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Type: Feature article Tags: Systems

Our new system guide includes a series of firsts: a Phenom II X3 has landed in one of our primary builds, our cheapest Core...

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Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Gaming

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We cleverly side-stepped Intel's Core i7 offensive in our previous guide by focusing on cheaper systems. Now that the Core i7 is out, we've

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In preparation for the holiday season, we've completely reworked our system guide with more affordable systems at new price points. Come check out the...

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In our latest system guide, we've jacked the Grand Experiment with a quad-core processor and high-end graphics, put an 8800 GT into the Econobox,...

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Asus's Eee Box B202 is the tiniest, quietest desktop computer this side of the Mac Mini. But can the B202 do for desktops what the...

Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Internet

AMD and Nvidia spat out new GPU generations within days of each other in the past two weeks, and the landscape has changed on the...

Type: Feature article Tags: Systems

Nvidia revealed its Enthusiast System Architecture specification back in November, promising to consolidate hardware monitoring and control with a single communication protocol. The...

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I haven't written about this yet, but I probably should before too much time passes. A couple of months ago, I finally decided that...

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The time has come again for a new system guide. Thanks to falling prices and major hardware makers engaged in furious competition, we've managed...

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PC hardware has gotten crazy cheap in recent months. You can take advantage by using our latest system guide to select components for a...

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Intel's P35 Express has reigned as the enthusiast chipset of choice since its introduction. Now you can get it in a pint-sized form factor with...

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Nvidia announced its Enthusiast System Architecture back in November, promising to consolidate system and hardware monitoring under a single communication protocol. ESA-certified hardware is now...

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In July of 2006, Sun added an interesting new machine to their lineup of Opteron-based x86 servers. It was codenamed 'Thumper' during...

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Being able to build your own PC is one of the perks of being an enthusiast, but it's a daunting task if you've never tackled...

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