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Enter Our Contest to Win One of Three SBM PCsJun 5, 2009 - in News
Win a new PC from Tom's Hardware and Newegg!
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Go Silent With Massive Fanless CPU HeatsinksJun 4, 2009 - in News
There are always an endless selection of accessories at Computex, it's sometimes difficult to weed through all the devices.
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The Best PC Case At Computex, from SilverStoneJun 4, 2009 - in News
Computex is a show about everything computing, and then some. If you manage to make it to the show, you'll find a host of companies showing off PC chassis of various sizes and configurations.
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OCZ Intros New 3.5-inch "Colossus" SSDJun 3, 2009 - in News
SSD’s are fast becoming a viable option, and with prices dropping pretty steadily, more folks are opting to go SSD rather than HDD.
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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: $600 Gaming PCMay 27, 2009 - in Reviews
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 budget (which is no easy feat). Remember that this system, like the other two, will be given away.
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Circuit City is Back, SortaMay 26, 2009 - in News
The Circuit City site is now back online and selling electronics. Unfortunately, it’s not the same Circuit City we once knew.
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System Builder Marathon, May '09: $1,300 Enthusiast PCMay 26, 2009 - in Reviews
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, there were compromises, but the $1,300 enthusiast system turned out to be a gutsy little firecracker.
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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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Cool Your PC or Laptop with Ionic WindMay 21, 2009 - in News
Tessera is developing a cooling system that charges ions to move air particles away from a laptop's heat source.
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Corsair Releases 256 GB SSDMay 12, 2009 - in News
This afternoon Corsair announced the 256 GB edition of its Storage Solutions SSDs (Solid State Drive), offering consumers its fastest and largest 2.5-inch SATA II drive thus far.
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Asus Supercomputer Motherboard RevealedMay 5, 2009 - in News
Asus finally launched the official product page for its upcoming P6T7 WS SuperComputer motherboard, built on two Nvidia nForce 200 chips and 7 PCIe slots.
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PCI-E SSD Does 1000 MB/sec.May 5, 2009 - in News
PhotoFast's new G-Monster-PROMISE PCIe SSD claims to be the first in the industry to reach 1000 MB/s
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QOTD: Do You Take Your PC to LAN Parties?May 4, 2009 - in News
We here at Tom's Hardware have been playing games for a really long time. Long before graphics was considered "graphics," we were already gaming.
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QOTD: Have You Replaced Windows with Linux?Apr 30, 2009 - in News
Like many here that read Tom's Hardware, we've all been using Windows for a long, long time. Myself, I have been using Windows since version 2.Windows has gone through incredible changes since the early days. It's now capable of so much more than it c
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GE's Holographic Storage to Yield 500 GB DiscsApr 28, 2009 - in News
General Electronics this week announced a breakthrough in holographic storage technology which could allow us to store up to 500 GB of data on one disc. In other words, ten Blu-ray Discs in one.
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Seagate Claims to be Easiest PC Backup YetApr 27, 2009 - in News
Seagate Replica purportedly works like Apple's Time Machine
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OCZ Unveils PCIe-Based SSD CardApr 24, 2009 - in News
OCZ announced today its Z-Drive, a PCI-Express based solid state drive that offers up to 1 TB of storage.
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Run Ethernet Over Your Coax TV CableApr 21, 2009 - in News
This week D-Link announced a new product called the DXN-221, which allows users to run Ethernet over existing coax cabling throughout their homes.
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QOTD: Do You Shut Off Your PC At Night?Apr 10, 2009 - in News
Because of mechanical wear and tear in traditional hard drives and fans, I've never really liked turning off my computing devices. A steady on state is better for the hard drive in the long run.
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Winners of Our AMD Overclocking Contest!Apr 10, 2009 - in News
After two months of intense overclocking, two champions have emerged victors of the AMD Virtual Overclocking Contest.
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Wall•E PC Case Mod is Simply AwesomeApr 9, 2009 - in News
You won’t believe your eyes when you see this what this enthusiast from Russia has done. Best. Case. Ever.
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QOTD: Are You Always Fixing PCs for Others?Apr 9, 2009 - in News
Computers break down and produce problems for people on a daily basis. Things can go wrong, and sometimes, the problems are not even fixable--like a fried CPU. Sometimes some things just have to be entirely replaced.
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Super Talent's 512 GB SSD is Nearly $1,500Apr 9, 2009 - in News
Super Talent has let loose its new MasterDrive RX family of Solid State Drives in capacities up to 512 GB.
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Seagate Delivers "Next-Gen" HDDApr 8, 2009 - in News
Seagate is boasting that its SV35.5 Series is the next step in the HDD evolution, geared to deliver optimal performance in digital video surveillance systems.
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AMD Launches Opteron Upgrade ProgramApr 8, 2009 - in News
AMD is trying to encourage server owners to upgrade their microprocessors, offering discounts for new processors.
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Build Your Own Multi-touch Surface ComputerApr 7, 2009 - in News
Maximum PC didn't feel like shelling out $12,000 for Microsoft's Surface technology, so the staff made its own multi-touch table PC for only $350
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Intel Hints at Octa-Core CPUs this YearApr 7, 2009 - in News
In an interview with IDG News Services, Intel's Shannon Poulin gave an update on when the company will ship its first octa-core processor.