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Deal of the week: IPS monitors and games by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:29 PM on May 3, 2013 We've already featured inexpensive IPS panels in our recent deal posts, but prices are still inching down, so we feel compelled to revisit the subject.... Type: News story Tags: Displays Gaming	51
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 4:19 PM on May 3, 2013 Eight is Enough Fudzilla: AMD creates custom chip division VR-Zone: Intel Ivy Bridge-E HEDT platform to launch in September 2013 Fudzilla: ASRock Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	43
Release roundup: Mobo audio, bay adapters, and superclocked Titans by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:15 PM on May 2, 2013 This week in our look at miscellaneous tidbits and announcements, we bring you fresh news from ASRock, Cougar, Noctua, Scythe, and Zotac: ... Type: News story Tags: Graphics Motherboards Power Cooling Storage	37
Thursday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 2:02 PM on May 2, 2013 The Pick 6 Softpedia: Intel could buy AMD as x86 CPUs lose ground to ARM NASDAQ: Seagate beats earnings, revenue down Bloomberg: Facebook... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	50
Enermax lists Haswell-ready PSUs by Cyril Kowaliski — 1:42 PM on May 2, 2013 We already know a good number of Corsair PSUs will properly support Haswell's low-power states. Now, Enermax has thrown its hat into the ring;... Type: News story Tags: Power	21
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:48 PM on May 1, 2013 7 Up X-bit labs: Disruption in South Korean production could have catastrophic impact on global electronics business VG24/7: Nvidia appoints new Tegra boss Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	24
Tuesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:54 PM on April 30, 2013 7 Up Yahoo! News: Apple sells $17 billion in bonds in record deal Björn3D, Hardware Canucks, HotHardware & PCPer... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	38
Few PSUs support Haswell's C6/C7 low-power states by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:39 AM on April 30, 2013 We came across an interesting story at VR-Zone about Haswell's power-supply requirements yesterday. According to that story, some PSUs won't support the chip's C6/C7... Type: News story Tags: Power	50
Corsair to get $75M cash injection, pursue more buyouts by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:03 PM on April 29, 2013 Earlier this morning, Fortune posted a story saying Corsair was about to... Type: News story Tags: Multimedia Cases Cooling Input devices	24
Report: Not all PSUs support Haswell's low-power states by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:12 AM on April 29, 2013 So you heard the news: Intel's Haswell processors, known officially as 4th Generation Core, are coming out on June 3. Users hoping to upgrade... Type: News story Tags: CPUs Power	66
Monday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 12:00 AM on April 29, 2013 The Pick 6 Neowin: Microsoft 'reimagining' video reveals secrets of rebranding, hints of what's to come LinuxInsider: Have Linux distros gotten too tubby? GSM... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	42
Weekend Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 1:53 PM on April 27, 2013 The Fierce Five VR-Zone: Is your power supply ready for Haswell? Computerworld: Windows Blue won't solve all Microsoft's problems, analysts say Android Police: Google... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	40
Deal of the week: Graphics cards, IPS displays, and more by Cyril Kowaliski — 5:17 PM on April 26, 2013 This week's deal post is all about eye candy—or, rather, graphics cards and monitors. Some mid-range Radeons have gotten quite a bit cheaper since our Type: News story Tags: Graphics Displays	43
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 3:36 PM on April 26, 2013 Eight is Enough AMD announces 2013 Developer Summit: "APU13" X-bit labs: AMD & partners to discuss the future of heterogeneous computing this November... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	22
Thursday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:15 PM on April 25, 2013 Eight is Enough X-bit labs: Intel Core i7-4960X "Ivy Bridge-E" is up to 11% faster than current-generation Extreme offering ZDNet: Want the most reliable... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	20
$100 Obsidian 350D is Corsair's first microATX case by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:58 AM on April 25, 2013 Corsair is known for its large, roomy enthusiast cases, but it hasn't dabbled in smaller form factors. That's changing today with the new Obsidian... Type: News story Tags: Cases	66
Wednesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 8:16 PM on April 24, 2013 Eight is Enough Ars Technica on the rise and fall of AMD: A company on the ropes The Inquirer: AMD brought 64-bit... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	19
Tuesday Night Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 11:59 PM on April 23, 2013 The Fierce Five Hardware Canucks, HotHardware, KitGuru, Legit Reviews, PCPer, TechSpot, techPowerUp!, and TweakTown review AMD... Type: News story Tags: Shortbread	11

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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... +24

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

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