Welcome
Custom PC Issue 201
EDITORIAL
EDITOR
Ben Hardwidge
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FEATURES EDITOR
Edward Chester
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MODDING EDITOR
Antony Leather
GAMES EDITOR
Rick Lane
CONTRIBUTORS
Gareth Halfacree, K.G. Orphanides,
James Gorbold, Mike Jennings, Phil
Hartup, Richard Swinburne, Tracy King
PRODUCTION EDITOR
Julie Birrell
SUB EDITORS
David Higgs, Nicola King
PHOTOGRAPHY
Antony Leather, Brian O’Halloran,
Fiacre Muller, Gareth Halfacree
PUBLISHING
PUBLISHING DIRECTOR
Russell Barnes
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gs do go wrong, take a break.I
t feelsverystrangetobefinishingoffanissueof
CustomPCinthemidstofthechaossurrounding
COVID-19,andit hasn’talwaysbeeneasy,but we’re
stillimmenselypleasedwiththisissue.
Inparticular,thePCinourcoverfeature(seep76) has an
amazingspecificationforthebudget– we’venevermanaged
toassemblea sub-£1,000PCwithsuchanuncompromising
specbefore.
It’snotjustthatthere’sa 6-core3rd-genRyzenCPU beating
atitsheart,butit alsohasa GeForceRTX 2060 Super GPU, a
crackingcase,16GBofveryfancyCorsairRGBmemory and
a 500GBNVMePCI-ESSD.It evenlooksgood.Thereisn’t a
singlepartofthisPCthatmadeusrubourchinsand think,
‘Hmm,well,that’sa bitrubbish,butI supposeyouhave to
compromisesomewhere’.
If youwanttoplaygamesat1,920x 1,080athighsettings,
includingraytracing,thenthisPCcanhandleit with no
problem.Infact,it canevenhandlegamingat2,560 x 1,
withdecentsettings.
If youwanttogoalloutwiththegamingeyecandy at
muchhigherresolutions,andyouhaveplentyofmoney (not
tomentionpatience),thenwealsothoroughlyrecommend
checkingoutourNvidiaSLItestonp86.
Manyofusaregoingtobespendinga lotoftimeindoors
overthenextfewmonths,sonowisa goodtimetobe fiddling
withourPCs,playinggamesandtakingourmindsoff the
horroroutsidewhenpossible.If youturntop13,you’ll also
finddetailsabouthowyoucanuseyourPC’sspareCPU and
GPUcyclestoconductresearchthatcouldbeusedin COVID-
therapies,viaFolding@home.
If you’renotspendinga lotoftimeindoors,andyou’re
carryingonasanessentialworker,thenI alsowant to say an
enormousthankyou.Foreveryoneelse,stayhome,stay safe
and,if possible,enjoyfiddlingwithyourPC.
Uncompromisingspecs
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