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Background
Custom PC Magazine (abv. CPC) is a UK based computer customisation magazine published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. The first issue was released in October 2003 and is still running strong today with monthy issues. Custom PC Magazine File links The following pages link to this file: Custom PC magazine ...
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Staff
 Editor: Gareth Ogden [gareth@custompc.co.uk] File links The following pages link to this file: Custom PC magazine ...
 Deputy Editor: James Gorbold [james@custompc.co.uk] File links The following pages link to this file: Custom PC magazine ...
 News & Features Editor: Ben Hardwidge [ben@custompc.co.uk] File links The following pages link to this file: Custom PC magazine ...
 Deputy Reviews Editor: Alex Watson [alex@custompc.co.uk] File links The following pages link to this file: Custom PC magazine ...
 Staff Writer: Josh Blodwell [josh@custompc.co.uk] File links The following pages link to this file: Custom PC magazine ...
 Contributors: [left to right] Andrew Miller, James Morris, Phil Hartup File links The following pages link to this file: Custom PC magazine ...
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Art Editor: Bob Cree [bob_cree@dennis.co.uk]
Production Editor: Julie Birrell [julie_birrell@dennis.co.uk]
Contents
Customised: - Cover note by editor Gareth Ogden.
Download: - Roundup of the latest tech news.
Hyperlink: - Comments from Ben Hardwidge.
Incoming News: - Covering interesting dompany developments.
Byte sized...(1):
This month we like...: - The low-down on what's hip in the CPC office.
If only it was true: - Comedy twists on recent hardware/software news.
Hardware Analysis: - Comments from David Ross.
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Competition: - What's that? (guess what piece of hardware is pictured).
Big In Japan: - Comments from the land of the raisin bun by Katie Lee.
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Byte sized...(2):
Folding @ Custom PC: - Monthly update of workunits completed by the Custom PC team (no. 35947)
Win...A Cooler Master Stacker: - Readers enter pictures of themselves around the world reading Custom PC magazine.
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Where's Wendel?: - Like 'Where's Wally', but with the Doom 3 world champion/corporate whipping boy - Jonathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel. Readers who can find him in the magazine can stand a chance to win a £50 voucher at Maplin Electronics.
Wally, as he appeared in the first edition of Wheres Wally? (1987). ...
Driver Watch: - Update section for news on the most recent firmware available. This is mainly dominated with Forceware patches for Nvidia graphics cards or Catalyst patches for ATI graphics cards. Comparisons are usually made between the current and previous patches to give some indication that they are indeed an improvement.
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a major supplier of graphics processors (graphics processing units, GPUs), graphics cards, and media and communications devices for PCs and game consoles (Xbox). ...
ATI Technologies Inc. ...
Game News: - A roundup of what's happening (or about to happen) in the world of PC gaming
Controversial games/internet news segment - Here games and websites that have raised one or two legal/ethical eyebrows usually get a mention here. This has ranged from games whereby the player must shoot up with various drugs like marijuana and LSD to enchance their performance in smashing people's heads in -- to websites that allow users to remotely control a gun and shoot 'wild' animals. (Both links have been neglected as they do not deserve any more coverage than already stated.)
Cannabis is a plant also known as Cannabis sativa, hemp, or marijuana. ...
LSD blotter paper D-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, commonly called acid, LSD, or LSD-25, is a powerful semisynthetic hallucinogen and psychedelic entheogen. ...
Custom PC's Gaming Server: - News and highlights about the magazines dedicated gaming server (provided by e-frag (http://www.e-frag.co.uk)). Here, readers of the magazine can meet together in online games like Counter Strike: Source and make new friends as they 'head-shot' old ones. Staff from the magazine apparently frequent these servers, but their usernames are lost to the midsts of time...
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Custom PC Competition: - Another chance to win, but this time a slightly better prize than the other competitions is up for grabs. (i.e. prize total may exceed £100)
Top Hardware Choices: - Here, a roundup of the best tested PC components over the course of the magazines many labtests come to rest so that readers do not ever tread the dark-side of third-party components. The catagories are numerous, and comprise of the main components needed in many modern day PCs. (Although a review on what's the best cabling to get is still neglected...those fools)
CPC Elite: - Custom PC's pick of the finest hardware out there today. The Valhalla of the computing world, where kits and components grafted from the blood, sweat and tears of a thousand geeks, nerds and boffins are sacrificed at its alter. The sign on the gates reads: "Your bank balance must be this high before you may enter".
Dream PC: - The ultimate PC that will make grown otaku fall to their bulbous knees crying stinking tears of joy as they hand over their hard-earned bread to get one step closer to a digital heaven.
In English, an otaku (plural usually otaku, since Japanese words are not pluralized using an s) is a variety of geek (or an overly obsessed fanboy / fangirl) specializing in anime and manga. ...
Mid-Range PC - Like the Dream PC, but you'll probably only bend at the knees with pseudo joy as you hand over your piggy bank. Digital purgatory awaits.
Piggy bank (sometimes penny bank) is the traditional name of a coin accumulation and storage container, most often used by children. ...
Laptop - Laptops with the most gorgeous graphics, fastest FLOPs and most expansive expenses are covered here. When you have this much power (and weight) you'll wonder why you didn't just buy a desktop.
Flop redirects here. ...
MP3 Player - Only the sweetest-sounding pocket jukebox's are allowed.
TFT Monitor
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- Here TFT monitors with the best labtest scores are listed.
Surround Sound Speakers
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Midi-Tower Case
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High-End Case
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DVD Burner
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Power Supply
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Bare Bones System [[Image:|150px]]
Hard Disk
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DDR RAM
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Overclockers' DDR RAM
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DDR2 RAM
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Advanced Cooling
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Quiet Cooling
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CPU Heatsink
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Mid-Range Graphics Card
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High-End Graphics Card
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Extreme Graphics Card
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LGA775 Pentium 4 Motherboard
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S754 Athlon 64 Motherboard
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S939 Athlon 64 Motherboard
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5. Reviews: - Comments from the staff on the months news, with notes on how components are tested (see CPC Benchmarking Tests), and explanation of the awards given to exemplary products (see CPC Awards).
CPC Benchmarking Tests
CPC Awards
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- Custom PC 'Approved' Award: Reserved for
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- Custom PC 'Premium Grade' Award: For products that
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- Custom PC 'Approved Kit' Award: Awarded to kits that push the boundaries
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