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Eight power supply units encounter The Beast by Geoff Gasior — 11:30 PM on February 6, 2008 Enthusiasts know there's much more to a PSU than wattage; we're looking for consistent DC voltages, minimal AC ripple, high efficiency, low noise, and effective... Type: Feature article Tags: Power	38
AMD aims to unify SFF PCs with DTX spec by Scott Wasson — 5:26 PM on October 22, 2007 Ever since we laid eyes on Shuttle's first cube, we've been enamored with the concept of small, quiet, yet capable PCs. AMD's proposed DTX... Type: Feature article Tags: Motherboards Cases Cooling	34
Eleven enthusiast power supplies compared by Geoff Gasior — 12:22 PM on October 1, 2007 Enthusiasts know the value of a quality power supply, but picking the best one isn't easy. We've pushed 11 PSUs between 500 and 750W... Type: Feature article Tags: Power	134
Bigfoot Networks' Killer NIC by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on August 8, 2007 FOR YEARS, GAMERS, enthusiasts, and even mainstream users have been getting their networking for... Type: Feature article Tags: Networking	104
Belkin's Flip-DVI-D: too good to be true? by Scott Wasson — 6:43 PM on July 11, 2007 This cute little device seemed to be tailor-made for our needs: it's a dual-port switch that handles four kinds of inputs: USB keyboard, USB mouse,... Type: Feature article Tags: Displays Input devices	53
Windows Vista's new spin on licensing by Scott Wasson — 12:21 AM on January 30, 2007 WE'VE HEARD ALL MANNER of tinfoil hattery about Windows Vista's schemes for copy protection,... Type: Feature article Tags: Windows	130
A pair of water coolers compared by Geoff Gasior — 12:11 AM on April 19, 2006 FOR YEARS, WATER COOLING has been reserved for the most committed overclocking and... Type: Feature article Tags: Cooling	55
Zalman's CNPS9500 LED CPU cooler by Geoff Gasior — 12:44 AM on October 20, 2005 IT'S RARE THAT WE review CPU coolers at TR, but every so often... Type: Feature article Tags: Cooling	66
Microsoft WinHEC 2005 by Tuan Huynh — 12:00 AM on April 29, 2005 Type: Feature article Tags: Windows	39
Zalman's VF700 GPU coolers by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on April 19, 2005 ENTHUSIASTS HAVE ALWAYS sought to improve performance. Traditionally, we've measured these improvements in... Type: Feature article Tags: Cooling	35
Zalman's CNPS7700-AlCu cooler by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on December 30, 2004 WE DON'T COVER cooling products much here at TR, but every once in... Type: Feature article Tags: Cooling	40
Eight power supplies compared by Geoff Gasior — 2:06 AM on October 6, 2004 I'VE EXTOLLED the virtues of quality power supplies so many times that saying... Type: Feature article Tags: Power	79
Quieting a PC on the cheap by Andy Brown — 12:00 AM on July 1, 2004 LIKE DAMAGE AND DISSONANCE, I TOO find myself turning into an... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Cooling Miscellaneous	55
Zalman's Reserator 1 fanless water cooler by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on June 14, 2004 MY FASCINATION with quiet cooling started out innocently enough, but it's rapidly blossomed... Type: Feature article Tags: Cooling	63
Seven LCD monitors compared by Geoff Gasior — 12:04 AM on March 4, 2004 IDC is predicting manufacturers will ship more LCD screens than traditional CRT displays this... Type: Feature article Tags: Displays	37
Five power supplies compared by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on August 5, 2003 I'VE SAID IT before, and I'll say it again: power supplies are continually... Type: Feature article Tags: Power	90
Asetek's Vapochill CPU cooling system by Andy Brown — 12:05 AM on March 17, 2003 THERE IS A PHRASE well-known to anyone who has ever tried to make... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Cooling	65
Zalman's ZM80A-HP passive GPU cooler by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on February 13, 2003 NVIDIA'S GEFORCE FX has made it painfully clear that there's more to a... Type: Feature article Tags: Cooling	52

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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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codedivine

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

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I dont get the tone of this article, was Nvidia never guilty of this? I thought... +28

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