Sections
The magazine includes several analysis columns, as well as reviews, features, tutorials and sections devoted to magazine readers. The most current regular sections includes:
- From the Editor
- Introductory column by the editor Ben Hardwidge
- Tracy King
- Sceptical analysis of the ways in which technology and gaming are presented in the media
- Digital Rights
- Analysis of current copyright and censorship laws, written by Jim Killock from the Open Rights Group.
- Interview
- A conversation with a PC game developer, by Joe Martin
- Incoming
- Short round-up of PC hardware news
- Science!
- Analysis of the latest scientific advances in technology, written by Lucy Sherriff
- Mobile Tech Watch
- Analysis of new mobile technology, by Gareth Halfacree
- Dev Perspective
- Analysis of issues from the perspective of a game developer, usually written by Cliff Harris, developer of Gratuitous Space Battles
- Folding@Custom PC
- Custom PC encourages readers to use their idle computers for the purpose of scientific research - Folding@home is a program created and run by Stanford University that uses spare processor cycles to simulate protein folding for disease research. Each month the magazine features a league table of their top folders, the 'Custom PC & bit-tech' team is currently ranked number 6 worldwide. One random folder receives an item of PC hardware each month (stopped in 2010), while the top folder that month is noted in the 'Folder of the month' section.
- CPC Elite
- A 10-page section of CPC's latest recommendations for the best hardware in several categories (motherboards, processors, cases etc.).
- Reviews
- CPC Magazine review the latest hardware and software (including games), they rate the product with their own rating system, and CPC give their stamp of approval (including a recommended award for excellent products) to any product that they feel excels in its particular category. While hardware reviews are the focus of the magazine, games reviews are included.
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- Custom Kit
- 2 pages of short reviews of computer gadgets and accessories.
- Lab Test
- Each month CPC tests related hardware from different manufacturers / different specifications (such as graphics cards or hard-drives) comparing them to discern the best choice. The tests include extensive benchmark comparison tables. Unlike most computer magazines, CPC doesn't do price point labs tests. Instead each item is awarded a value score that reflects whether the item is worth the asking price.
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- Games
- Reviews of the latest games plus graphical comparison guides that show the difference made by different graphical settings.
- Features
- Several in-depth articles on computer-related topics (normally 2 per issue)
- How To
- 5 pages of step-by-step tutorials written by Antony Leather.
- Readers' Drives
- Readers of the magazine get the chance to show off their computer modification skills. Each month a different reader is photographed with his rig and answers questions on its specification and how it was constructed. Featured modders win a prize pack of assorted computer hardware.
- Retro Tech
- Nostalgic look at a piece of retro PC hardware or software, written by the Editor Ben Hardwidge.
- Robert Florence
- The back page column is written by Scottish comedian Robert Florence.
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