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System Builder Marathon, March 2012: $2600 Performance PC March 28, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
At four times the budget of our cheapest PC, today's build minimizes compromise in the name of delivering unparalleled quality, performance, and ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, March 2012: $1250 Enthusiast PC March 27, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Build Your Own
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 ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, March 2012: $650 Gaming PC March 26, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
This quarter, we're starting our System Builder Marathon with a little experiment. Paul wanted to build a gaming PC for $650 that'd target smooth ... Read more
GeForce GTX 680, Part 2: SLI, 5760x1080, And Overclocking March 23, 2012 – 9:50 PM – Graphics Cards
Who needs sleep when you have caffeine? We take a second GeForce GTX 680 and run it in SLI against two Radeon HD 7970s. Then we add 5760x1080 ... Read more
GeForce GTX 680 2 GB Review: Kepler Sends Tahiti On Vacation March 22, 2012 – 8:00 AM – Graphics Cards
Enthusiasts want to know about Nvidia's next-generation architecture so badly that they broke into our content management system and took the ... Read more
The Top 15 Best-Selling PC Games Of All Time March 21, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Software
The best-selling titles aren't always the best ones. Fortunately, a number of games that make this list actually are amongst our favorites. Check ... Read more
Fedora 16 And GNOME Shell: Tested And Reviewed March 20, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Software
Ubuntu and Mint don't want it; Linus called it an “unholy mess.” While most other distros are passing up or postponing GNOME Shell, Fedora is ... Read more
Apple's iPad 3, Part 1: The Complete Retina Display And A5X Review March 19, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Tablets and Smartphones
Apple's third-generation iPad hit the market last week, and we're impressed. Sporting a new 9.7" Retina display, the iPad 3 sports the most ... Read more
FirePro V3900: Entry-Level Workstation Graphics March 16, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Workstations
AMD's new FirePro V3900 is the company's low-profile, entry-level workstation graphics card. It's priced to compete against Nvidia’s Quadro 400. ... Read more
Four ATX Cases For High-Capacity Water Cooling, Reviewed March 14, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Cooling
Big radiators need lots of space that most enclosures simply weren't designed to offer. We're using Swiftech’s latest triple-fan cooler to test ... Read more
Workstation Storage: Modeling, CAD, Programming, And Virtualization March 13, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Internal Storage
We use a mixture of real-world and synthetic benchmarks to quantify storage performance in our reviews. But how do you know our methodology is ... Read more
What Does DirectCompute Really Mean For Gamers? March 12, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Graphics Cards
We've been bugging AMD for years now, literally, to show us what GPU-accelerated software can do. Finally, the company is ready to put us in ... Read more
Open-E's DSS V6: Storage Software Set Up, Managed, And Benchmarked March 9, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Storage Solutions
We got our hands on one of Thecus' eight-bay N8800PRO storage appliances for the purpose of taking Open-E's Data Storage Software V6 out for a ... Read more
In Pictures: Four ATX Cases Perfect For High-Capacity Water Cooling March 8, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Cooling
Big radiators facilitate lots of cooling power without much noise. But taking the plunge into water also requires a specially-designed case. We ... Read more
Intel Xeon E5-2600: Doing Damage With Two Eight-Core CPUs March 6, 2012 – 12:00 PM – CPU
Intel's vaunted Sandy Bridge architecture has finally made its way to the company's dual- and quad-socket-capable Xeon processors. We got our ... Read more