An all-AMD affair. It's a shame consumers can't simply walk into a shop and purchase their favourite components on a whim. Severe and ongoing stock shortages have curtailed such efforts at a time where new hardware is genuinely worth considering. The latest CPUs and GPUs, coupled to a modern chipset and a high-speed SSD, have plenty to offer when upgrading from an older machine, and the tech has evolved such that a powerful replacement need not be big in size or overly detrimental to the bank balance.

Take, for example, PCSpecialist's Topaz-Pro R. Priced at £1,749 and sold as is, this petite mid-tower base unit stomps its way through most workloads, be it video rendering or high-quality, high-resolution gaming.