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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
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
Building A Liquid-Cooled MicroATX Gaming Monster October 5, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Desktops
You don't need a massive case to cram in tons of computing muscle. With a little help from a few manufacturers, our excessively-overclocked ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: System Value Compared September 26, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
Big changes to a few components radically alter the performance profile of every machine in this quarter's competition. We’ve already seen how ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: $500 Gaming PC September 22, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
A few months ago, we built our $500 gaming PC using Intel's Sandy Bridge-based Core i3 processor, and it was a real screamer. This time around ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: $1000 Enthusiast PC September 21, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
This quarter's $1000 enthusiast-oriented PC gets a new lease on life with a 30 GB solid-state drive and a couple of GeForce GTX 460s. Does that ... Read more
System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2011: $2000 Performance PC September 20, 2011 – 12:00 AM – Buyers Guides
Falling memory prices make it easier to spend our $2000 budget on the fastest available components. How much faster is a pair of GeForce GTX 580s ... Read more