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Overclocking Core 2 Duo: Power Versus Performance Saturday 6 June 2009 – 07:20 – CPU
Intel's fastest Core 2 Duo, the E8600, runs at 3.33 GHz. But if you're a performance-hungry power user, we found that you can actually increase ... read more
Life At 2 GT/s: 6 GB DDR3-2000 Memory Kits Compared Friday 5 June 2009 – 07:20 – Memory
Memory vendors put a lot of effort into drumming up excitement over high-end memory kits, but many of those products turn out to be vaporware. ... read more
DDR3 Memory Scaling On AMD's Phenom II X4 Thursday 4 June 2009 – 07:20 – Memory
DDR3 memory is available in speeds ranging from DDR3-800 to DDR3-2133. Which is the best memory choice for AMD’s Phenom II X4? We tested as many ... read more
Intel Core i7-975 Extreme And i7-950 Reviewed Wednesday 3 June 2009 – 05:10 – CPU
Today Intel launches two high-end processors that take the place of its i7-965 and i7-940 CPUs. More speed? Same price points? We’ll take it! But ... read more
AMD Athlon II X2 / Phenom II X2 And Low-Power CPU Bonanza Tuesday 2 June 2009 – 02:20 – CPU
Eager to let you know it’s been busy, AMD is launching four new processors today: the first Athlon II, a dual-core Phenom II, and two low-power ... read more
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Microsoft’s BPOS: Cloud Computing’s Silver Lining? Monday 1 June 2009 – 11:10 – Software
Can Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) reignite our hope-strewn love affair with cloud computing? With familiar, ... read more
AMD Unleashed: Four CPUs, Two GPUs, All Overclocked Monday 1 June 2009 – 07:20 – CPU
Our recent SBM series featured three Intel/Nvidia-based builds, independently chosen by each of our authors. Understandably, AMD fans felt a ... read more
Asus And DFI: Core i7 Micro-ATX Motherboards Compared Friday 29 May 2009 – 07:20 – Motherboards
A popular compromise between utility and size, the Micro-ATX form factor faces a tough battle to win the hearts of enthusiasts. Are SLI, ... read more
System Builder Marathon: Performance And Value Compared Thursday 28 May 2009 – 07:20 – Build Your Own
Our builders have assembled, tested, and overclocked three reduced-size performance systems, and now we’re ready to compare their efforts. Which ... read more
System Builder Marathon, May '09: $600 Gaming PC Wednesday 27 May 2009 – 07:10 – Build Your Own
You've already seen our $2,500 and $1,300 Core i7-based builds. Now we're going to try to put together a miniaturized gaming system on a $600 ... read more
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System Builder Marathon, May '09: $1,300 Enthusiast PC Tuesday 26 May 2009 – 07:10 – Build Your Own
As you know, we’ve changed things up for this System Builder Marathon, squeezing the best components we can into portable Micro-ATX cases. Sure, ... read more
System Builder Marathon, May '09: $2,500 Performance PC Monday 25 May 2009 – 07:10 – Build Your Own
This month we take the challenge you put to us last time around: to fit top-performance parts into a portable enclosure. Then we had the audacity ... read more
Intel, AMD, And Reseller Success: A System Builder Weighs In Saturday 23 May 2009 – 06:50 – Miscellaneous
Last week, the EU fined Intel $1.45 billion dollars, citing abuse of its position in the market by giving rebates to manufacturers in exchange ... read more
Best Of The Best: High-End Graphics Card Roundup Friday 22 May 2009 – 07:20 – Graphics Cards
Performance on its own is not enough to earn a recommendation here. The very best graphics cards also employ innovative cooling to help muscle ... read more
Desktop Linux For The Windows Power User Thursday 21 May 2009 – 07:10 – Tweaking & Tuning
Are you a die-hard Windows user, sworn to shun all things Apple, yet (secretly) intimidated by the pocket-protector stereotype of Linux? Fear ... read more

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