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Four More Sub-$100 Cases For Your Gaming Build, ReviewedMay 28, 2013 - in Reviews
Our second group of value-oriented cases looked good in the photo preview, but we really wanted to see how they’d perform with a load of hot gaming hardware. Will these beat their predecessors in terms of quality, feature, hardware support, or value?
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OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB SSD Review: Can We Call It Vector Jr.?May 27, 2013 - in Reviews
OCZ is shaking up its current product stack by replacing the year-old Vertex 4 SSD. The Vertex 450 matches Barefoot 3 controller silicon with 20 nm synchronous NAND for something slightly more economical than the company's current flagship, the Vector.
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AMD's Kabini: Jaguar And GCN Come Together In A 15 W APUMay 23, 2013 - in Reviews
AMD is ready to talk about the Temash and Kabini APUs, based on its Jaguar x86 architecture and Graphics Core Next design. We even have a reference Temash-based notebook here in the lab for benchmarking. How does it compare to Pentium and Core i3?
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Review: Titan’s Baby Brother Is BornMay 23, 2013 - in Reviews
At $1,000, GeForce GTX Titan only made sense for folks building small form factor PCs and multi-GPU powerhouses. Now there's another option with every bit of panache, a slightly de-tuned GPU, and a price tag $350 lower: meet Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780.
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In Pictures: Four More Sub-$100 Cases For Your 2013 Gaming BuildMay 21, 2013 - in Picture Story
We continue our search for the ultimate sub-$100 gaming case with a photo spread of features from BitFenix's Shinobi, Enermax's Ostrog GT, Rosewill's R5, and Zalman's MS800 Plus. Stay tuned for the in-depth review of all four enclosures, coming soon!
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League Of Legends Performance, BenchmarkedMay 19, 2013 - in Reviews
Following up our Dota 2 performance analysis, we benchmark the most-played PC game in the world, League Of Legends, and find out just how much graphics and CPU performance it requires for high-resolution, high-detail play, even across three screens.
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HP ZR2740w Versus Asus PB278Q: QHD 27" Monitors, TestedMay 16, 2013 - in Reviews
Until cutting-edge UHD (3840×2160) displays hit the mainstream, most enthusiasts have to be content with QHD monitors at 2560x1440 pixels. In the lab today, we have two more 27-inch QHD screens: the ZR2740w from HP and the PB278Q from Asus.
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Google Glass: Ergonomics, Performance, And Practicality, TestedMay 14, 2013 - in Reviews
Google's Glass Explorer Edition kit showed up at my house late last week, and I've been living with it ever since. We have first impressions on ergonomics, etiquette, practicality, performance, and the future of Google's wearable computer.
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Six Low-Voltage Dual-Channel 8 GB Memory Kits, OverclockedMay 12, 2013 - in Reviews
We've abided by Intel's 1.55 V recommendation for two architectures and two die shrinks, yet most performance memory manufacturers ignore it. Recent problems with one of our builds raised the question, how far can we push RAM without killing CPUs?
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A Free-To-Play MMO? Neverwinter Performance, BenchmarkedMay 8, 2013 - in Reviews
Neverwinter is a new free-to-play MMO in the Dungeons And Dragons universe, sporting an action RPG flavor. We benchmark it with a number of graphics cards and CPUs, uncovering a processor-oriented bottleneck along the way. Does your platform measure up?
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Seagate 600 SSD 240 GB Review: LAMD And Toshiba, Together AgainMay 7, 2013 - in Reviews
Seagate is the world's largest purveyor of mechanical hard drives. As the company prepares for mortal combat in the consumer SSD space, are its wits, Toshiba's Toggle-mode NAND, and SK hynix memory solutions' 87800 controller enough to get by?
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Seagate 600 Pro-Series 200 GB SSD Review: For The EnterpriseMay 7, 2013 - in Reviews
After years of halfhearted attempts to join the solid-state storage market, Seagate is finally ready to reinvent itself with a new family of SSDs. The first one we're looking at is the enterprise-class 600 Pro. Does this 200 GB drive impress our team?
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Intel Silvermont Architecture: Does This Atom Change It All?May 6, 2013 - in Reviews
We sat in on a Silvermont deep-dive, the architecture powering Intel's next-generation Atom processors. Manufactured at 22 nm, armed with an out-of-order execution engine, and optimized for power, will this be what buries the ARM-based competition?
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Is This Even Fair? Budget Ivy Bridge Takes On Core 2 Duo And QuadMay 5, 2013 - in Reviews
Reader requests affect much of the work we do, and we constantly receive email asking for this one: compare Intel's older Wolfdale- and Yorkfield-based designs against today's budget-friendly Ivy Bridge-based processors. Well, you asked, and we deliver.
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In Pictures: Tom's Hardware At NAB Show 2013May 2, 2013 - in Picture Story
Tom's Hardware was in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago for the 90th annual NAB Show. Join us as we review what we saw on the show floor, including cameras, lighting, drones, storage devices, sounds equipment, monitors, and accessories.
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Four Sub-$100 Cases For Your 2013 Gaming Build, ReviewedMay 1, 2013 - in Reviews
Last week we previewed the first four mainstream gaming cases in our 11-way sub-$100 round-up. Now we get to build four systems and test them. What other features will we uncover along the way, and how will they affect thermal and acoustic performance?
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2013 Nissan GT-R Black Edition: The Gran Turismo CarApr 30, 2013 - in Reviews
Nissan let us borrow its 2013 GT-R Black Edition press car for our trip to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. We were blown away by its performance, even if the car doesn't include much of the convenience-oriented tech we've grown accustomed to.
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MSI GX60 Review: Radeon HD 7970M In A $1,200 Notebook!Apr 29, 2013 - in Reviews
MSI's GX60-series notebook is in our lab today. Armed with Radeon HD 7970M graphics, a 15.6" display, and triple-screen output, this is truly a desktop replacement. But can its AMD A10-4600M APU keep pace with gaming platforms armed with Intel CPUs?
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Dota 2 Performance, BenchmarkedApr 28, 2013 - in Reviews
Dota 2 is one of the most popular games around. And, it's free-to-play, so anyone can try it out. How much hardware do you need to enjoy this title at smooth frame rates? Not much, it turns out. We test a number of CPUs and GPUs at different settings.
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In Pictures: Four Sub-$100 Cases For Your 2013 Gaming PCApr 25, 2013 - in Picture Story
We invited over two dozen of your favorite brands to participate in this month’s mainstream gaming case roundup. Today we examine a few of the features from the first four samples of the eleven we received.
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Acer Iconia W510 Tablet: A Tale Of Intel Vs. ARM And Acer Vs. AppleApr 24, 2013 - in Reviews
Some folks still say that the x86 ISA will never catch up to ARM when it comes to efficiency. Our granular power analysis demonstrates just how efficient x86-based CPUs can be, though. But how does Intel compete when we dig deeper into user experience?
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AMD Radeon HD 7990: Eight Games And A Beastly Card For $1,000Apr 23, 2013 - in Reviews
We've been waiting for this since 2011. AMD is ready to unveil its Radeon HD 7990, featuring a pair of Tahiti graphics processors. Can the dual-slot board capture our hearts with great compute and 3D performance, or does Nvidia walk away with this round?
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Corsair Obsidian 900D Review: Making Room For High-End GearApr 22, 2013 - in Reviews
Corsair already offers a heavy tower case called the Obsidian 800D. Now, the company is one-upping itself with the Obsidian 900D. Is this a genuine high-end enclosure, a bomb shelter, or a mess of sheet metal? We put the case through our bevy of tests.
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Is A SATA 3Gb/s Platform Still Worth Upgrading With An SSD?Apr 21, 2013 - in Reviews
Today's fastest SSDs already bounce off the SATA 6Gb/s interface's throughput ceiling. Does a 3 Gb/s link kill the performance of those drives? We run a number of synthetic and real-world tests to assess the damage when you upgrade an older platform.
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Take The Train: Lian Li PC-CK101, Built, Tested, And...Driven?Apr 18, 2013 - in Reviews
Lian Li sent us a locomotive chassis that wraps around a PC; it's time for daddy to turn into a boy again. We'll show you how to get the right parts into this case and how to get it mobile. Then, we'll take it to a train museum full of steam-powered tech.
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OpenCL And CUDA Are Go: GeForce GTX Titan, Tested In Pro AppsApr 16, 2013 - in Reviews
We initially had trouble getting the GeForce GTX Titan to work with OpenCL and CUDA. Finally, though, there are drivers available that fix all of that. Now we can figure out if the Titan makes a good workstation-oriented alternative to Nvidia's Quadros.
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Almost 20 TB (Or $50,000) Of SSD DC S3700 Drives, BenchmarkedApr 14, 2013 - in Reviews
We've already reviewed Intel's SSD DC S3700 and determined it to be a fast, consistent performer. But what happens when we take two-dozen (or about $50,000) worth of them and create a massive RAID 0 array? Come along as we play around in storage heaven.
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2013 Subaru Legacy Sedan: A Mid-Size Ride With Practical TechApr 9, 2013 - in Reviews
Subaru gives its Legacy a mid-life refresh with styling tweaks, a new motor, and Eyesight driving assistance technology. We spent a week with the car in the rainy Pacific Northwest to see how well Subaru's Eyesight system and Symmetrical AWD work.
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Dell XPS One 27: Can An All-In-One Make Us Love Windows 8?Apr 8, 2013 - in Reviews
Windows 8 is unquestionably intended to create consistency between consoles, tablets, phones, and the PC. But the desktop world is still largely without touch input. Can Dell's XPS One 27 make the Windows 8 experience better with a gorgeous touchscreen?
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Auria EQ276W 27" IPS Monitor Review: QHD For $400Apr 3, 2013 - in Reviews
Although QHD screens are nothing new, they remain atop the desktop monitor price ladder. Auria broke the $400 barrier with its new EQ276W 27” IPS panel. Today, we run it through our display benchmarks to see how it compares to far pricier competition.