Think small Dell apparently has big aspirations to compete in the mini PC market that’s gaining a bit of steam. Over on the company’s website, you can now configure an Inspiron Micro Desktop with Bay Trail-D inside and running Windows 8.1 with Bing starting at $179. That’s the first two available models. The $179 configuration…
You may have noticed that we look much like our sister site, PC Gamer. This is a good thing. The site is responsive now, and changes to fit whatever resolution and device you may be using to view it. More and more people are browsing Maximum PC on their phones, and we’re happy to say…
Is your PC up to the task? Hype has been high for the Oculus Rift VR headset ever since it first debuted on Kickstarter what seems like a century ago (in reality, it was nearly two and a half years ago). Know what else is high? The system requirements to run Oculus Rift (we would…
Optimizing for Witcher 3 CD Projeckt Red’s much anticipated The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt releases to PC in just a matter of hours (at the time of this writing), as well as Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Just in time for its Windows debut, Nvidia has made available a new set of WHQL drivers, release…
Bloodborne’s boss fights are dead scary, and heightening the sense of terror is the epic musical score. The ambitious music project was a globe-spanning collaboration between JAPAN Studio, From Software, and SCEA’s Product Development Services Group (PDSG), and was recorded at London’s prestigious AIR Studios. And you can now set your heart racing even when…
For the first web edition of Blueprints, we went big for our Turbo build. Big case, big on memory, and big on video performance. The Turbo is meant for gamers and enthusiasts with deep pockets, so we didn’t have to hold back (well, at least not too much). The Turbo budget allows a lot of…
Our midrange build is anything but average. As you know, we like power. We like speed. We like pretty, shiny things. Our midrange build attempts to give you all of that at a sensible price. You won’t find TITAN Xs in SLI here, but what you will find is a solid gaming machine that can…
Everyone would like to have the biggest, meanest, and hungriest PC out there. Some of us, though, just can’t afford to go too big or crazy. We get it, homie. There’s rent to be paid, and the landlord won’t take 3DMark scores as currency. But that doesn’t mean you can’t game like a boss on…
Hey, Luc from Dontnod here. The team have been working really hard on getting Life is Strange Episode 3 ready and we’re really excited that it will be released tomorrow, May 19th, for people to start playing. In this next episode Max and Chloe’s investigation leads to them breaking into Blackwell Academy at night to…
New site, more content, a lot more Kick-Ass A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article letting everyone know that Maximum PC would be going through a transition . It’s here. During this weekend, www.maximumpc.com will go through a short content freeze. The new site and platform will go live on Monday around noon…