what one/s do you guy's suggest?

a description would be nice to like if it is good for case modding, good for harware, has some of both, or is just the most awsome PC mag out there

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I still like Maximum PC... 12 bucks a year, they rip on the people who disappoint them, and they tend to have some good articles.

Also, they've been branching deeply into the mod thing lately...

Maximum PC is pretty good, and I have been impressed with CPU (Computer Power User). CPU has a good hands on staff and I've been surprised at how far they have pushed the limit with gray area utilities. They are pretty new, only a little over a year old, but I learn a little something from every issue.

Damn I miss PC Accelerator...

12 bucks a year no kidden?wow i need to stop buyin off the newstand.anyway ya i buy maximum pc a few times but im going to stop for various reasons,
1 the net has allmost every review you could want..
2 Most mags have or seem to have favotites that they will allways choose over another brand.
3every mag out there is published and covered by the ads....kind of getting tired of buying things that are ads for a company (shirts,mags,hats ,shoes,ect....) taht are plastered with their logos and myself paying for it ,seems backward to me.
i say save your cash and put it toward something more long term,if you wanna read reviews go to the library,if they dont have the mags you are looking for request em and get your bros in on it to ,they will get em for ya.

Maximum PC is pretty good. Like Dark said it's only $12 a year if you get it without the cd.

I subscribe to Maximum PC, CPU, PC Mag, PC World, Computer Shopper, PC Gamer, Computer Gaming World, and about 5 other free mags on enterprise systems and government computing that I get because of my job.

I read all of them and bookmark the areas of interest. I know you can get a lot of info online, but I enjoy laying down in the evening and focusing on the text, it tends to stick with me better. Plus I have a reference library on hand if needed.

Max PC is my choice. And it's dirt cheap.

Like BA said, having a hard copy is great at nights and stuff. And plus, do you really wanna bring the laptop in the bathroom?

How the heck do you subscribe for MaxPC and only get the mag and not the cds? I cant find anyplace that just sells the mag. Most everywhere it seems you have to pay 30 bucks to get the combo.

Doesn't everybody have the library in the head,Ya know, quiet time on the think tank.
MaximumPC is Kick-Ass and of course Hustler(for the articles)

Remember when Computer Shopper was the size of the phonebook?

Quote: Originally posted by neotheducky How the heck do you subscribe for MaxPC and only get the mag and not the cds? I cant find anyplace that just sells the mag. Most everywhere it seems you have to pay 30 bucks to get the combo.

Buy a copy at the store and there will be the little cards you can send in. Or you could just take one of the cards. A third option is to get a free issue from them and they will send you a subscription form. Go here https://w1.buysub.com/pubs/IM/MAX/M2...s_mag_code=MAX

If it's gotta be one mag, Maximum PC is the one to go for. If you're a gamer, go for PC Gamer as well. CPU is pretty good, but not nearly as good as Max PC.

heh phonebook shopper heck yea.

100 pages of people selling custom pcs back before everyone had no clue how easy it was to actually build your own pc.


Maximum PC is the best mag IMO. However, I don't believe in buying any, cause the net is free, and you get any and all information when you want, sooner than the mags can get them to print.

I should subscribe, but its like a ritual for me to hit the Starbuck's then the bookstore every Sunday morning. I get them all and even Mac and graphic design mags too! MaximumPC is the best! I look forward to seeing the "Rig of the Month". In fact this issue features the "Iron Chef", Chris is a bud who won a local modding contest, he took the $400 case he won and modded it into the "Iron Chef", check it out.

Joe! I hit starbucks then books-a-million every sunday...your my long lost twin...I always knew mommy was lying...j/k

Anyway,,,I'd say PC World & MaximumPC are the best.

computer shopper was slick..the last issue got told how to build your own computer and i swear it was the lamest thing i ever saw.told you literly to get a motherboard ,case,cpu ,rom,ect...took a peek at the next issue and in short told you how to bolt it together

Hey flounder; I'd rather see retard's putting together computers thanks to a guide then see them going off and doing something stupid like buying a pre-built peice of sh!t

Though I think that if a magazine does such a easy guide such as that; it really shows you what level of "l33715lvl" the magazine is, in this case extremely low.

Off the subject...
21 days until the three year wait for Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix is over! 896 pages of reading bliss ahh J.K. Rowling kicks @$$

I have Comp Gaming world, PC Gamer, and Max PC on subs.
Max PC r0x the most though cept I hope there mags get a lil thicker soon I can whip one out in a night in bed then have to wait a whole month for the next one

tex i agree with ya but maybe i wasnt clear on the "bolting together " comment ...it was 4 pages of put your roms here in the bigger slots,put your floppy here , harddrive goes in the little slot that doesnt have a hole for a disk to eject,cable goes here,ect...if anyone wanted to build a PC they could just look inside a case or read the mobo manual.i am just getting anti mag real quick.