Custom PC UK

Custom PC is the UK’s best-selling magazine for PC hardware, overclocking, gaming and modding. Every month, Custom PC is packed with in-depth hardware reviews, step-by-step photo guides and informative features, all with a focus on tinkering with your computer’s insides. Along the way, you’ll also find hard-hitting tech opinion, game reviews and all manner of computer hobbyism goodness, from small Pi projects to extreme PC mods.

Welcome • Custom PC Issue 230

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THE STATE OF INTEL GRAPHICS • Intel’s GPU division is hemorrhaging billions of dollars, and can’t get its cards to market. Richard Swinburne hopes Intel can turn this situation around

IS THE GAME INDUSTRY REALLY RECESSION-PROOF? • Tracy King takes on recent media reports about the game industry’s ability to weather current and future market conditions

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Reviews

THERMALTAKE TOWER 500/£200 inc VAT

ADATA XPG HURRICANE 140 ARGB/£20 inc VAT

BE QUIET! SILENT WINGS 4 140MM/£20 inc VAT

THERMALTAKE SWAFAN 12 RGB/£89 inc VAT (triple pack)

THERMALTAKE SWAFAN 14 RGB/£89 inc VAT (triple pack)

Z690 MOTHERBOARD NZXT N5 Z690/£209 inc VAT

27IN GAMING MONITOR AOC AGON PRO AG274QG/£850 inc VAT

MECHANICAL KEYBOARD DUCKY ONE 3 SF/£100 inc VAT

MECHANICAL KEYBOARD KEYCHRON Q1 V2/£159 inc VAT (chassis alone)

GAMING MOUSE ROCCAT KONE XP AIR/£150 inc VAT

GAMING LAPTOP ASUS ROG STRIX SCAR 17 SE/£3,999 inc VAT

INTEL Z690 GAMING PC CHILLBLAST FNATIC PIONEER/£2,299 inc VAT

INTEL Z690 GAMING PC CYBERPOWER INFINITY X127 PLUS/£1,999 inc VAT

Custom kit • Phil Hartup checks out the latest gadgets, gizmos and geek toys

KENSINGTON COMBINATION LOCK/£37.79 inc VAT

PDP ELECTRIC/£29.99 inc VAT

LAZY READERS/£13.49 inc VAT

KENSINGTONCONTOUR 2.0 PRO/£77.49 inc VAT

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LABS TEST RAM raid • Antony Leather tests 11 of the latest DDR4 and DDR5 memory kits to find which ones offer the best bang per buck

ADATA XPG SPECTRIX D45G/£90 inc VAT (2 x 8GB, 3600MHz)

CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB DDR4/£122 inc VAT (2 x 8GB, 3600MHz)

CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO/£74 inc VAT (2 x 8GB, 3600MHz)

G.SKILL TRIDENT Z NEO/£91 inc VAT (2 x 8GB, 3600MHz)

G.SKILL TRIDENT Z ROYAL/£148 inc VAT (2 x 8GB, 3600MHz)

KINGSTON FURY BEAST DDR4 RGB/£90 inc VAT (2 x 8GB, 3733MHz)

KINGSTON FURY RENEGADE DDR4 RGB/£153 inc VAT (2 x 8GB, 4600MHz)

ADATA XPG LANCER RGB/£242 inc VAT (2 x 16GB, 6000MHz)

CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB DDR5/£266 inc VAT (2 x 16GB, 5200MHz)

KINGSTON FURY BEAST DDR5 RGB/£141 inc VAT (2 x 8GB, 6000MHz); £224 inc VAT (2 x 16GB, 6000MHz)

KINGSTON FURY RENEGADE DDR5 RGB/£305 inc VAT (2 x 16GB, 6400MHz)

LABS TEST Rollin’ around • Ideal for those with limited desk space or RSI concerns, trackballs are making a comeback. Edward Chester rolls five of them through their paces

ELECOM HUGE TRACKBALL M-HT1DRBK/£50 inc VAT

KENSINGTON EXPERT MOUSE WIRELESS TRACKBALL/£103 inc VAT

KENSINGTON ORBIT WIRELESS WITH SCROLL RING/£43 inc VAT

LOGITECH MX ERGO/£77 inc VAT

PROTOARC EM01/£44 inc VAT

Elite • Our choice of the best hardware available

STAR BORES • Bethesda claims Starfield is an authentic sci-fi experience, but Rick Lane says its combat is down to Earth in all the wrong ways

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge/£22.49 inc...