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  • Solaris Computer Systems PCs: A New OEM Emerges
    November 14, 2007 – 7:19 AM
    Solaris Computer Systems PCs: A New OEM Emerges We put two PCs from newcomer Solaris Computer Systems through the paces to see if the Nebula XL and Photon XLX have what it takes to deliver performance and value.
  • Hands Across Four Water Cooling Systems
    June 30, 2004 – 1:00 PM in CeBIT
    Common wisdom dictates that water cooling systems might offer better performance but are hard to install and represent a cumbersome amount of extra components. But can external water cooling systems prove naysayers wrong? THG tested four models to find out.
  • 7 Hot New Water Cooling Systems Tested
    September 20, 2004 – 1:01 PM
    In theory, water coolers represent an optimal solution to keep CPUs cool and quiet. But in practice, water coolers in the past have been difficult to install and use. THG tests a new crop of seven to see if water cooler vendors have gotten their cooling acts together.
  • New Generation PC 5.1 Speaker Systems
    January 19, 2007 – 2:19 PM
    New Generation PC 5.1 Speaker Systems THX certification, wireless satellites, and even a built-in USB 5.1 sound card - these are just some of the features you will find in today's PC speakers.
  • Pentium 4 Systems: To Buy or Not To Buy / To Cry Or Not to Cry
    January 30, 2001 – 12:04 PM
    Have you become interested in one of those Pentium 4 systems for 'only' $1500? Have you maybe even considered buying such a Pentium 4 system? This article will separate truth from fiction and answer the question if there is any sense in spending your money on one of those new Pentium 4 machines. Tom compares two Dell Dimension 8100 Pentium 4 systems with two equally priced Athlon systems from Gateway and Micron to save you from making the wrong decision.
  • Three High-End Gaming Systems Compared
    October 9, 2008 – 2:30 AM in AMD/ATI
    Three High-End Gaming Systems Compared Gaming enthusiasts always look for an edge, but that edge usually comes at a cost--time or money. We compare three systems from HP, Falcon NW, and Vigor aimed at gamers with more money than time.
  • Coral Consortium: Can't all our DRM systems just get along?
    March 3, 2006 – 7:17 PM
    Coral Consortium: Can't all our DRM systems just get along? The Coral Consortium's goal is to develop a system of interoperability for digital rights management systems around the world - not to make them all alike, but to create some way for them to talk to each other. This way, when you download something from one service, it can be played using devices built for another service. But is this what content publishers and providers want?
  • Socket 5: Tuning Old PC Systems
    February 12, 2001 – 12:04 PM
    Stop - don't dump your old PC! The performance of computers up to 6 years old can be significantly increased by means of a selective upgrade. Here we upgrade a Socket 5 system from 1995.
  • Mobile 2.5 Hard Drive Systems: MD2-USB and MD2-FW1 from DataFab
    April 26, 2001 – 1:05 PM in Build Your Own
    DataFab sells external storage systems both for USB and for Firewire, supporting 2.5" IDE hard drives at all capacities. Read on to find out the benefits and shortcomings of these storage solutions.
  • Progressive Housing: gTower Aluminum Case From American Media Systems
    March 29, 2002 – 12:07 PM
    Aluminum cases are lightweight and look pretty cool, making them the perfect computer housing for demanding users. We took a look at the CF-1006 "gTower" from American Media Systems. Is it worth its price?
  • Computex 2007: Storage, 4+ GHz Quad Cores and Systems
    June 7, 2007 – 7:43 AM in Business
    Computex 2007: Storage, 4+ GHz Quad Cores and Systems Our day 3 coverage includes lots of storage products, Core 2 Quad overclocking records, HTPC cases, fancy notebooks and the second generation of Ultra-Mobile PCs.
  • Performance Preview - of Systems with Intel 440BX Chipset
    February 12, 1998 – 12:00 PM in CeBIT
    What will 100 MHz front bus bring Pentium II Systems?
  • VGA Charts II: High-End Systems
    December 18, 2002 – 12:00 PM
    Tom's VGA Charts are back, and we've updated them with the very latest in graphics cards as well as new benchmarks. In Part I, we compare 29 high-end graphics cards in fast systems.
  • Intel's quad-core rings in a new era of enthusiast systems
    November 2, 2006 – 1:12 AM
    Intel's quad-core rings in a new era of enthusiast systems We've heard the story over and over again: Dual-cores are the fastest chips you can buy, period. While that claim may be true in many cases, it is especially not true for gaming: Games have not yet embraced multithreading and are lagging behind. Half-Life 2 developer Valve, however, believes that this scenario will change quickly and promises a 3.4x performance gain with four cores.
  • VGA Charts II: Mainstream Systems
    January 20, 2003 – 12:00 PM in Build Your Own
    In the second part of the big VGA Charts Update we take a look at 31 cards and how they perform on a slower system. Also, we check out how FSAA, anisotropic filtering, and a combination of both affect performance.

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