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<![CDATA[Reviews Tom's Hardware US]]> http://www.tomshardware.com en 10 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:59:06 +0200 <![CDATA[Reviews Tom's Hardware US]]> http://www.tomshardware.com/logo_rss.png http://www.tomshardware.com <![CDATA[Best Video Cards For The Money: Sept '08]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=9aaa948b406a0bedea86f2430c1c7c52 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Best-Graphics-Card,2011.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Best-Graphics-Card,2011.html Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:30:00 CEST Detailed graphics card specifications and reviews are great—that is, if you have the time to do the research. At the end of the day, what a gamer needs is the best graphics card within a certain budget, and that’s what we’re going to show you.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Best-Graphics-Card,W-5-156677-2.jpg <![CDATA[Dual-Core Versus Quad-Core: Part 2]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=8ad4f99a8fc8d4d3db9cae31558a26dc http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/e8500-phenom-9350e,2010.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/e8500-phenom-9350e,2010.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:00 CEST The Intel Core 2 E8500 and the AMD Phenom X4 9350e offer high performance within the same 65 W power envelope, and are sold at the same price point. As we’ll see AMD suffers defeat as Intel comes out on top, but this time it’s through no fault of its own.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/e8500-phenom-e9350,W-3-156675-2.jpg <![CDATA[A Look Into The Hard Drive's Future]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=c2484c22ec87a9eabb758960e29f1ec0 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hard-drive-future,2009.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hard-drive-future,2009.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:30:00 CEST What will the hard drive be like in the coming years? We looked at all the manufacturers, products and market segments, and visited a Hitachi technology seminar to look at how the firm intends to reach an amazing 50 TB capacity by the next decade.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/hard-drive-future,T-Y-156598-2.jpg <![CDATA[Imitation To Innovation: AMD's Best CPUs]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=a7c2fbf92b9789092621d179f9577bb4 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-cpu-history,2008.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-cpu-history,2008.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:10:00 CEST Last month we shone a spotlight on Intel with a history of the company's most notable processors. This month it's AMD's turn, as we summarize the last 25 years of AMD's CPUs.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/amd-processor-history,K-T-156269-2.jpg <![CDATA[The Fastest 3D Cards Go Head-To-Head]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=84110edb6a0f7f044e40fbb1469a6fc0 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-comparison,2007.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-comparison,2007.html Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:40:00 CEST CrossFire and SLI, Nvidia's GeForce GTX 260 and 280, AMD's Radeon HD 4850 and 4870--they're all here in a battle royale, with comparisons to previous-generation boards that'll help you decide just how much graphics horsepower your next machine needs!

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]]> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:40:00 CEST <![CDATA[Next-Gen 7,200 RPM Notebook Hard Drives]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=35935bbd3e713cf7e2062e02dbc5460e http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/notebook-hard-drive,2006.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/notebook-hard-drive,2006.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:20:07 CEST Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate and Western Digital send their latest high-performance notebook drives into battle, fighting for the ultimate balance between performance and efficiency.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/notebook-hard-drive,6-9-155745-2.jpg <![CDATA[Advanced Overclocking Championship 2008]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=4f03be0ea7cdbf676f8b613ace89699d http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/advanced-overclocking-championship,2005.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/advanced-overclocking-championship,2005.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:20:00 CEST What happens when you put the top overclocking enthusiasts from 20 countries in the same room with the fastest hardware available? The LN2 flows freely and someone walks home with a $5,000 check.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/advanced-overclocking-championship,1-L-155577-2.jpg <![CDATA[SAS Storage: High-Performance Hard Drives]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=6b3033449393b29f5a8bfb7ce9e9e01a http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ultrastar-cheetah-sas,2004.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ultrastar-cheetah-sas,2004.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:30:00 CEST While people keep looking at flash SSDs, a lot has been going on in the hard drive space as well. The new enterprise drives by Hitachi and Seagate offer throughput that remains unmatched by flash-based models.

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]]> Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:30:00 CEST <![CDATA[11-Way P45 Motherboard Shootout]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=86203691dec7d47922513202c0c6cf6f http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-p45-motherboard,2001.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-p45-motherboard,2001.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:20:00 CEST Two formerly high-end features—PCI Express 2.0 transfers and native Crossfire support—separate Intel’s new mainstream P45 Express chipset from its earlier P35 Express. Eleven motherboards challenge the market with features, performance and value.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/p45-motherboard-roundup,U-0-155304-2.jpg <![CDATA[Dorm Room Tech]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=2cb4c22b644c4ddef16361af0071c231 http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/465-gadgets-dorm-college.html http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/465-gadgets-dorm-college.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:30:00 CEST Go back to school with gear for your off-hours: Party video games, MP3 light shows, VR headsets and more. Make your room the place to be.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/dorm-room-tech,E-W-154760-2.jpg <![CDATA[Kanguru's Secure USB Memory Stick]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=e6359e5cd92bfab32f64a1416f0790ec http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/USB-Flash-Drives,2003.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/USB-Flash-Drives,2003.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:20:00 CEST USB drives can be critical when it comes to data security for companies. The Defender from Kanguru only saves data in encrypted form, and enables the remote deletion of content over the Internet in case of theft.

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]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:20:00 CEST <![CDATA[Silent PSUs: Fortron Versus Silverstone]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=09e9228f113af105657a79db0898c2fe http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Power-Supply-Efficiency,2002.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Power-Supply-Efficiency,2002.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:00 CEST Home theater PCs should be as quiet as possible. Since most of the noise is caused by the fans on the CPU and power supply, we tested two passive power supplies that use no fans.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Power-Supply-Efficiency,8-Z-154547-2.jpg <![CDATA[Who Says You Need Four Cores?]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=a111c3af78d8fb3637fda3c7c985e748 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/G45-780G-Efficiency,1999.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/G45-780G-Efficiency,1999.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:00 CEST AMD and Intel are both pushing their quad-core offerings as the key to better system performance, but do you really need to spend the money on four cores when two will do?

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]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:00 CEST <![CDATA[14-Way SSD Hard Drive Roundup]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=2c6ad1e9446ce34fa496fd39e93fcd0d http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/flash-ssd-hard-drive,2000.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/flash-ssd-hard-drive,2000.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:30:00 CEST Having found a number of SSDs that don’t deliver on their efficiency promises, we decided to put 14 different drives to the test. Here is the latest roundup - dominated by a single product.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/ssd-hard-drive,0-6-154230-2.jpg <![CDATA[Athlon Vs. Atom: Duel Of The Energy Savers]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=345cb8203c7eee6beb8de8fce63f39b7 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,1997.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,1997.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:10:00 CEST Our German lab recently bought itself an AMD Athlon 64 2000+ processor, which only consumes 8 W of power. Clearly, this would make for a good face-off against Intel's energy-efficient Atom.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,V-1-154045-2.jpg <![CDATA[Comparing External RAID Housings]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=afc4c6498b02e5a14dde7b84279c0d84 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/SansDigital-Superbox-FantomDrive,1993.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/SansDigital-Superbox-FantomDrive,1993.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:50:00 CEST For as much as we love Blu-ray, it's totally unsuited for full hard drive backups. Well, what could be easier than saving your data by simply copying the contents of an internal drive to an external one?

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]]> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:50:00 CEST <![CDATA[Pro Graphics: Seven Cards Compared]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=865ea8eafb6a713d25a04d701a53599b http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/FireGL-Quadro-Workstation,1995.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/FireGL-Quadro-Workstation,1995.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:30:00 CEST We have four of Nvidia's Quadro FX cards and three AMD FireGLs in a free-for-all battle of price, performance, and professional functionality.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/quadro-firegl-workstation,L-Y-153718-2.jpg <![CDATA[AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2: R700 First-Look]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=e1787bfe6235486b1ee9975ed1337e7a http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/4870-x2-amd,1992.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/4870-x2-amd,1992.html Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:50:00 CEST Earlier this year, AMD launched the Radeon HD 3870 X2, which was fast, but not fast enough. Now R700 is upon us and AMD shows its new RV770 architecture has what it takes to power the fastest graphics card on earth.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/radeon-4870-amd,I-U-153606-2.jpg <![CDATA[Convenience Storage By Buffalo And Toshiba]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=97cef667d3636920ad9086aac5369e96 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Storage-Buffalo-Toshiba,1991.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Storage-Buffalo-Toshiba,1991.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:10:00 CEST The latest external 2.5” drives by Buffalo and Toshiba come with easy-to-use backup software, but they lack features. More interesting is their capacities of 500 GB and 320 GB.

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]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:10:00 CEST <![CDATA[Quick Look: Gigabyte 790GX Motherboard]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=4c27a87bbc8822b534f026ae6ee5d6fb http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/463-gigabyte-amd-790gx-motherboard.html http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/463-gigabyte-amd-790gx-motherboard.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:10:00 CEST A picture story of Gigabyte's 790GX offering.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/gigabyte-790gx,9-Y-151990-2.jpg <![CDATA[Alienware m15x: True Gaming Portability?]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=fa718d7bffc4c23b8a3045f3714a8409 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dell-alienware-notebook,1982.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dell-alienware-notebook,1982.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:30:00 CEST Last year we tested a pair of gaming notebooks from Dell and its subsidiary, Alienware. Since then Dell has updated its part, while Alienware introduced a new, more portable model. Now it’s time to find out: does the new middleweight unit have game?

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/dell-alienware-notebook,9-K-153272-2.jpg <![CDATA[MSI Overclocking Challenge: French Final]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=48e8242bf7baf080ee1b57d7013dcf15 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/MSI-Overclocking-Challenge,1989.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/MSI-Overclocking-Challenge,1989.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:50:00 CEST When pushed to extreme limits, overclocking can become a sport in its own right, and the team that set the world overclocking record last February is particularly adept at it. We went along with them to the MSI European Overclocking Challenge.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/MSI-Overclocking-Challenge,Z-K-152912-2.jpg <![CDATA[Editor's Corner: 790GX On The Web]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=e52e34ed8978a881962bd309217cca08 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-790gx-chipset,1990.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-790gx-chipset,1990.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:40:00 CEST It's always interesting to read what others have to say about hardware, so we've gone through some of the other 790GX launch stories for a better idea of what the community thinks about an enthusiast platform with built-in graphics.

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]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:40:00 CEST <![CDATA[AMD 790GX: RV610 For Enthusiasts?]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=e242ea68670a8bf1aef19c5f30f57998 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-integrated-790gx,1988.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-integrated-790gx,1988.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:40:00 CEST Unprecedented Phenom overclocking? The fastest graphics core to ever live on a motherboard plus CrossFire support? A brand new southbridge with enhanced storage? AMD’s new 790GX combines all of those features and more in a package aimed at enthusiasts.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/amd-790fx-chipset,X-Z-152855-2.jpg <![CDATA[Best Video Cards For The Money: August '08]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=e32aece5b84c3a99819f016a23492398 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,1987.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-graphics-card,1987.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:00:00 CEST Detailed graphics card specifications and reviews are great—that is, if you have the time to do the research. At the end of the day, what a gamer needs is the best graphics card within a certain budget, and that’s what we’re going to show you.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/best-graphics-card,L-7-152395-2.jpg <![CDATA[The Apple Mac Cost Misconception]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=f97608bbaa2451e49e913a2fef489ac4 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/apple-mac-leopard-windows-vista,1985.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/apple-mac-leopard-windows-vista,1985.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:20:00 CEST Let's settle the myth about Macs being more expensive.

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]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:20:00 CEST <![CDATA[Intel's 15 Most Unforgettable x86 CPUs]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=a65decd8c68654226b8e9d44ee3a1649 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-cpu-history,1986.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-cpu-history,1986.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:20:00 CEST We've seen a lot of Intel CPUs, but a few are real stand-outs. We pick 15 of the most memorable in anticipation of Nehalem, expected to be Intel's next big landmark.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/intel-cpu-history,K-2-152354-2.jpg <![CDATA[Iomega And Quantum Tackle Backup]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=dc5f670c211818b651a58ee2fc46e138 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Iomega-Quantum-Backup,1983.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Iomega-Quantum-Backup,1983.html Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:10:00 CEST Are you in danger of catastrophic data loss? We look at feature-rich hard disk backup solutions aimed at small businesses from Iomega and Quantum.

]]> http://media.bestofmicro.com/Iomega-Quantum-Backup,9-X-151989-2.jpg <![CDATA[790i Ultra SLI Motherboards Compared]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=01a57ac1ff2571eaccec9e2db3824b83 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/NVIDIA-790i-SLI,1977.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/NVIDIA-790i-SLI,1977.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:40:00 CEST SLI support has been Nvidia’s only advantage in performance chipsets, but the 790i Ultra SLI is proving to be tough competition for Intel’s X48 Express. Today we test every available model using the graphics giant’s latest chipset technology.

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]]> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:40:00 CEST <![CDATA[13 Years of Nvidia Graphics Cards]]> http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=f0a397cb219abb0625ea5bd8df6fe1ea http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/464-nvidia-graphics-cards.html http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/464-nvidia-graphics-cards.html Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:00:00 CEST Founded in 1993, Nvidia has had plenty of time to enjoy the ups and downs of our tumultuous business. Learn about everything from NV1 to the company's latest unified shader architecture in our pictorial trip down memory lane.

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