Zak Storey

Yeah to be honest, I think for me it mostly comes from swapping GPUs back and forth constantly, and old AMD and Nvidia drivers constantly causing conflicts with one another back in the day.

Sadly as far as I can tell it's been closed unfortunately. I believe there's one more issue (April) being released, but they'll be it.

Honestly, loved every minute of it. Thanks for the kind words, means the world. Just sad it's got to end.

95 issues, as staff writer, reviews editor, deputy editor, editor-in-chief, freelancer. I owe my career to Maximum PC, and I'll sincerely miss it. Thank you to the community and everyone who supported it over the years. I got to do so much and experience so much because of it.

Yep! Everything bar the CPU and motherboard combo was interchangeable, really. With recommended RAM per spec. That was the plan when I relaunched it. I liked the idea of having an AMD + Intel system side-by-side, just made more sense with how concrete the fan-bases were, and with AMD's resurgence.

AMD just doesn't produce a GPU at that price point that matches Intel on performance. Same goes for Nvidia being absent from that segment too. You could grab the 7600 for it, from the Intel build, but you'd get comparable performance for $50 more. Next month's blueprints are wild as a heads-up.

Thanks! Appreciate the support. I love Maximum PC even as a freelancer I still consider it home really :D. Good question, it's really not fixed as to who goes where if I'm honest. In the case of budget build I chose the Intel card because it's by far the best value right now.

I'm half terrified of that piece. Particularly given my livelihood depends on teaching people to build custom PCs. Thanks for the support though, appreciate it.

Also, I've got about 15 tons of coffee content coming this year as well, prepare to be spammed, with dodgy latte art probably.

Here's why Google's Gemini AI getting a proper memory could save lives The first step to true artificial intelligence?

I've been incredibly fortunate to be given the chance to regularly write op-eds for Techradar this year. Bit of a dream come true in a lot of ways.

Sharing this article, as I'm massively passionate about it and really loved how this one turned out. Big props to the editing team as well.

Tulip latte art in a mocha.

Been working on some more complex latte art patterns in the shop these last few weeks. Trying to expand the repertoire before competing locally next year. Been a challenge shifting up a gear. Mocha single shot doing a lot of the work there. Still a long way to go.

I don't disagree, but I reckon for the vast majority of folk just grabbing a quick cup on the daily, it ensures you don't accidentally shunt coffee grounds into the locking mechanism for the filter cap (if you use the inverted method). Or spill any coffee onto your work surface when you stir. ^^

A decade of "journalistic" experience for this one moment. Life goals achieved.

Coming soon ;D

I don't know who needs to hear this but... you don't need to fill your Aeropress all the way up to the top. I promise.