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TR's December 2006 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, Scott Wasson — 12:11 AM on December 11, 2006 CHRISTMAS IS FAST APPROACHING, and it's high time we brought you a new system... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	66
TR's October 2006 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, Scott Wasson — 12:00 AM on October 9, 2006 IF YOU'VE BEEN RESISTING scratching the early adopter's itch since the launch of... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	56
TR's August 2006 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, Scott Wasson — 12:00 AM on August 10, 2006 MAJOR NEW CPU ARCHITECTURE INTRODUCTIONS don't happen every day. Intel launched the Netburst... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	93
Shuttle's XPC SN27P2 mini-barebones system by Geoff Gasior — 1:27 AM on July 27, 2006 SHUTTLE ESSENTIALLY CREATED the market for small form factor barebones systems, but lately,... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	26
TR's May 2006 system guide by Scott Wasson, Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on May 8, 2006 WE PUBLISHED OUR FIRST SYSTEM GUIDE about five months ago, and surprisingly little... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	51
TR's system guide by Geoff Gasior, Scott Wasson — 12:00 AM on November 30, 2005 WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS for system and component recommendations. Everyone's looking... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	115
The making of the new Damagebox by Scott Wasson — 12:00 AM on November 2, 2005 EVEN THOUGH I run a computer hardware website and spend my days playing... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	126
Biostar's iDEQ 330P small form factor system by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on July 7, 2005 SINCE SHUTTLE STARTED the small form factor craze with the seminal SV24, other... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	22
Shuttle's XPC ST20G5 mini-barebones system by Geoff Gasior — 12:05 AM on April 11, 2005 ALTHOUGH ATHLON 64 processors undoubtedly deliver an attractive price/performance ratio, the platform's lack... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	39
AOpen's XC Cube EY855-II mini-barebones system by Andy Brown — 12:01 AM on March 2, 2005 INTEL HAS BEEN HAVING an interesting time of it lately. Things were going... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	26
Shuttle's XPC SN25P mini-barebones system by Geoff Gasior — 12:01 AM on February 22, 2005 WITH EXPANSIVE INTERNALS that can accommodate up to three hard drives, a trio... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	43
Shuttle's XPC SB95P V2 mini-barebones system by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on February 14, 2005 SHUTTLE'S P-SERIES CHASSIS is easily the best small form factor enclosure on the... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	23
Shuttle's XPC SB86i mini-barebones system by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on February 7, 2005 SHUTTLE HAS PUSHED the limits of small form factor design more than any... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	36
Soltek's Qbic EQ3901MAY-300P mini-barebones system by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on January 20, 2005 IT SEEMS LIKE everyone and their mother is trying to get into the... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	36
Trigem's Kloss KL-I915A mini-barebones system by Andy Brown — 12:00 AM on January 19, 2005 INCREASINGLY, THE PC IS MAKING its way from the back bedroom to the... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	29
Shuttle's XPC SB77G5 mini-barebones system by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on November 24, 2004 YEARS AGO, Shuttle started the small form factor craze with the SV24. At... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	17
Shuttle's XPC SN95G5 mini-barebones system by Geoff Gasior — 12:17 AM on October 1, 2004 WITH CUBES for every processor package since Socket 370, it was only a... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	31
FIC's Condor mini-barebones system by Andy Brown — 12:00 AM on August 26, 2004 SMALL FORM FACTOR systems have been steadily catching on in the last couple... Type: Feature article Tags: Cases Systems	29

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

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

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