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Close to the Metal — 51 episodes

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Destiny 2 on PC, VR headsets, IFA news, Skip Ahead

2

Windows Mixed Reality isn't so mixed

3

AMD's return to form with Vega and Ryzen

4

We talk back-to-school PCs

5

AMD's Threadripper and Vega

6

How well does your system run 'Playerunknown's Battlegrounds'?

7

Build your own gaming desktop, or let someone else do it?

8

A Breaking Point For Bitcoin

9

The Surface Laptop is in the building

10

A PC perspective on E3 2017

11

How close is MacOS to Apple's Core?

12

Computex 2017 reignites the fight between AMD and Intel

13

New 2-in-1s breach the surface, but are any winners?

14

If you build it, will they come?

15

Batten the hatches, your system is under siege

16

Microsoft Surface Laptop and Windows 10 S

17

The Optane Difference

18

The RX 570 Live Review

19

The Ryzen Roundup

20

Does the Windows 10 Creators Update live up to its name?

21

Intel's Optane Memory

22

We’re not over the moon about Mass Effect: Andromeda

23

Quantum Computers are finally landing, but it’s still early

24

Ryzen is here, but is AMD really back?

25

Tonight's the Night for New GPUs

26

Greenlight is dead, long live Greenlight

27

For Honor, Windows Game Mode, and the sharp rise in PC Gaming demands

28

Windows puts its head in the cloud

29

The tricky art of building a gaming laptop

30

Farewell to Microsoft’s Fedora Guy, Hello to Android apps for Chromebooks

31

Nintendo Switch fills a gap in PC gaming

32

Oculus Touch Live Review

33

The best and worst of computing in 2016

34

What can you do about a bad console-to-PC port?

35

You should buy a monitor this holiday season

36

Apple MacBook Pro live review

37

Whoa, 2-in-1s are suddenly good

38

What do you get from a $10 gaming mouse?

39

The new MacBook Pro is revealed, but is it fast?

40

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti review

41

Can you really live with just one USB port?

42

WD Blue SSD live review, and how fast should your SSD be?

43

7th-Gen Intel Core and Holiday Laptops

44

GTX 1060 review, and what’s up with video card prices?

45

Does MacOS Sierra prove Apple doesn’t care about the Mac?

46

Should you give the gift of VR for the Holidays?

47

Can the PlayStation 4 Pro defeat budget gaming PCs?

48

A review of the latest Intel Processor: Kaby Lake

49

Will Deus Ex: Mankind Divided also divide PC Gamers?

50

Intel joins the VR Revolution with Project Alloy

51

AMD pushes entry level gaming with sub-$200 GPUs