TR's Christmas 2008 system guide
We cleverly side-stepped Intel's Core i7 offensive in our previous guide by focusing on cheaper systems. Now that the Core i7 is out, we've revised our guide with higher-end configs that use the new hardware. And, of course, price fluctuations have given us an opportunity to freshen up our... Read more...
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Last post by Nitrodist at 2:28 PM on December 23, 2008
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TR's fall 2008 system guide
In preparation for the holiday season, we've completely reworked our system guide with more affordable systems at new price points. Come check out the configurations we're proposing at $300, $500, $800, and $1,200. Read more...
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Last post by holophrastic at 11:59 PM on October 29, 2008 -
TR's back-to-school system guide
In our latest system guide, we've jacked the Grand Experiment with a quad-core processor and high-end graphics, put an 8800 GT into the Econobox, and brought RAID to the Sweet Spot. And we've whipped up a sub-$300 desktop based on Intel's Atom CPU, too. Read more...
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Last post by SS4 at 4:51 PM on October 16, 2008 -
ASUS's Eee Box B202 small form factor PC
Asus's Eee Box B202 is the tiniest, quietest desktop computer this side of the Mac Mini. But can the B202 do for desktops what the Eee PC did for notebooks? Read on for our take. Read more...
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Last post by peter41 at 1:02 PM on January 5, 2009 -
TR's Summer 2008 system guide
AMD and Nvidia spat out new GPU generations within days of each other in the past two weeks, and the landscape has changed on the storage and motherboard fronts, as well. Come see what builds we've concocted for our latest system guide. Read more...
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Last post by kythlyn at 5:59 PM on August 4, 2008 -
TR's April 2008 system guide
The time has come again for a new system guide. Thanks to falling prices and major hardware makers engaged in furious competition, we've managed to make our four sample builds even better than before. We've also included a fifth system for those seeking to build a sweet home theater... Read more...
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Last post by buildcurious at 1:57 PM on June 29, 2008 -
TR's February 2008 system guide
PC hardware has gotten crazy cheap in recent months. You can take advantage by using our latest system guide to select components for a new build. A sub-$600 killer gaming rig? We can do that. Read on to see how. Read more...
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Last post by mcnels1 at 3:57 PM on April 7, 2008 -
Shuttle's XPC SP35P2 Pro SFF barebones system
Intel's P35 Express has reigned as the enthusiast chipset of choice since its introduction. Now you can get it in a pint-sized form factor with Shuttle's XPC SP35P2 Pro. Read on to see how Shuttle's latest shoebox compares to the fastest Core 2 platforms on the market. Read more...
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Last post by azium at 7:13 AM on February 4, 2008 -
The Enthusiast System Architecture in action
Nvidia announced its Enthusiast System Architecture back in November, promising to consolidate system and hardware monitoring under a single communication protocol. ESA-certified hardware is now available, and we've been playing with a system loaded with it. Keep reading to see ESA in action. Read more...
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Last post by JonasL72 at 3:16 PM on April 9, 2008 -
How to build a PC
Being able to build your own PC is one of the perks of being an enthusiast, but it's a daunting task if you've never tackled system assembly before. Read on as we provide step-by-step instructions for your first system build. Read more...
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Last post by NutMan at 4:55 PM on May 29, 2008 -
TR's Christmas 2007 system guide
Recent weeks have brought a deluge of new components that offer solid value for the average enthusiast PC—affordable hardware with next-generation performance. The time is right to build a new box. TR's latest system guide has recs for building the best PC for your budget. Read more...
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Last post by alphaGulp at 4:28 PM on January 20, 2008 -
Nvidia announces ESA specification
Nvidia has announced an Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) specification that it hopes will standardize a hardware monitoring protocol for PC components. Read on to see what ESA is all about and who Nvidia has signed on to support it. Read more...
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Last post by provoko at 5:34 AM on November 13, 2007 -
TR's September 2007 system guide
With so many pricing changes having hit the processor market over the past couple of months, a new system guide is overdue. As we were busy updating TR's look and feel, Intel and AMD both lowered prices across their respective processor lineups and, in doing so, created two new... Read more...
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Last post by kkloster at 10:35 PM on November 27, 2007 -
Shuttle's XPC SG33G5 SFF barebones system
OVER THE YEARS, Shuttle's XPC lineup has been whittled down from a vast array of small form factor barebones systems based on wildly different form factors to a handful of models built on only a couple of chassis. Power-hungry... Read more...
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