ADVANCED BUILD

Go above and beyond with a PC powerful enough to end worlds

TOTAL $3,228

Crosshair VI Hero

Asus $234 Asus’s Crosshair VI Hero provides a stable backbone for any would be early adopter looking to join the red core revolution.

Ryzen 7 1700

AMD $290 This is for the Twitch streamers, the pro gamers, and the video creators. Eight cores, 16 threads, stunning value.

GTX 1080 Ti Strix

Asus $759 This is the height of efficiency. Silent and well equipped to dissipate heat, the 1080 Ti GPU will power any title you throw at it.

Kraken X62

NZXT $155 The Kraken is the culmination of three of our favorite things: An infinity mirror, a 280mm radiator, and slick braided cooling.

Vengeance LED 32GB - 2666

Corsair $305 32GB of RAM is excessive for anyone gaming today. Use the excess either as a RAM cache, or for video editing in After Effects.

HX750i 80 Plus Platinum

Corsair $139 Modular, custom cable kits, and a platinum efficiency rating. What’s not to love about this Corsair PSU? Nothing, that’s what.

960 Evo 250GB M.2 PCIe SSD

Samsung $118 A cost-effective OS drive delivering sequential read and write speeds of 3200MB/s and 1500MB/s respectively.

MX300 1.1TB SSD

Crucial $271 At 1TB, this SSD from Crucial is fantastic value, and more than big enough for all of your AAA gaming titles.

Enthoo Evolv ATX TG

Phanteks $180 The 5mm thick aluminium panels resonate with svelte professionalism, and the interior makes building inside this a dream.

AGON AG271QG

AOC $600 It’s a lot cheaper than Asus’s PG279QG, and we can’t tell why. 165Hz, IPS, G-Sync, 4ms response... this is the perfect screen.

K70 LUX RGB

Corsair $103 Even when money is no object it’s hard to argue against Corsair’s latest K70. A no-fuss, solid piece of aluminium craftsmanship.

Rival 700

SteelSeries $74 Swappable sensors, back plates, 3D printed rear guards, and an OLED display. The most comfortable, adaptive mouse we’ve used.