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SMASHING PINS

n 2023, we turn up our noses if we don’t like the RGB lighting strips running along our graphics card. In 1993, the select few enthusiasts who ever dared meddle with the inner workings of their home computer were delighted just to correctly identify their VGA card. Quite aside from the astronomical rise in computational power since issue 1 of this magazine hit the shelves, we’ve seen an equally dramatic transformation in the way desktop machines are put together. It’s basically nerd Lego now, a toybox of multicolored parts that fit together in an outrageously proportioned,

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