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FollowIf 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!).
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We've already built and benchmarked low ($525) and mid cost systems ($1,255). Today's high-end gaming system goes for $3,590. Check it out!
Yesterday we built and tested a low cost PC system for $525. Today we focus on a mid-range system that costs around $1,255.
Over the next three days, we'll select components for, build and test low, medium and high cost PC systems. Today's system comes in at $525.
System builders show off the best that money can buy, including Intel's elite "water-cooled only" quad core QX6800.
The battle for your living room has been going on for quite some time. But despite climbing sales of Windows Media Center PCs, no one can really claim to have convinced the average U.S. consumer to rely on the...
The Chinese government has approved Intel's plan to build a wafer plant in northern China. The $2.5 billion dollar factory will make around 52,000 12" wafers a month using 90-nanometer technology. Intel has not...
Market sources recently said Samsung Electronics has recalled a batch of SecureDigital (SD) cards from downstream packaging and testing houses due to a defective controller IC.
From Cheez-It boxes to heavy metal cases, here are more great stories about cool, strange and fantastic PCs and PC mods.
Using your laptop while driving can be hazardous to your health as one Californian man found out. The 28-year-old man died after his Toyota Corolla slammed head on into a Hummer on Highway 99 north of...
We asked you to tell us about your favorite cool, strange or unusual PC or PC mod and, man, did you! The story's a click away.
You get what you pay for, right? But what happens if you build a PC on the cheap? We packed two boxes with low-cost AMD and Intel CPUs and other inexpensive components. Guess who dominates the low end?
What does it take to transform your PC into a teraflop supercomputer? It may be less than you think - two graphics cards and programming know-how are enough to push your desktop PC's performance into a range...
Tell us about your favorite cool, strange or even wacky PC or PC mod. We might publish your story.
In the event of catastrophic hard drive failure, only professional data recovery can help. During a visit to Kroll Ontrack we gained insight into how data can even be restored from a crashed RAID array.
Gateway is ready to get back into the performance business. They certainly have the experience, but can they deliver the goods?










