Assembling a PC yourself not only has the great advantage of tailoring the hardware to your own wishes and requirements, but is also a lot of tinkering fun. The c’t special issue PC-Selbstbau presents four construction proposals, which you can use to put together inexpensive budget gamers, a flexible all-rounder or a home server. Furthermore, the booklet provides purchase advice, numerous tests of PC components and tips for the optimal hardware for the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 .

Assembling the Ryzen-Allrounder Plus The construction proposals from the c’t laboratory are suitable for a wide range of applications: The Ryzen Allrounder Plus is equally suitable as a fast everyday computer as well as with the optional 16 – Core processor, large RAM and high-end graphics card for a potent luxury computer. PC gamers can choose between two inexpensive budget gamers with AMD Ryzen or Intel Core i. The flexible home server not only accepts 99 TByte data, but also offers it some professional features like ECC-RAM and remote maintenance.

Hardware tests and purchase advice In order to keep track of the huge selection of attractive hardware, you will find in the c’t special issue PC-Self-Assembly, in addition to extensive purchase advice on common PC components, additional in-depth tips for the right graphics card, SSD and the optimal one Processor. You will also find out which applications and 3D games benefit from how many CPU cores.

Special issue PC-DIY 2020 (5 pictures) The special issue contains detailed test reports on processors, solid-state disks with SATA and NVMe interfaces with up to 4 TByte capacity and graphics cards. Using the mainboard tests, you will find the right foundation for current Core-i and Ryzen CPUs. In addition, the booklet provides suggestions for quiet, efficient PC power supplies of the 500 – watt class.

Printed and digital c’t self-made PC is available on paper as well as also in digital form. Who the print edition for 14, 90 Euro up to and including 29. 12. 2020 in the heise shop ordered, pays no shipping costs.

The digital version as PDF is available immediately for 12, 99 Euro in the heise shop, in our Android and iOS apps or on Amazon.

The printed booklet and the digital edition are also available as a bundle for 19, 90 Euro. (chh)