The special edition c’t PC-Selbstbau is now available at the kiosk. Tests and purchase advice help to select the right components for your requirements from the huge range of current processors, SSDs, graphics cards and mainboards. In addition to three building instructions for all-round and gaming PCs, the special issue contains a focus on the topic of home servers.

Assembling the Ryzen-Allrounder Plus Three PC construction proposals Using three suggestions from the c’t laboratory, you can recreate your desired PC: You can choose from the Ryzen Allrounder Plus, the basic version with the six-core AMD Ryzen 3600 begins. For more demanding tasks, it can be used with more powerful CPUs up to 16 – Kerner Ryzen 9 5950 X, a PCIe 4.0 SSD Samsung 980 Pro and a high-end graphics card. For those on a tight budget, there is an inexpensive gaming machine with an AMD or Intel CPU that is suitable for common 3D games in Full HD resolution.

Hardware tests and purchase advice The large processor purchase advice takes you through the CPU maze of AMD Athlon, Ryzen with and Without graphics, Ryzen Threadripper and Intel Celeron, Pentium, Core i and Core X. Using benchmarks and tests, the special issue c’t PC-Selbstbau not only shows which applications and 3D games benefit from how many CPU cores, but also delivers Suggestions for the motherboard suitable for the processor. The graphics card purchase advice explains which current 3D accelerator fits best. SSD test reports help you to find the right mass storage device.

Special issue PC self-assembly 2020 (5 pictures) Self-built home server In addition, you will find instructions for a flexible home server in the special issue c’t PC self-construction which, if necessary, not only records over 99 TByte of data, but also some Offers professional features such as ECC RAM and remote maintenance. In the associated server purchase advice, you can find out which alternatives are available if you are toying with a finished NAS or an economical mini PC as data storage. We also have server SSDs and a hard drive with 18 TByte capacity under the microscope.

Printed and digital c’t do-it-yourself PC it both on paper and in digital form. Who the print edition for 14, 90 Euro up to and including 29. 12. 2020 Ordered in the heise shop, does not pay shipping costs.

The digital version as a PDF is now available for 12, 99 euros in the heise shop and in our Android and iOS apps as well as on Amazon. (chh)