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A tribute to my under-appreciated home file servers I spend an almost embarrassing amount of time in front of my desktop PC. It's my workhorse, and the system that I endeavor to... |
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Getting to grips with thumb drive encryption Join us in welcoming Matt Trinca, the newest addition to TR's roster of bloggers. I recently found myself in the market for a new thumb drive.... |
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The great upgrade: Tales from the ancient past Our current contest challenges readers to relate their first PC upgrade experiences for a chance to win a copy... Type: Blog post Tags: CPUs Graphics Motherboards Storage |
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Ye Olde HTPC gets a long-overdue upgrade I built my first proper home-theater PC so long ago that I don't remember exactly when. Five years ago sounds about right, but it... |
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Portege R700 sampled briefly Though he might not publicly admit it, I think I could detect some jealousy in Scott's voice when I called to say I was hanging... Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Miscellaneous Mobile computing |
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New Intel RST drivers hit performance scaling ceiling I was quite excited when Intel released its latest storage controller drivers last week. We knew these drivers were coming, and I'd been... |
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What do you want to see in our new storage test suite? The number of new hard drives, SSDs, and other interesting storage devices due out this year is staggering. Heck, even what's coming in just... |
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An upgrade tale 2: upgrade harder So, almost three years had passed since my last major system upgrade—downright shameful negligence for someone in this line of work, clearly. I won't... |
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Chance to win a Core i7 gaming PC Intel and a couple of its system-building partners are going out of their way to make this week's launch extra special. CyberPower and... Type: Blog post Tags: Systems Miscellaneous The Tech Report |
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A tale of avarice, betrayal, and upgrading It's story time with Uncle Dusty, kids, so scoot in and I'll spin you a tale of terror sure to make spiders crawl up your... |
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On PC upgrades and diminishing returns Like many of you, I'm giddily waiting on the release of Intel's Lynnfield processors to upgrade my main desktop PC. This system is still trucking... |
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A compact, fast, and quiet PC for the kitchen If you've read our summer system guide, you might enjoy hearing the story of how our very cool Pocket Swiss Army Knife config came... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards Cases Systems |
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RAID 1 for the time-challenged It happens to the best of us. We spend hours putting together a new PC, mounting a nice aftermarket heatsink, making sure all the cables... |
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Dissecting the Steam Hardware Survey As a cross-platform gamer increasingly disenchanted with the PC, I absolutely love Steam and what Valve has done for the platform. Over the last five... |
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The parent trap We've all been there at one time or another: fixing a family member's computer. It's not a situation I particularly mind, since my family has... |
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How do you back up your gigs of goodies? In the wake of my post about data recovery services, an old buddy of mine from college, Dave Kirby, wrote me with a question about... |
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Seeking a good hard drive recovery service A friend of mine emailed me recently with a question that I can't answer. He has a friend whose hard drive has croaked, possibly... |
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ESA and SideShow: A perfect match 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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