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The TR Podcast 106: New Radeons and a new AMD by Jordan Drake — 12:15 AM on February 20, 2012 As Jordan braces for a visit from unwelcome reality stars, we discuss gaming news, the latest from AMD, and some SSDs fresh out of... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	12
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
The TR Podcast 105: Eye candy and SSD scaling by Jordan Drake — 7:38 PM on February 5, 2012 This week's episode of the podcast is short and sweet, with a look at AMD's Radeon HD 7950, stereoscopic 3D, and SSD scaling. Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	10
The TR Podcast 104: The rundown on CES 2012 by Jordan Drake — 2:30 AM on January 23, 2012 In this episode, we go through the highlights of this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Jordan also gives us his review of several sets of... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	14
Cooler Master's Cosmos II enclosure by David Morgan — 2:39 PM on January 18, 2012 Cooler Master's latest creation is a follow-up to the revered Cosmos line of enthusiast enclosures. We put this super-sized newbie through its paces... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases	38
The TR Podcast 103: Down and dirty with the 7970 by Jordan Drake — 12:18 AM on January 9, 2012 In this episode of the podcast, Scott and special guest David Kanter from Real World Technologies dissect the Radeon HD 7970. Our panel also... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	42
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
The TR Podcast 102: Future TV and a holiday Ti fighter by Jordan Drake — 11:05 PM on December 18, 2011 It's a short and sweet episode of vocal tech reporting this week. Highlights include listener questions, some discussion of 21st-century TV and Nvidia's new... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	11
The TR Podcast 101: Scott really hates the Kindle Fire by Jordan Drake — 1:31 AM on December 5, 2011 In this episode, Scott rants about the Kindle Fire, we share our enthusiasm for Arkham City and Infinity Blade II, and we go over... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	39
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
The TR Podcast 100: The big 1-0-0 by Jordan Drake — 2:03 AM on November 14, 2011 This is our 100th podcast episode, and we're celebrating it with a retrospective and a special giveaway. We haven't forgotten the usual staples of... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	156
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
The TR Podcast 99: New PC builds for a new Battlefield by Jordan Drake — 10:27 PM on October 30, 2011 In this episode, we tackle some listener questions, share our thoughts on Battlefield 3, dissect the new system guide, and explain the intricacies of... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	27
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
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
The TR Podcast 98: Of Bulldozers and Rage by Jordan Drake — 11:59 PM on October 16, 2011 This episode of the TR Podcast has it all: listener mail questions, gaming talk, an interview with Asus, and a lengthy expose on AMD's... Type: Feature article Tags: Podcast	23
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

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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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