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A RETURN TO NORMALITY

AMD Does It Again • Zen 3 gives Team Red another big jump in performance

NO FACEBOOK, NO OCULUS • YOU CAN’T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER

THE 10,000 PPI SCREEN • OLED tech offers unparalleled pixel densities

Tech Triumphs and Tragedies • A monthly snapshot of what’s good and bad in tech

THE DOJ TAKES ON GOOGLE • It’s accused of “aggressively using its monopoly”

WINDOWS FALL UPDATE • 20H2 update goes live

Superconductivity at Room Temperature

Minecraft Requires Microsoft Account

Big Navi Lands

Infinity Cache Changes The VRAM Paradigm

Why Every PC Builder Needs Some Pi

DOCTOR • THIS MONTH THE DOCTOR TACKLES…

OFFICE HOURS • Working from home? Here’s our straightforward guide to building a solid office PC

GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS • With no unusual features and no graphics card, this is a build that even a novice should be able to complete. Clear some space, gather your components, and let’s get to work.

FUNCTION OVER FORM

AMD ZEN 3 UNWRAPPED • The upcoming Ryzen 5000 CPUs significantly improve on an already successful 7nm design

OTHER ZEN 3 ARCHITECTURAL UPDATES

SUBSCRIBE TO MAXIMUMPC • THE GO-TO RESOURCE FOR PC ENTHUSIASTS…

BUILD A JELLYFIN MEDIA SERVER • Set up your own powerful—and completely free—alternative to Plex and Emby with Nick Peers

ACCESS JELLYFIN CONTENT

SET UP SECURE REMOTE ACCESS

NAME YOUR FILES

EXTEND JELLYFIN WITH PLUGINS

SYNCPLAY

Samsung Odyssey G7

VIRTUAL MACHINES MADE MANIFEST

Using Intel GVT-g

Hardware acceleration

HOW TO • STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES TO IMPROVING YOUR PC

Tracking Device • THIS MONTH WE DISSECT…

Cable Sleeving Tutorial Part 2

Stream From a Birdbox With a Pi

How To Apply Thermal Paste

Case Transplants • It’s time to transfer our build from the Hydra Mini to Razer’s new Tomahawk

LAB NOTES • TESTED. REVIEWED. VERDICTIZED.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition • Heir to the Titan throne

HP EliteBook 845 G7 • AMD teams up with HP for a sweet new laptop

AOC C27G2 • Punchy pricing for 165Hz, pity about that VA panel

Razer Tomahawk Mini-ITX • A chassis from Razer?

Samsung 980 PRO 1TB • Samsung gives its premium SSD a PCIe Gen4 upgrade

Asus ROG Strix Scope RX • Let’s get optical

Razer Pro Click Mouse • An ergonomic mouse made for comfort

Razer Pro Type Keyboard • A keyboard for professionals. Maybe

Corsair K60 RGB Pro • World: Meet the Cherry MX Viola

Baldur’s Gate III • Remembering the Forgotten Realms

Steam vs Epic Games Store • Digital storefronts battle it out for your money

LETTERS • WE TACKLE TOUGH READER QUESTIONS ON…

THE BUILDS