Marcus Yam

Marcus Yam

Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.

Articles by: Marcus Yam

Comic: How to Help Someone Pick What Computer to Buy

By Marcus Yam published

How to advise someone as to what kind of computer they should buy

We're Giving Away a Lenovo ThinkPad Twist Ultrabook

By Marcus Yam published

Enter to win a Lenovo ThinkPad Twist S230u Convertible Ultrabook

Deals Oct 1: Dell PowerEdge T110 II Dual-core Server $299

By Marcus Yam published

Get a dual-core server for under $300

Deals Sept 30: Dell U2413 24" IPS LCD + $100GC for $500

By Marcus Yam published

Get a great deal on an IPS LCD monitor with a gift card!

Deals Sept 27: Edimax Multi-purpose Nano Router $20 FS

By Marcus Yam published

Get a wireless-N router that can fit in the palm of your hand.

Google Like It's 1998

By Marcus Yam published

Google opens the door to the past, showing you what it was like 15 years ago.

Deals Sept 26: Dell 14" Core i5 + Windows7 Ultrabook $500

By Marcus Yam published

Get an ultrabook still running Windows 7 on sale!

Recap: AMD Radeon R9, R7, Mantle, TrueAudio, Social App

By Marcus Yam published

AMD revealed a ton of new gaming technologies at its GPU14 tech day.

Deals Sept 25: Dell Inspiron 660 Core i5 Desktop $450 FS

By Marcus Yam published

Get a new Core i5 desktop at a sale price.

AMD Hawaii GPU '14 Tech Day Sneak Peek in Pictures

By Marcus Yam published

AMD is showing off its next graphics card.

Surface Touch Cover 2: Thinner and Sensitive Under Pressure

By Marcus Yam published

The new Touch Cover 2 for Microsoft's Surface tablets is much improved.

Deals Sept 24: Photive 2600mAh Portable Power Bank $20

By Marcus Yam published

Running out of battery before the day is up? Get this!

Surface 2: A Look at the Hardware Inside

By Marcus Yam published

Want to see what the Surface 2 looks like on the inside? We take a look at the chips that make up Microsoft's next Windows RT tablet.

Microsoft Surface 2 Event Live Blog

By Marcus Yam published

We're live at Microsoft's event in NYC for the next generation of Surface devices.Follow along at our live blog for more!

Deals Sept 20: 120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD $99.99 FS

By Marcus Yam published

The Samsung SSD goes on sale!

Xbox One Can't Stand Vertically Due to Disc Drive

By Marcus Yam published

Microsoft says that the Xbox One isn't meant to stand up.

Deals Sept 19: Dell 14z Core i5 + Windows 7 Ultrabook $500

By Marcus Yam published

Get a Windows 7 laptop on sale!

Apple CEO Tim Cook Trash Talks Android

By Marcus Yam published

Tim Cook says that buying an outdated Android phone is like running iOS 3.

Deals Sept 18: Dell U3014 30" Monitor $827 Effective Price

By Marcus Yam published

Grand Theft Auto V at a great deal too!

Windows 8.1 Prices Revealed: Upgrades are Full Versions

By Marcus Yam published

Windows 8.1 is coming out in a month and this is how much it will cost.

Doom Gets Played Using a Piano

By Marcus Yam published

This takes keyboard control to a whole new level.

Apple Claims "Plastic Perfected" With iPhone 5C

By Marcus Yam published

A better plastic than all the other plastics?

Microsoft Posts, Then Pulls, Video Making Fun of New iPhones

By Marcus Yam published

A video bashing the iPhone backfires on Microsoft.

Deals Sept 16: Dell S2440L 24" Monitor + $100 GC $199

By Marcus Yam published

Get a great deal on a Dell LCD monitor.

AMD Embedded Product 2014 Roadmap Packs ARM, x86 SoC

By Marcus Yam published

AMD's up to more than just desktop and laptop chips. It has a full spectrum of technologies for the embedded market ahead.

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