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System Builder Marathon, March 2012: $2600 Performance PCMar 27, 2012 - in Reviews
At four times the budget of our cheapest PC, today's build minimizes compromise in the name of delivering unparalleled quality, performance, and features. Thomas takes the opposite approach as Paul and Don, beefing up on his CPU. Was it the right call?
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System Builder Marathon, March 2012: $1250 Enthusiast PCMar 26, 2012 - in Reviews
Using the same sort of approach as Paul did yesterday, Don picks the parts for his System Builder Marathon machine with a bias toward gaming. How much performance can you expect from a mid-range PC sporting a $550 Radeon HD 7970? It's time to find out!
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Best SSDs For The Money: February 2012Feb 27, 2012 - in Reviews
After Valentine's Day, SSDs prices fell once again, and we updated our list to reflect those changes. This month, the best deals are found in the $200-300 range, and there's one bargain in our list for a 240 GB SSD that you simply will not want to miss.
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Best SSDs For The Money: January 2012Jan 23, 2012 - in Reviews
Welcome to the year's first SSD recommendations. We updated our list to reflect recent price drops on second-gen SandForce-based hardware. There are several good deals in the $150-200 range. Prices are falling, so we're letting you know!
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Mushkin and OWC Shows Off PCI-Express SSDsJan 19, 2012 - in News
During CES 2012, Mushkin and OWC showed off their PCI-Express SSDs, which are set to compete against OCZ Technology's RevoDrives.
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Power Supply Reference: Consumption, Savings, And MoreJan 10, 2012 - in Reviews
In this final excerpt from Scott Mueller's Upgrading And Repairing PCs, 20th Edition, we examine a number of power supply usage factors including power consumption calculations, power savings, power protection systems, and troubleshooting.
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Four High-End Quad-Channel DDR3 Memory Kits For X79, ReviewedDec 26, 2011 - in Reviews
You just bought the fastest (and most expensive) desktop platform on the planet. Which company's memory will you use to populate Intel's quad-channel controller? We tested four purportedly high-end kits in order to find out which set is the best.
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System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2011: $1200 Enthusiast PCDec 19, 2011 - in Reviews
We mix things up with a $1200 budget, a brutally powerful Radeon HD 6950 CrossFire combo, and AMD's new FX processor in the final mid-range System Builder Marathon PC of 2011. The results are predictable in some ways, but surprising in others.
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System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2011: $2400 Performance PCDec 18, 2011 - in Reviews
Lessons learned over the past two quarters have helped us build one of our fastest PCs yet. But is it really worth the extra $400 over the previous high-end System Builder Marathon PC? The benchmarks will answer that question.
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Power Supply 101: A Reference Of SpecificationsDec 13, 2011 - in Reviews
Today's article contains everything you've ever wanted to know about PC power supply specifications. Form factor dimensions, cable end pinouts, voltage/amp/watt specifications, and even compatibility issues are covered in this comprehensive reference!
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Best SSDs For The Money: November 2011Nov 22, 2011 - in Reviews
Welcome to the sixth iteration of our highest-ranked SSDs at any given price point. We updated our recommendations to reflect the recent price drops on second-gen SandForce hardware. There are several good deals to be found for right about $200 bucks.
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System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: System Value ComparedSep 25, 2011 - in Reviews
Big changes to a few components radically alter the performance profile of every machine in this quarter's competition. We’ve already seen how these changes affect the value of each machine, but how will they compare to each other?
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System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: $1000 Enthusiast PCSep 20, 2011 - in Reviews
This quarter's $1000 enthusiast-oriented PC gets a new lease on life with a 30 GB solid-state drive and a couple of GeForce GTX 460s. Does that make a difference over the last build and its conventional hard disk and Radeon HD 6850 CrossFire setup?
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Seven 8 GB DDR3 Memory Kits For Your AMD A75 MotherboardSep 4, 2011 - in Reviews
Because integrated GPUs generally employ shared system memory, RAM performance has a significant effect on gaming frame rates. We're testing seven 8 GB DDR3 kits that manufacturers tell us are a perfect match for AMD’s mainstream Llano-based APUs.
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Best SSDs For The Money: August 2011Aug 25, 2011 - in Reviews
We've added more SSDs to our database and observed a number of significant price changes in the past month. As a result, this months recommendations undergo a notable revamp. And to those of you waiting for a hierarchy table at the end, it's here!
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Second-Gen SandForce: Seven 120 GB SSDs Rounded UpJul 24, 2011 - in Reviews
The popularity of SandForce's first-gen controller is translating to a lot of traction with its 6 Gb/s offering. Five SSD vendors sent us seven 120 GB models based on the second-gen logic. What makes them different? An extensive benchmark suite tells all.
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System Builder Marathon: TH's $2000 Hand-Picked BuildDec 26, 2010 - in Reviews
The first $2000 build in this quarter's SBM series provided astonishing performance overall, but a few disappointments forced us to consider alternative parts. Today, we see how much improvement we can make when we hand-pick the configuration, TH-style
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System Builder Marathon, December 2010: Value, ComparedDec 19, 2010 - in Reviews
New benchmarks, new test methods, and new hardware mark exciting updates to this month’s System Builder Marathon. Today, we cover the most exciting part of all: the value competition. Remember, we're giving all three systems away, so enter to win them!
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System Builder Marathon, December 2010: $500 PCDec 16, 2010 - in Reviews
We've already seen results from Thomas' $2000 PC and Don's $1000 build. Now it's time for Paul's $500 machine to take the stage, showing what an Athlon II X3 can do when it's matched up to a GeForce GTX 460. Can it deliver better value than the others?
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System Builder Marathon, December 2010: $2000 PCDec 12, 2010 - in Reviews
With all of your feedback from last quarter's System Builder Marathon under our belts, this time around, we attempt to fit a no-sacrifice, luxury and performance build into our moderately-high $2000 budget. Will this new build succeed on all fronts?
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System Builder Marathon: TH's $2000 Hand-Picked BuildSep 30, 2010 - in Reviews
Each quarter, our System Builder Marathons include parts picked by three Tom's Hardware editors aided by comments from our readers. This quarter, we're adding an Editor's Choice PC with parts hand-picked by Thomas to go up against the top SBM config.
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Mushkin Announces SandForce Callisto Deluxe SSDJun 29, 2010 - in News
The solid state drive that's a little mushy.
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High-Density DDR3: Five Dual-Module 8GB Kits ComparedFeb 2, 2010 - in Reviews
A high-end capacity formerly reserved for servers and DDR2-based desktops (back when memory was dirt-cheap), 4GB modules are finally available for desktop DDR3 users. We test five 8GB dual-channel kits you might want to consider if 8GB makes sense.
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System Builder Marathon: Performance And Value ComparedMay 28, 2009 - in Reviews
Our builders have assembled, tested, and overclocked three reduced-size performance systems, and now we’re ready to compare their efforts. Which machine will be the ultimate winner in performance, efficiency, and value? Which would you rather win?
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System Builder Marathon, May '09: $2,500 Performance PCMay 25, 2009 - in Reviews
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 to hope for a successful overclock. Did we mention that, this time, someone is going to win the hardware?
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System Builder Marathon: Performance & ValueFeb 12, 2009 - in Reviews
Using your feedback from months past, we’ve built, overclocked, and tested three systems with vastly different budgets. Now it's time to compare our efforts using cost, performance, and power as our benchmarks.
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System Builder Marathon: The $5,000 Extreme PCFeb 11, 2009 - in Reviews
We increased our high-end budget this month to see how much performance $5,000 could deliver. This move is certain to destroy comparative value, but will the system also shatter benchmark records?
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Triple-Channel DDR3: 6GB Kit RoundupJan 19, 2009 - in Reviews
Core i7 is breaking memory bandwidth records, but it’s taken a while for memory manufacturers to combine speed and capacity with moderate voltage levels. We’ve tested twelve 6.0 GB kits to find the best solution.
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4GB Gets Cheap: 9 Dual-Channel Kits ComparedDec 1, 2008 - in Reviews
Recent price drops have made 4 GB DDR2 dual-channel kits affordable for even the most cost-conscious buyers. We pushed nine models to their limits to determine best value for a broad range of users.
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