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Atomic is a magazine aimed squarely at computer enthusiasts, gamers, and serious PC upgraders. Every month we bring you the latest reviews of new technology and PC components, in depth features on everything from overclocking to console hacking, and gaming previews and interviews.
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Ashton Mills takes apart the most vital component in your PC – the PSU. Warning: Science Content!
VISTA SP1
Reviewed, tested and totally pwned by Logan Booker.
Head2Head: CPU COOLING
A categorical exploration into the cool world, with your guide Josh Collins. Discover the best products for your PC
HARDCORE
The very latest motherboards, graphics cards, RAM, soundcards and more. Want tech? Got tech.
ENGINE ROOM
An insiders look at the run, gun, leap and mutate joy that is Prototype.
GAMEPLAY
Massive GTAIV review, plus GRID, Gran Turismo Prologue and more. It’s driving month!
TECHNIQUE
More Windows Home Server goodness and the latest in Ron Prouse’s mad quest to build his own race car simulator. Plus Chris Taylor’s latest thoughts on how to get ahead in tech education.
Articles in this issue
Apogee GT DDR3-2000
Great in theory, but Josh Collins isn’t so sure about the practice of this unique memory kit.
ASUS Crosshair II Formula
Josh Collins scopes up to suss out the latest from ASUS, AMD and NVIDIA.
ASUS Crosshair II Formula
Josh Collins scopes up to suss out the latest from ASUS, AMD and NVIDIA.
ASUS P5Q Deluxe
Josh Collins is still struggling to figure out the alpha-numeric system of ASUS’, but oh well, we’re up to Q now.
ASUS Xonar DX PCI-E
There’s nothing Creative about this new card from Asus, and Jake Carrol likes it that way.
Civilization Revolutions
It’s Civ, Jim, but not as we know it – not as we know it.
Common course
Wondering where to start your studies? Chris Taylor has a few good ideas.
Corsair DHX TWIN3X4096-1600C7DHXIN
Josh Collins drools over Corsair’s latest DDR3 kit.
Cunning linguistics
Chris Taylor is apparently a fan of puns. Good thing he's also got some advice in coding.
Everything you need to know about power supplies
The specifications and features you should be looking for
FIFA Street 3
David West takes it to the street with oddly proportioned football players.
Fitting a case fan
Ron Prouse gets back to basics and blows us away
GIGABYTE 9800GX2
Josh Collins does his darndest to find a diamond in the rough.
GIGABYTE GA-MA-78GM-S2H
Josh Collins is coming around to AMD's latest breed of integrated motherboards.
GIGABYTE GA-MA-78GM-S2H
Josh Collins is coming around to AMD's latest breed of integrated motherboards.
GIGABYTE GV-NX96T512HP
Josh Collins gets his game on… quietly.
Haze
A great idea is lost amongst less than great gameplay. David Hollingworth takes another hit of Nectar for the team.
Inside Battlefield: Bad Company
Logan Booker exchanges rifle fire with Karl-Magnus Troedsson, senior producer on Battlefield: Bad Company.
Inside Prototype
Logan Booker splices genes with Radical Entertainment’s Tim Bennison, executive producer on Prototype.
Phenom X3 8750
Josh Collins takes a look at AMD’s latest and – hopefully – greatest.
The Club
Any club that will let David Hollingworth in isn’t worth joining. Or, for that matter... playing.
WD VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS
David Field spins up to operating speed in order to check out the latest from Western Digital.
XFX 9600GT 512MB Alpha Dog Edition
Josh Collins discovers the difference between alpha and beta.
XFX 9800GX2 512MB Black Edition
The 9800GX2 is back in black, but is it any better? Josh Collins finds out.
Area 53
The Modern Warfare 2 launch
BlizzCon 2009
Computex 2009
Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009
Atomic's Hot Awards
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