TR's summer 2009 system guide
Our latest system guide features a Phenom II- and DDR3-powered Econobox, a highly versatile Mini-ITX build (which can take a Core 2 Quad and a PCIe graphics card), and much, much more. Read more...
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TR's April 2009 system guide
Thanks to continually declining hardware prices, we've been able to concoct some amazingly affordable builds in our latest system guide. The star of this edition is undoubtedly the Utility Player, which now packs a triple-core Phenom II, a GeForce GTX 260, and four gigs of RAM for less than... Read more...
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TR's February 2009 system guide
Our new system guide includes a series of firsts: a Phenom II X3 has landed in one of our primary builds, our cheapest Core i7 config has dropped to around $1,300, and we've thrown a kitchen PC into the mix. Read more...
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Nvidia's Ion platform
Intel has often been criticized for pairing its Atom CPU with anemic 945G-series chipsets, but now there's an alternative in Nvidia's Ion platform. Read on to see how the Atom fares with all the trappings of a modern core logic chipset and a GeForce 9400 GPU. Read more...
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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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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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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 by SS4 at 4:51 PM on 10/16/08 -
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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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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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 by buildcurious at 1:57 PM on 06/29/08 -
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 by mcnels1 at 3:57 PM on 04/07/08 -
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 by azium at 7:13 AM on 02/04/08 -
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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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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