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In Pictures: 2011, A Year In Review December 30, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Miscellaneous
Another year has come and gone. Do you remember everything that happened in 2011? Before you toss out your old calendar, we remember major ... Read more
Best SSDs For The Money: December 2011 December 29, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Internal Storage
Welcome to the last column of 2011. We updated our recommendations to reflect the recent price drops on second-gen SandForce hardware. There are ... Read more
OCZ Octane 512 GB SSD Review: Meet Indilinx's Everest Controller December 28, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Internal Storage
What? A performance SSD from OCZ not based on SandForce's tech? The new Octane SSD features an Indilinx controller. Does OCZ rectify the ... Read more
Four High-End Quad-Channel DDR3 Memory Kits For X79, Reviewed December 27, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Tweaking & Tuning
You just bought the fastest (and most expensive) desktop platform on the planet. Which company's memory will you use to populate Intel's ... Read more
AMD's Bulldozer Architecture: Overclocking Efficiency Explored December 26, 2011 – 12:00 AM – CPU
AMD’s FX processor line-up was supposedly designed with efficiency in mind, according to AMD. We're putting this claim to the test, assessing the ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2011: System Value Compared December 23, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
A 20% budget boost for this quarter’s machines gave every builder room to fix former foibles, yet only the cheapest system showed big performance ... Read more
AMD Radeon HD 7970: Promising Performance, Paper-Launched December 22, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Graphics Cards
A sample of AMD's next-generation Radeon HD 7970 landed in our lab just before Santa. Don't cross your fingers for one of these in your stocking, ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2011: $600 Gaming PC December 21, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
You've already seen our first two System Builder Marathon configurations, both of which are more expensive than last quarter's. Our entry-level ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2011: $1200 Enthusiast PC December 20, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
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 ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2011: $2400 Performance PC December 19, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
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 ... Read more
Tom's Hardware's 2011 Gift Guide: Part 2, Last-Minute Extras December 16, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
Welcome to Part 2 of Tom's Hardware's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. This second installment is geared toward the folks who want to buy components that ... Read more
SSD Performance In The Office: Nine Applications Benchmarked December 15, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Internal Storage
A number of metrics are used to quantify storage performance. If you're a regular Joe, you have to be wondering how such dry terminology can ... Read more
Power Supply 101: A Reference Of Specifications December 14, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Workstations
Today's article contains everything you've ever wanted to know about PC power supply specifications. Form factor dimensions, cable end pinouts, ... Read more
Tom's Hardware's 2011 Gift Guide: Part 1, For System Builders December 13, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
Welcome to Part 1 of Tom's Hardware's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. This first installment is geared toward system builders planning to pool some ... Read more
In Pictures: Getting Connected To Next-Gen Home Security December 12, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Miscellaneous
If you think CCTV is still the pinnacle of home security, check out this Tom’s Hardware writer putting his home under Vivint’s knife (literally). ... Read more