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X58 On A Budget: Seven Sub-$200 Core i7 Boards

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With our $300+ and $200-300 Core i7 motherboard comparisons distant memories, it’s time for a sub-$200 roundup. Recent price fluctuations have pushed two contenders over the mark after we tested them, but readers get to see those as well. More

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  • Toyota Announces Prices on Five 2010 Models... New 4-Runner Starts at $27,500

    Toyota has announced the pricing for the 2010 4-Runner, Land Cruiser, Venza, Tacoma and Prius. -The all-new 4-Runner was unveiled yesterday and starts at $27,500 for the SR5 4x2. -The Venza starts at $26,275 for the four-cylinder front wheel-drive...

  • BMW to Release 3 Series GT in 2011

    The BMW 5 Series GT has yet to reach showrooms, but BMW is already planning a GT version of the 3 Series. The 335i Gran Turismo will be released sometime in 2011 and will have a similar two-stage tailgate...

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Asus' G51J: Affordable Core i7 Mobile Gaming?

Mobility and gaming have been at odds for a long time, but Asus thinks its G51J could be the solution. With Intel Core i7 Mobile CPU technology and Nvidia’s recent GeForce GTX-260M, is this mid-sized, mid-priced notebook too good to be true at ~$1,500? More

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Tuning Cool'n'Quiet: Maximize Power And Performance, Part 2

In Part 1, we showed you how to optimize the settings of your Cool'n'Quiet-equipped processor and what sort of power benefits you could expect as a result. Now it's time to run the benchmarks and see how our optimized settings actually perform. More

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ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB: The World's Fastest Graphics Card

Despite the successful launches of its Radeon HD 5870, 5850, 5770, and 5750 DirectX 11-class graphics cards, there was one title ATI still couldn't claim: the world's fastest discrete board. ATI circles back to take that title with a dual-GPU stunner. More

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Motherboard articles

Enthusiast P55: Eight LGA 1156 Boards Between $150 And $200

Upper-range P55 motherboards cost around $100 less than similarly-equipped X58 products, but are these still good enough for enthusiasts? We take a closer look at eight different models, dissect their features, benchmark them, and come away with a winner. More

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Build your own

Part 1: Building A Balanced Gaming PC

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What does it mean to build a truly-balanced PC? How great would it be to piece together a machine bottlenecked by neither CPU or GPU? We set forth to measure the perfect balance in seven different games and four resolutions in this first of several parts. More

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Business Computing

Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps

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This is the second part of our Linux Software Roundup. Part one covered Internet Apps. Today we'll be looking at Communications Apps. This includes personal information managers, email clients, instant messengers, VoIP software, and IRC clients. More

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Cases & cooler articles

Five Gaming Enclosures, Rounded Up

We've had a number of cases through the lab as of late. Today's excursion takes us away from HTPC or small form factor enclosures and straight into the realm of gaming chassis. Entries from ABS, Antec, Lian-Li, Thermaltake, and NZXT vie for a win. More

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Memory articles

Value DDR3 For Intel's P55: Six 4GB Kits Rounded Up

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The exceptional value of LGA 1156-based platforms demands memory modules equal in value. Testing Newegg’s six cheapest 4GB dual-channel kits revealed some surprisingly good parts. We're comparing them today, with a definitive winner you'll want to see. More

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