way right now: this is not a gaming part, but that does ...

ROUND-UP MOUSE Mice are one of, if not the, most subjective peripheral you’ll ever find we all hold mice in different ways. Tha ...

RYZEN 3 1300X http://www.amd.com £125 This CPU U has got one of the more price-conscientious processor parts. Don’t be fooled by ...

ROUND-UP HEADSET It’s been a while since we first took a look at Corsair’s Void series of headsets. We’ve always had a penchant ...

INTEL CORE I7-7740X http://www.intel.com £320 It’s a good job these are near £30 cheaper than their Skylake and Kaby Lake cousin ...

ROUND-UP GRAPHICS CARD Why is that, you ask? Low profile, no PCIe power, and fairly impressive performance. For those looking to ...

AOC AGON AG271UG http://www.aoc.com £650 Choosing a monitor is possibly the most difficult decision you’ll ever have to make whe ...

ROUND-UP MOBO Furnishing your rig with a better motherboard makes a lot of sense. The Rampage V Edition 10 is aesthetically stun ...

AMD RYZEN 5 1600X http://www.amd.com £240 Six cores and 12 threads make this a heavy hitter. Well, sort of. It’s hard to ignore ...

ROUND-UP MOBO MOBO MSI’s X370 aesthetic may not be for everyone, but it’s hard to argue with just how well equipped it is. With ...

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 TI http://www.nvidia.com £700 It feels like only yesterday we were sat here declaring the GTX 1080 as th ...

ROUND-UP KEYBOARD KEYBOARD The Claymore’s biggest feature is a detachable numpad. Leave it on for your daily Excel spreadsheet t ...

RYZEN 7 1800X http://www.amd.com £500 With Ryzen it looks like AMD is finally back with its A game. The plucky processor manufac ...

ROUND-UP GPU MOBO All that aside, the recent launch of the GTX 1080 Ti has made GPU prices across Nvidia’s range plummet, making ...

Budget build PC gaming is for everyone. Pick the parts you want to build a new, well-rounded PC for a good price. Mid-range buil ...

TOTAL £984 BUDGET BUILD Enjoy 1080p gaming without breaking the bank Core i3-8100 Intel £105 Intel’s new Coffee Lake processors ...

Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2x8GB) – 2666 Crucial £167 This is the cheapest 2666 16GB kit out there, and perfect for any midrange b ...

ADVANCED BUILD Go above and beyond with a PC powerful enough to end worlds TOTAL £3,708 Crosshair VI Hero Asus £220 The best Ryz ...







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