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A few weeks with Samsung's Galaxy S III smartphone by Geoff Gasior — 10:20 AM on August 30, 2012 Samsung's Galaxy S III is the hottest Android handset on the market right now. We spent a few weeks with one to see... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	147
TR's back-to-school 2012 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 6:23 PM on August 16, 2012 We've updated our famous system guide to account for some of the latest hardware releases, including Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 660 Ti. In the... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	88
Hands on with Intel's open all-in-one platform by Cyril Kowaliski — 9:56 AM on August 7, 2012 Today, we're going to be spending some quality time with an all-in-one PC based on Intel's Thin Mini-ITX standard. The individual parts are all available... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	59
Google's Nexus 7 tablet reviewed by Geoff Gasior — 2:45 PM on July 31, 2012 For just $199, Google's Nexus 7 tablet serves up a 1280x800 display, a Tegra 3 SoC, and the very latest version of Android. Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	79
TR's Summer 2012 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 5:26 PM on July 2, 2012 We've freshened up our four usual configs for the summer, and we've added a whole new build, as well: the Next-Gen Console, a Mini-ITX rig... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	154
The post-flood decline of hard drive prices is slowing by Geoff Gasior — 12:19 PM on June 28, 2012 Last year's flooding in Thailand sent the price of mechanical hard drives skyward. We take an in-depth look at how much prices have... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	71
Asus' Transformer Pad Infinity tablet by Geoff Gasior — 2:14 PM on June 25, 2012 Six months after we first laid eyes on Asus' Transformer Pad Infinity, the tablet hybrid is finally read for prime time. Join us... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	43
SSD prices in steady, substantial decline by Geoff Gasior — 12:52 PM on June 21, 2012 SSD prices have fallen dramatically over the past year. We take a closer look at the current generation to track the decline. Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	100
A quick look at Thunderbolt on the PC by Geoff Gasior — 3:10 PM on June 4, 2012 Thunderbolt has finally arrived on the PC. Motherboards with Thunderbolt ports are selling online and Ivy Bridge notebooks are primed to feature the technology.... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Displays Mobile computing	83
Intel's ultrabook-bound Core i5-3427U processor by Cyril Kowaliski — 11:01 PM on May 30, 2012 The 17W, dual-core version of Ivy Bridge for ultrabooks is finally here. We've compared it to the last generation in our new benchmark suite,... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing	74
Asus' Ivy Bridge-powered N56VM notebook by Cyril Kowaliski — 12:19 AM on May 24, 2012 Join us as we take a 15.6" notebook with a quad-core Ivy Bridge CPU and discrete GeForce 600M graphics through our mobile test suite. Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing	46
TR's Memorial Day 2012 system guide by Cyril Kowaliski, Geoff Gasior, and Scott Wasson — 6:24 PM on May 22, 2012 We've freshened up our system guide with new-and-improved builds featuring Ivy Bridge CPUs, 28-nm graphics processors, and cheaper-than-ever solid-state drives. Come and see what... Type: Feature article Tags: Systems	189
AMD's A10-4600M 'Trinity' APU reviewed by Scott Wasson and Cyril Kowaliski — 1:55 AM on May 16, 2012 AMD has pulled the curtains back on Trinity, its next-generation APU, which features new Piledriver CPU cores and Northern Islands-derived integrated graphics. Join us... Type: Feature article Tags: CPUs Mobile computing	294
Asus' Transformer Pad 300 tablet by Geoff Gasior — 3:58 PM on May 3, 2012 Asus has revamped its entry level Transformer tablet, squeezing Nvidia's Tegra 3 processor into a slimmer, sexier body. The trademark keyboard dock remains, as does... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Personal tech	42
Western Digital's VelociRaptor 1TB hard drive by Geoff Gasior — 7:00 AM on April 16, 2012 Is there any hope for high-performance mechanical drives? We test WD's latest 10k-RPM VelociRaptor 1TB against a diverse array of competitors to find out. Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	161
OCZ's Vertex 4 solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 8:00 AM on April 4, 2012 Just a few months after its Indilinx Everest controller debuted in the OCZ Octane, a second-generation Everest chip has taken root in the Vertex 4... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage	61
OCZ's RevoDrive 3 X2 240GB solid-state drive by Geoff Gasior — 4:48 PM on March 26, 2012 Using virtualization voodoo, the RevoDrive 3 X2 combines four SandForce-based SSDs on a single PCIe card purportedly capable of transfer rates up to 1500MB/s. ... Type: Feature article Tags: Storage Servers Workstations	61
Asus' Transformer tablets share an Ice Cream Sandwich by Geoff Gasior — 1:14 AM on March 14, 2012 Asus has been quick to roll out Ice Cream Sandwich updates for its Eee Pad Transformers. We take a closer look at the... Type: Feature article Tags: Mobile computing Operating systems Personal tech	28

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drfish

I always feel like such an idiot when a new CPU review comes out. Edit: Also, Jeff's photo is completely amazing, but I couldn't help myself and had t...

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Jeff Kampman

It's almost as though most games are bound up on a single thread. +23

derFunkenstein

Now that I've read the whole thing: Wow, the Core i9-9900K is super fast. I can'... +20

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