System Builder Marathon Q1 2015: Budget Gaming PC By Paul Henningsen published 24 February 15 This quarter, value-oriented builder Paul Henningsen benefits from a more generous budget that lets him explore faster host processors and graphics cards. Can he put the extra money to good use?
System Builder Marathon, Q3 2013: $350 Bonus Entry-Level PC By Paul Henningsen published 27 September 13
AMD's Piledriver And K10 CPU Architectures Face Off By Paul Henningsen published 19 August 13 Vishera, Deneb, Trinity, and Propus are code names for some of AMD's most value-oriented processor configurations from the past couple of generations. We get our hands on several models to compare in productivity, content creation, and gaming workloads.
System Builder Marathon, Q2 2013: The $400 Spirit Of Mini-ITX By Paul Henningsen published 27 June 13
Is This Even Fair? Budget Ivy Bridge Takes On Core 2 Duo And Quad By Paul Henningsen published 6 May 13 Reader requests affect much of the work we do, and we constantly receive email asking for this one: compare Intel's older Wolfdale- and Yorkfield-based designs against today's budget-friendly Ivy Bridge-based processors. Well, you asked, and we deliver.
Part 4: Building A Balanced Gaming PC By Paul Henningsen published 11 August 10 What does it mean to build a truly-balanced PC? How great would it be to piece together a machine bottlenecked by neither CPU or GPU? We set forth to measure the perfect balance in seven different games and four resolutions in this fourth of many parts.
