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If you ever plan to build your own PC, Tom's Hardware’s System Builder Marathon is a must-read. Our editorial team builds, tests, and evaluates PC systems at varying costs, using the components that we think maximize value. These components include motherboards, cooling devices, CPU platforms, chipsets, memory, cases, hard drives, networking and graphics cards and power supplies. For each build, we include performance benchmarks that include 3D games, audio and video compression, graphic design, image manipulation, and video editing. Our testing includes each configuration in its stock form and overclocked. Feel free to build along with us or watch patiently from the sidelines, because, remember—each of these systems are given away at the end of the marathon (don’t forget to enter!).

news - MARCH 18 13

LSI looks to provide fast data access for enterprise servers while keeping latency and CPU burdens low.

reviews - MARCH 18 135

The last machine in this quarter's System Builder Marathon, Paul's $750 Gaming PC certainly isn't least. A triple-core Athlon II X3 didn't necessarily overclock well, but a fourth-core unlock gives this system...

news - MARCH 18 33

Being a leftie must be difficult. So much of the world's ergonomics are designed for right-handed people that southpaws can't help but feel sometimes as if they're second class citizens.Computers are no...

reviews - MARCH 17 93

In this System Builder Marathon, we get to make a great $1,500 Core i7-920 enthusiast PC and then pit it against the Core i5-750 system from our previous series. Is the extra money for the Core i7-920...

news - MARCH 16 99

Buyers itching to get rid of their stack of Benjamins for a Fermi will have to hold off for a bit longer, it seems.

news - MARCH 16 58

See here for a not-yet-grown-up version of the GeForce GTX 480 Fermi stripped naked.

news - MARCH 16 59

How would you like to take home our very own picks of PC performance?

reviews - MARCH 16 134

We loosened the leash on our budgets a little this month in order to pack all of your most requested features into a system that's accessible to more than just affluent enthusiasts. Will this build be complete...

news - MARCH 15 64

Welcome to this month's BestConfigs update, where you can find recommended parts for office PCs, gaming rigs, a workstation, or a home theater setup. If you're so inclined, feel free to chip in with suggestions...

news - MARCH 15 37

That thing got a Hemi?

news - MARCH 11 51

I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? "Plastics."

news - MARCH 8 27

Iron Man and Robert Downey Jr in the same movie -- it was a good year, 2008. However, the new trailer for IM2 has us wondering, "will 2010 and Iron Man 2 be even better?"

news - MARCH 6 29

It's a classic controller for your gaming PC.

news - MARCH 4 45

Hackers have already found a way around Ubisoft's Internet DRM that's used on Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin's Creed II.

news - MARCH 2 9

A modder hacked a Kodak camera to make a portable gaming device.

news - FEBRUARY 26 33

This built-from-scratch PC resembles the Pyramid starship in Stargate.

reviews - FEBRUARY 23 64

We've measured 100W+ at idle from desktop PCs running the first crop of dual-core CPUs. The latest 32nm Clarkdale-based platforms let you build powerful desktops that idle as low as 25W. Today we're looking at...

news - FEBRUARY 22 47

Nvidia's put its name on a DIY kit for those looking to build a modest PC.

news - FEBRUARY 22 70

Aren't chemical elements fantastic teaching tools?

news - FEBRUARY 19 145

Some of you are going to hate this.

news - FEBRUARY 17 26

Still not as fast as a human can do it.

news - FEBRUARY 12 68

BioShock 2 PC gamers will have to kick it old school.

news - FEBRUARY 11 36

Danger!

news - FEBRUARY 8 44

A TDK chart paves the road to 3 TB hard drives by November.

news - FEBRUARY 4 33

SilverStone's HDDBOOST combines the best of both worlds: HDD and SSD.

news - FEBRUARY 3 33

3DMark Vantage reveals that card's core and shader clock speeds.

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