System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2010: $2000 Performance PC By Thomas Soderstrom published 6 September 10
Time To Upgrade, Part 2: Picking The Parts To Replace By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 1 September 10 After looking at whether or not it makes sense to replace a PC built back in 2007 with a more modern machine, we decided to examine three component upgrade options—graphics, storage, and the motherboard/CPU/RAM platform—separately.
Time To Upgrade: Should You Dump Your 2007 PC? By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 23 August 10 Intel agressively promotes its Core i3/i5/i7 series, but we wonder: Does it make sense to replace a three-year old high-end PC? In the end, quad-core processors were already pretty powerful in 2007. We created a brand new system and a 2007 PC to compare.
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.
Wall-Sized 3D Gaming With Nvidia 3D Vision By Don Woligroski published 2 August 10 A couple of months ago, we built a 3D dual-projector system, just like in movie theaters. Now, we're comparing it to Nvidia's 3D Vision projector-based setup to see which option offers the best consumer-level 3D experience for your living room.
Part 3: Building A Balanced Gaming PC By Paul Henningsen published 12 May 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 third of many parts.
Build Your Own: Wall-Sized 3D Gaming, Just Like Theaters Do It By Don Woligroski published 30 March 10
System Builder Marathon, March 2010: System Value Compared By Thomas Soderstrom published 19 March 10
Maximum Efficiency: Build A 25W Performance PC Using Core i5 By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos published 23 February 10
System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2009: System Value Compared By Thomas Soderstrom published 25 December 09