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Antec's P280 enclosure by David Morgan — 11:51 PM on January 8, 2012 The P280 is Antec's latest flagship enclosure, and it's got a big reputation to live up to. We dig in to see if... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases	48
OCZ's Octane 512GB solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 4:18 PM on November 30, 2011 OCZ bought SSD controller maker Indilinx earlier this year, and the first product of that acquisition is now out. Join us for a look... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	41
Seagate's Momentus XT 750GB hybrid hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 12:26 AM on November 29, 2011 Seagate has upgraded its Momentus XT hybrid drive with more storage capacity and a bigger, faster flash cache. We dig deeper to see how... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Mobile computing	69
Fractal Design's Core 3000 enclosure by David Morgan — 10:37 PM on November 17, 2011 Fractal Design has a new budget enclosure that costs just $65. We take a closer at the Core 3000 to see if it warrants... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases	34
Intel's Core i7-3960X processor by Scott Wasson — 2:01 AM on November 14, 2011 The new Extreme version of Sandy Bridge doubles up on nearly all of the resources included in the original quad-core variants. The result? ... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	182
A quick look at OCZ's 2.15 SSD firmware by Geoff Gasior — 2:44 PM on November 2, 2011 SandForce SSDs have been dogged by reports of BSODs and other issues, but new firmware promises relief. We take a quick look at... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	69
A quick look at Bulldozer thread scheduling by Scott Wasson — 5:32 PM on October 27, 2011 Is an awareness of the shared nature of AMD's Bulldozer architecture the key to unlocking its performance? We investigate. Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	106
Life in the lab with Noctua's CPU coolers by Geoff Gasior — 10:51 PM on October 26, 2011 We rarely review CPU coolers here at TR, but we've spent a few months working with a trio of Noctua designs that are really quite... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Cooling	64
SSD scaling outside the sweet spot by Geoff Gasior — 10:32 PM on October 19, 2011 Fresh from rounding up a collection of the latest 120-128GB solid-state drives, we've turned our attention to a pack of 240-300GB models to see... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	44
AMD's FX-8150 further overclocked by Scott Wasson — 9:07 AM on October 19, 2011 AMD plans to bundle a water cooler with some models of its FX processors. We strapped one of 'em to our FX-8150 to see... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	147
Corsair's Carbide 400R mid-tower chassis by David Morgan — 10:07 AM on October 13, 2011 Corsair set its sights on the budget case market with the Carbide 400R. We go hands on to see if it brings the... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases	23
AMD's FX-8150 'Bulldozer' processor by Scott Wasson — 12:21 AM on October 12, 2011 AMD's "Bulldozer" processors are here, and we have a full and extensive review. Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	585
AMD's A8-3800 Fusion APU by Scott Wasson — 10:28 PM on October 2, 2011 We weren't terribly impressed with AMD's A8-3850 APU, in part because its 100W power envelope seemed rather large for a chip whose integrated graphics are... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs	57
SSDs in the sweet spot: Modern contenders at 120-128GB by Geoff Gasior — 11:01 PM on September 25, 2011 The latest generation of SSDs is out in full force. We've rounded up nine of 'em to see which offers the best performance... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	169
Inside the second: A new look at game benchmarking by Scott Wasson — 6:08 PM on September 8, 2011 We set out to introduce some new game benchmarking methods, and those new tools promptly helped us uncover an intriguing problem: multi-GPU micro-stuttering. Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Gaming	162
Thermaltake's Element Q Mini-ITX enclosure by Geoff Gasior — 4:13 PM on August 25, 2011 For just $65, Thermaltake's Element Q Mini-ITX chassis offers a 200W PSU, support for 5.25" optical drives, and subtle styling reminiscent of the Golf GTI.... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases	40
Fractal Design's Define R3 mid-tower chassis by David Morgan — 11:47 AM on August 23, 2011 Fractal Design has concocted a USB 3.0 revision of its stylish Define R3 mid-tower chassis. We go hands-on to see if its beauty... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases	39
Razer's BlackWidow and BlackWidow Ultimate keyboards by David Morgan — 3:10 AM on July 26, 2011 We've tested both of Razer's clicky mechanical gaming keyboards to figure out whether they're worth the money—and hearing loss. Type: Feature article Tags: Input devices	57

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tipoo

It's not a benchmark suggestion, but a benchmark*ing* suggestion, I've always wanted to see more older CPUs thrown into what benchmarks they can to sh...

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lilbuddhaman

Obligatory "what about Higher resolution desktop monitors" post. +26

chuckula

Good idea, and to expand on this point: A whole lot of people have already given... +26

Alexko

"Quark, drunk on money, power, and an estimated 90% market share, started behavi... +24

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