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How Windows 8 scaling fails on high-PPI displays by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:08 AM on September 26, 2012 We've taken Windows 8 for a spin on Asus' new Zenbook Prime in order to get a feel for the new OS's PPI scaling... Type: Feature article Tags: Displays Mobile computing Windows	69
At last, Microsoft may have copied Apple properly by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:52 AM on June 22, 2012 Okay, I apologize for the shameful, troll-bait headline. I realize it's easy to misinterpret, so let me qualify with a statement: Microsoft didn't get where it... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Windows	107
Windows 8 frightens me, and here's why by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:43 PM on May 17, 2012 Some people just hate change. It can't be helped. Those people cling to old versions of their favorite software as long as they can. When... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	266
Ivy Bridge on air: The Core i7-3770K overclocked on four motherboards by Geoff Gasior — 11:24 AM on April 23, 2012 Ivy bridge is here, and she appears to have plenty of clock speed headroom. We overclock the Core i7-3770K on motherboards from Asus,... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Motherboards	55
A quick look at Intel's DZ77GA-70K motherboard by Geoff Gasior — 11:23 AM on April 19, 2012 While preparing for a certain upcoming processor launch, we've been spending some quality time with Intel's DZ77GA-70K motherboard. Read on for a quick... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	23
Western Digital's VelociRaptor 1TB hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 7:00 AM on April 16, 2012 Is there any hope for high-performance mechanical drives? We test WD's latest 10k-RPM VelociRaptor 1TB against a diverse array of competitors to find out. Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	161
Z77 motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 8:58 PM on April 8, 2012 Intel's Ivy Bridge processor may still be waiting in the wings, but the 7-series motherboards designed for it are already for sale. To provide... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	56
OCZ's RevoDrive 3 X2 240GB solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 4:48 PM on March 26, 2012 Using virtualization voodoo, the RevoDrive 3 X2 combines four SandForce-based SSDs on a single PCIe card purportedly capable of transfer rates up to 1500MB/s. ... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	61
A sneak peek at Asus' next-gen Intel motherboards by Geoff Gasior — 2:00 AM on March 6, 2012 Curious about how motherboard makers are tackling Intel's Sandy Bridge successor? We take an early look at Asus' 7-series family to see what's... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards	47
TR's March 2012 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 4:16 PM on February 22, 2012 Not much new hardware has come out since we published our last guide in December, but this edition is still choc-full of small, incremental... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	217
A closer look at the new AMD by Scott Wasson — 4:08 PM on February 9, 2012 AMD has a new management team and a new direction. They recently shared their vision for the company's future, and we were there, listening... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Graphics Servers	78
TR's Christmas 2011 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 8:06 PM on December 6, 2011 With our latest system guide, we've attempted to weather the surge in hard-drive prices while taking advantage of some of the latest hardware releases.... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	82
Sandy Bridge-E motherboards from Asus, Gigabyte, Intel, and MSI by Geoff Gasior — 2:02 AM on November 14, 2011 If you want to get in on Intel's new Sandy Bridge-E CPU, you'll need an LGA2011 motherboard. We've gathered four examples from Asus, Gigabyte,... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Chipsets	31
TR's fall 2011 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 3:43 PM on October 24, 2011 Join us as we reveal the latest updates and additions we've made to our four classic builds: the $600 Econobox, $900 Utility Player, $1,500 Sweeter... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	167
A roadmap for next-generation mobo firmware by Geoff Gasior — 10:43 AM on October 13, 2011 Later this week, I embark on a super-secret mission to Silicon Valley to get a sneak peek at Asus' upcoming X79 motherboards. At a... Type: Blog post Tags: Motherboards	37
Llano Mini-ITX mobo face off: Asus F1A75-I Deluxe vs. Zotac A75-ITX WiFi by Geoff Gasior — 1:38 PM on October 5, 2011 The tight integration of AMD's Llano platform is perfectly suited to Mini-ITX motherboards. We test two of 'em from Asus and Zotac to see... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards	26
Windows 8 and the marginalization of geeks by Cyril Kowaliski — 10:23 AM on September 16, 2011 On Tuesday, Microsoft made the Windows 8 Developer Preview available publicly without demanding so much as a Windows Live login name and password in return.... Type: Blog post Tags: Operating systems Windows	108
TR's back-to-school system guide by Cyril Kowaliski — 2:23 PM on August 15, 2011 In this edition of the guide, we've freshened up our base builds and added a $700 dorm PC for folks heading to college this fall. Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Workstations	43

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NeelyCam

Continuing a long history of innovation, AMD announced today that they were the first to reach a critical CPU power envelope threshold. AMD CEO, Rory...

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I'm getting less and less thrilled by Haswell every day now. And AMD would likel... +38

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Well, the 200W barrier has been broken. Now onto 500W! +35

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