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Do-It-Yourself: Upgrading Apple's 27" iMac With An SSD May 11, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Tweaking & Tuning
Love Apple or hate it, the company's iMac is a popular machine. Per the usual, though, Apple way overcharges for an SSD upgrade. Today, we're ... Read more
Defender 410, A Sweet Star Wars: The Old Republic Case Mod April 20, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Modding
At this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, iBuyPower raffled off a special Star Wars: The Old Republic-themed case mod. Today we take ... Read more
Overclocking: Asus Rampage IV Extreme Versus EVGA X79 FTW April 17, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Tweaking & Tuning
Many companies claim to offer the best overclocking for your money, yet only two compete for the best overclocking at the very highest price ... Read more
System Builder Marathon Bonus: Newegg Customer Choice PC March 30, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
We've shown you our three System Builder Marathon picks. Now it's time for something new. Using Newegg's user ratings as a guide, we picked the ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, March 2012: System Value Compared March 29, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
Three different builders took two different approaches this quarter. Paul and Don struck out in search of more graphics performance, while Thomas ... Read more
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
Big Air: 14 LGA 2011-Compatible Coolers For Core i7-3000, Reviewed February 16, 2012 – 12:00 AM – Tweaking & Tuning
Do Intel’s Core i7-3000-series CPUs really need closed-loop liquid cooling? Today we're testing fourteen different LGA 2011-compatible air ... 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
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
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
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