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• New Generation PC 5.1 Speaker Systems*
  Friday 19 January 2007 – 09:28
  THX certification, wireless satellites, and even a built-in USB 5.1 sound card - these are just some of the features you will find in today's PC speakers.
• Pentium 4 Systems: To Buy or Not To Buy / To Cry Or Not to Cry*
  Tuesday 30 January 2001 – 06:00
  Have you become interested in one of those Pentium 4 systems for 'only' $1500? Have you maybe even considered buying such a Pentium 4 system? This article will separate truth from fiction and answer the question if there is any sense in spending your money on one of those new Pentium 4 machines. Tom compares two Dell Dimension 8100 Pentium 4 systems with two equally priced Athlon systems from Gateway and Micron to save you from making the wrong decision.
• The Next Wave in Home Control Systems*
  Thursday 14 December 2006 – 03:25
  Chip-based Z-Wave technology from Zensys is aiming to conquer the digital home control systems business. We give this solution an overview to see what it's all about.
• 7 Hot New Water Cooling Systems Tested*
  Monday 20 September 2004 – 07:00
  In theory, water coolers represent an optimal solution to keep CPUs cool and quiet. But in practice, water coolers in the past have been difficult to install and use. THG tests a new crop of seven to see if water cooler vendors have gotten their cooling acts together.
• Hands Across Four Water Cooling Systems*
  Wednesday 30 June 2004 – 07:00
  Common wisdom dictates that water cooling systems might offer better performance but are hard to install and represent a cumbersome amount of extra components. But can external water cooling systems prove naysayers wrong? THG tested four models to find out.
• Three High-End Gaming Systems Compared*
  Thursday 9 October 2008 – 07:30
  Gaming enthusiasts always look for an edge, but that edge usually comes at a cost--time or money. We compare three systems from HP, Falcon NW, and Vigor aimed at gamers with more money than time.
• Comparison of 13 4.1 and 5.1 Sound Systems*
  Monday 25 March 2002 – 06:00
  A good sound card is definitely a critical factor for serious gaming or for listening to music on a PC. But it's not everything! It's much better to add a good 4.1 or 5.1 sound system if you need power and quality. The best sound card in the world will not be much good if it doesn't have adequate speakers to match. And don't forget the quality/price ratio. In the end, all these factors make it hard to find the optimal solution. We put 13 speakers to the test in order to help you make a decision and introduce you to a wide range of products.
• Socket 5: Tuning Old PC Systems*
  Monday 12 February 2001 – 06:00
  Stop - don't dump your old PC! The performance of computers up to 6 years old can be significantly increased by means of a selective upgrade. Here we upgrade a Socket 5 system from 1995.
• Mobile 2.5 Hard Drive Systems: MD2-USB and MD2-FW1 from DataFab*
  Thursday 26 April 2001 – 07:00
  DataFab sells external storage systems both for USB and for Firewire, supporting 2.5" IDE hard drives at all capacities. Read on to find out the benefits and shortcomings of these storage solutions.
• Progressive Housing: gTower Aluminum Case From American Media Systems*
  Friday 29 March 2002 – 06:00
  Aluminum cases are lightweight and look pretty cool, making them the perfect computer housing for demanding users. We took a look at the CF-1006 "gTower" from American Media Systems. Is it worth its price?
• Computex 2007: Storage, 4+ GHz Quad Cores and Systems*
  Thursday 7 June 2007 – 02:01
  Our day 3 coverage includes lots of storage products, Core 2 Quad overclocking records, HTPC cases, fancy notebooks and the second generation of Ultra-Mobile PCs.
• Performance Preview - of Systems with Intel 440BX Chipset*
  Thursday 12 February 1998 – 06:00
  What will 100 MHz front bus bring Pentium II Systems?
• Tom's Blurb: All Owners of Systems With Intel's i820 Chipset That Don't Use RDRAM Yet Will Now Get It For Free From Intel!*
  Wednesday 10 May 2000 – 06:00
  Another bug was found in Intel's infamous 'i820' or 'Camino' chipset! Once more it is the so called 'MTH' = 'Memory Translator Hub', which has already made headlines with other bugs before.
• VGA Charts II: High-End Systems*
  Wednesday 18 December 2002 – 06:00
  Tom's VGA Charts are back, and we've updated them with the very latest in graphics cards as well as new benchmarks. In Part I, we compare 29 high-end graphics cards in fast systems.
• Mercury Computer Systems claims 10X improvement in HD encoding speed*
  Wednesday 18 April 2007 – 05:35
  Video professionals know that high-definition video can look great at high bitrates, but encoding such video can be a painful process. Mercury Computer Systems has announced a ten-fold improvement in AVC/H.264 encoding times with an encoding engine built on the Cell Broadband Engine, the same chip that is used in Sony's PlayStation 3 console. ...