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PRESENTSIt’s been a fun old year for PC enthusiasts, and by ‘fun’ we mean “Thanks, crypto
miners, for driving up the prices of RAM and GPUs to literally insane levels. Good job.”
Snarky comments about being made of imaginary money aside though, the last 12
months have seen some interesting developments, aside from the squeeze on our
pockets. AMD dropped the bombshell that is Ryzen; everybody waited for Intel’s
counter-move. And waited. And waited. When it finally dropped, our first move was –obviously – to pit them against each other in a battle royale of builds. That’s what we’re
all about here, which is why, on these pages, you’ll find all the essential info you need to
build and/or upgrade your own PC. Whether you’re looking to switch out components
to give yourself a performance boost ahead of the next slew of AAA games or whether
you’re going to simply bite the bullet and put together a whole new rig, we’ve got the
lowdown on the latest high-end kit as well as budget and mid-range offerings that
won’t break the bank. From processors, motherboards and graphics cards (and
solutions to keep them cool) to keyboards, mice, speakers and monitors, we’ve got
everything you need to put together your dream machine.WELCOME TO