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ISSUE 175 | OCTOBER 2011

HARDWAREHOW TO?

CHIPSETSIN-DEPTH

XBOXINCOMING

¤ laptop repair¤ pick the perfect board

¤ Intel Z68¤ AMD A75

¤ Mass Effect 3¤ Soul Calibur 5

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REGULARS 01 Ed’s Note12 Competition13 PCF LAN Calendar14 Your letters 80 Ask Luis120 Topics of Discussion

WIRED REVIEWS20 Asus F1A75-V Pro21 MSI A75MA-G5522 Gigabyte 970 A-UD324 Sapphire Pure Platinum H6726 Sapphire HD 6950 DiRT 328 Asus M5A99X EVO30 Evetech i3 GTX560 Ti Pro Gamer31 Brother MFC-9970CDW

GROUP TESTS36 Intel motherboardsZ68 or H67, which gets a P45?

FEATURES4 Build your dream PC32 Intel’s perfect platform48 The ultimate laptop repair guide56 How GPUs are made

04 We can all dream, can’t we?

Contentst#175/10.11

64 MW3 Preview and Interview

86 Mass effect 3, you’re gonna reap what you sow...

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PLAY PREVIEWS64 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 370 Guild Wars 278 Battlestar Galactica Online

FEATURES79 Replay – Alone in the Dark: The

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G3AR PREVIEWS86 Mass Effect 390 Soul Calibur V92 Darksiders 294 Halo CE Anniversary Edition

REVIEWS 108 Rugby World Cup 2011112 Yakuza: Of the End115 From Dust

FEATURES96 Gamescom 2011

32 Intel’s perfect platform

04 We can all dream, can’t we?

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Replay – Alone in the Dark: The

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