Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 vs Affinity Photo 2020

In the battle of the image-editing apps, there’s only one winner: the users

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

After more than a decade of dominance, Intel has fallen behind its main rival, AMD. Jeremy Laird investigates where Intel went wrong and how it will fight back

LICENSE TO FAIL

Join Christian Guyton for a walk down memory lane as we recall the 20 biggest computer industry flops of the last 20 years

MSI MEG Z490 Ace

Intel’s new chipset finally hits our lab

Intel Core i5-10600K

The gaming staple finally gets Hyper-Threading

Gears Tactics

Do you know the way to Fenix Point?

EK Fluid Gaming 275-AG Vanquish

WHEN IT COMES TO liquid cooling, EK is the genuine article. Cooling kits and water blocks are the first thing this Slovenian brand offers, but today we’re going a step further, taking a look at one of EK’s fully liquid-cooled gaming systems. This is the 275-AG Vanquish, an absolute powerhouse for gaming, fitted with an EVGA RTX 2080 Super and AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, along with 32GB of high-speed RAM. Sit down for this: It costs $2,700. Yes, that’s a lot of money to drop on a gaming rig, but consider that the CPU and GPU cost $1,200 to buy separately. The Vanquish is expensive, but you get plenty of bang for your buck.

Before We Leave

Build a cosy colony, but beware of the whales

Aukey KM-G6 LED Mechanical Keyboard

Click clack to reality

Asus ROG Strix Go 2.4

Ready, set, go

Acer Nitro 7

Laptop gaming without the hefty price tag

Steelseries Rival 3

Take a good thing, make it cheaper

In Other Waters

Who is the bad guy here?

MSI Optix MAG321CURV

A budget 4K gaming panel?

XCOM: Chimera Squad

Say hi to the hybrids

Intel Core i9-10900K

It’s another refresh, but it’s still one heck of a chip

Be quiet! Pure Base 500DX

Evolutionary advancements

BUILDING ON A BUDGET

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO PUTTING THE PERFECT $535 BUDGET PC TOGETHER LENGTH OF TIME: 1-2 HOURS LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: EASY

Whirlwind FX Element

Elementary, my dear Watson

$535 BUDGET BUILD

When it’s not about gaming, just what can you get on a budget?

Steelseries Apex Pro

The life magnetic, with Maximum PC

Viewsonic Elite XG270QG

Viewsonic meets LG in this pristine gaming monitor

Doom Eternal

Rip and tear, but obey the lore

HyperX Cloud Flight S

A headset with… let us check our notes… wireless charging?

THE INTEGRATION GAME

Gaming on integrated graphics is increasingly viable; Christian Guyton breaks down what’s making it possible

Corsair One Pro i200

TECH PORN

Half-Life: Alyx

Just a girl, sitting in front of a zombie

BUILDER'S MANUAL

Whether you’re new to PC building or a veteran, we can all learn something