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Teaching an old PSU new tricks by David Morgan — 7:48 PM on April 14, 2011 Years back, while still an angsty teenager, I had a bug in my head telling me that A+ certification sounded like good times. With... Type: Blog post Tags: Power	28
PC hardware enthusiasm.. miniaturized? by Scott Wasson — 1:02 PM on February 23, 2011 I've been into building PCs for many years now, but before that, I was never a particularly handy or mechanically inclined type of guy. ... Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles	37
Hit by the Red Ring of Death by Geoff Gasior — 3:24 PM on March 10, 2008 After more than a year and a half of hosting epic table tennis battles and endless laps around the Nurburgring, my Xbox 360 finally succumbed... Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles	30
The great PSU fan swap of 2008 by Cyril Kowaliski — 1:04 PM on February 27, 2008 Seasonic power supplies are great. Whether they're units the Taiwanese PSU manufacturer sells under its own name or those it makes for other firms (like... Type: Blog post Tags: Power	26
TheLab.gr rips off PSU round-up by Geoff Gasior — 5:11 PM on October 23, 2007 They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but when you spend months working on something only to have it ripped off, flattery doesn't... Type: Blog post Tags: Power Miscellaneous	43
Confessions of a console convert by Geoff Gasior — 12:55 PM on July 6, 2007 I've been a PC gamer for as long as I can remember. Those memories begin with "LOAD .,8,1" on a Commodore 64 in elementary... Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles	19
Wheeling my way around a 360 by Geoff Gasior — 4:08 PM on June 15, 2007 They say that the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys, and that sounds about right to me. You see,... Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles	21
Sony owes me $14,000 by Geoff Gasior — 12:17 PM on February 19, 2007 I've been spending an increasing amount of time playing console games recently, so I've been watching Sony's PlayStation 3 launch with rather keen interest. And... Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles	32
Gripped by Gears of War by Geoff Gasior — 7:11 PM on December 21, 2006 I've been playing shooters since Wolfenstein 3D, so I've pretty much seen everything the genre has had to offer over the years. Sadly, the... Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles	14

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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

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

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