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In Pictures: 16 Of The PC Industry's Most Epic Failures
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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We've endured a great many annoyances in the 16 years since Tom's Hardware first appeared online. What follows is a list of 16 of them. Although it's by no means all-inclusive, it represents one seasoned reviewer's worst experiences in technology. -
Live From AMD's Financial Analyst Day
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:00pm UTC
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We've been waiting on AMD's Financial Analyst Day for more information on how the company plans to approach new and current businesses moving forward. Ahead of the big event, AMD pre-briefed us on the news. -
OpenCL In Action: Post-Processing Apps, Accelerated
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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We've been bugging AMD for years now, literally: show us what GPU-accelerated software can do. Finally, the company is ready to put us in touch with ISVs in nine different segments to demonstrate how its hardware can benefit optimized applications. -
Upgrade Advice: Does Your Fast SSD Really Need SATA 6Gb/s?
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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Are you mulling the potential benefit of an SSD upgrade on a system without 6 Gb/s SATA connectivity? We run the benchmarks on several different solid-state storage architectures in order to determine how much performance you give up on an older machine. -
AMD Radeon HD 7950 Review: Up Against GeForce GTX 580
Posted: January 31st, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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Is the Radeon HD 7970's $550 asking price too high? AMD now has a less expensive derivative based on the same GCN architecture. At its default clock rates, it's fast enough to outrun Nvidia's GeForce GTX 580 in many benchmarks. And it overclocks like mad. -
Picking A Sub-$200 Gaming CPU: FX, An APU, Or A Pentium?
Posted: January 30th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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We really like to hunt down great values in the processor space. Since our last round-up of affordable CPUs, AMD released its Llano-based APUs and Bulldozer-based FX family. Also, Intel introduced a handful of Sandy Bridge-based Pentium chips. -
What Does One Petabyte Of Storage (And $500K) Look Like?
Posted: January 27th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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We're big fans of big technology, and with more than 1 PB of capacity, Aberdeen's Petarack is sure something to marvel at. We take a look inside and figure out what it takes to deploy 1 000 terabytes of space in an enterprise environment, reliably. -
Amazon Kindle Touch Review And Fourth-Gen Screen Quality Update
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 12:10am UTC
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Amazon Kindle Fire tablet received all of the glory. But the company also has a new e-book reader that features a touchscreen. How does the Kindle Touch stack up, and what's the real story on the display quality of Amazon's fourth-gen Kindles? -
Install A Hard Drive Or SSD In Your Notebook's Optical Bay
Posted: January 26th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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You want a performance-oriented SSD in your notebook, but you also need the capacity of a hard drive. Why not just remove your optical drive, drop your hard drive into its bay, and load up a brand new SSD with Windows and your apps? -
AMD's FX-8150 After Two Windows 7 Hotfixes And UEFI Updates
Posted: January 25th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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Introducing a new processor architecture takes a colossal effort. AMD's modular Bulldozer design ran into its share of resistance at launch. Can a handful of software updates turn the company's flagship FX-8150 into the powerhouse AMD promised? -
Best SSDs For The Money: January 2012
Posted: January 24th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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Welcome to the year's first SSD recommendations. We updated our list to reflect recent price drops on second-gen SandForce-based hardware. There are several good deals in the $150-200 range. Prices are falling, so we're letting you know! -
Radeon HD 6990M And GeForce GTX 580M: A Beautiful Lie
Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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We’ve been more than outspoken about the naming AMD and Nvidia use for their mobile GPUs. Are they really trying to mislead buyers, though? We briefly examine their methodology and frame that against the limitations of high-end mobile computing. -
In Pictures: The Girls Of CES 2012
Posted: January 20th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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CES 2012 was filled to the brim with new tablets and 3D display technology, but somehow exhibitors found a way to include booth models as part of their showcase. Take a peek through our picture story to see some of what we saw this year in Las Vegas. -
Five Overclocked GeForce GTX 560 Cards, Rounded-Up
Posted: January 19th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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We were foiled in our quest to find the best vendor-provided GPU cooler for Nvidia's GeForce GTX 560. But out of the ashes sprung a round-up of cards armed with those very same solutions. Which of these five GF114-based boards is right for you? -
Mobile: Intel Will Overtake Qualcomm In Three Years
Posted: January 18th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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We know Intel hasn't shipped any phones, while Qualcomm had over $4 billion in revenue last quarter. But when you're done reading, you'll agree with us. To do this, we'll perform a magic trick with all three acts, The Pledge, The Turn, and The Prestige. -
In Pictures: Dear Developers, 15 Games Worthy Of A Sequel
Posted: January 17th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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Most of the time good games get sequels. However, there's always a select few that seem to fall through the cracks. Developers close shop or trademarks get held in limbo. Here are fifteen games that we feel deserve sequels. -
Chris Angelini On Tom's Hardware In 2012
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 1:10pm UTC
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I just got back from CES 2012. And although I’ve attended a great many Consumer Electronics Shows, Computexes, and Comdexes (never a CeBIT), this year’s show was by far the most intense. It wasn’t that there were tons of really awesome products. In fact, -
Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: January 2012
Posted: January 16th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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This month, we talk about new Llano-based APUs with unlocked core and graphics clock multipliers, Intel's upcoming Atom CPU refresh, and a few notable price adjustments. Then, we bid farewell to a few favorite processors that are quickly disappearing. -
Storage Performance In Entertainment And Content Creation
Posted: January 13th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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A number of metrics are used to quantify storage performance. If you're a content creator, you have to be wondering how such dry terminology can apply to your video projects. Rather than telling you, we're going to dissect several media-oriented tasks. -
Seven $260-$320 X79 Express Motherboards, Reviewed
Posted: January 12th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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With 40 lanes of PCIe 3.0 connectivity to host all of our high-bandwidth devices, LGA 2011 certainly qualifies as a premium processor interface. Today we examine seven X79-based motherboards that offer high-end features at a more palatable price. -
Power Supply Reference: Consumption, Savings, And More
Posted: January 11th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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In this final excerpt from Scott Mueller's Upgrading And Repairing PCs, 20th Edition, we examine a number of power supply usage factors including power consumption calculations, power savings, power protection systems, and troubleshooting. -
In Pictures: The Best Graphics Card Values In History
Posted: January 10th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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A few months ago, we published a list of the fastest, most powerful graphics cards from their respective generations. This time around we honor the sub-$200 boards that brought great gaming performance to the folks on limited budgets. -
Nokia Lumia 710 Review: Windows Phone 7 On A Budget
Posted: January 9th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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Nokia's Lumia 710 is designed to make Windows Phone 7 accessible to the masses. How does it fare under our test suite? You might be surprised. We're starting down the path of smartphone testing with a different take and a few exclusive benchmarks as well. -
Web Browser Grand Prix VIII: Chrome 16, Firefox 9, And Mac OS X
Posted: January 6th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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Back in August, Mozilla took the WBGP crown with Firefox 7. Can Firefox 9 retain that title? And how are the top Web browsers doing in Mac OS X? We used a Hackintosh last time. This time, we're testing on the world's first Ultrabook, the MacBook Air. -
60/64 GB SSD Shootout: Crucial, Samsung, And SandForce
Posted: January 5th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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It's easy to forget that lower-capacity SSDs are also usually slower. Today we're testing the most prolific 60/64 GB configurations to gauge where they fall in the big picture. We emerge at the other end with a recommendation based on our testing, too. -
Best Graphics Cards For The Money: January 2012
Posted: January 4th, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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The new year promises availability of AMD's new Radeon HD 7970 3 GB. Also, we see a spate of surprise price shifts that change some of our most consistent recommendations. We're also getting more information about what will happen in the coming months. -
Eurocom Racer: Radeon HD 6990M In A Truly Mobile Form Factor
Posted: January 3rd, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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Sporting awesome gaming performance and low power draw, the only thing missing from our previous Radeon HD 6990M benchmarks was an efficient, portable package. Eurocom addresses that with its mid-sized Racer. But can the smaller notebook keep pace? -
Samsung Series 7 11.6" Slate: Breathing New Life Into Tablet PCs
Posted: January 2nd, 2012, 12:00am UTC
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Tablet PCs are a dying breed, and Windows 8 is still at least a year away. Until we see what Microsoft's next operating system has to offer, one tablet PC shows us why this form factor is still a winner. Samsung's Series 7 11.6" Slate breaks the mold. -
In Pictures: 2011, A Year In Review
Posted: December 30th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
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Another year has come and gone. Do you remember everything that happened in 2011? Before you toss out your old calendar, we remember major events, the passing of several technology greats, and a few memorable products that made their way through our lab. -
Best SSDs For The Money: December 2011
Posted: December 29th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
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Welcome to the last column of 2011. We updated our recommendations to reflect the recent price drops on second-gen SandForce hardware. There are several good deals to be found for right about $150-200 bucks. Prices are falling, and we keep you informed. -
OCZ Octane 512 GB SSD Review: Meet Indilinx's Everest Controller
Posted: December 28th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
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What? A performance SSD from OCZ not based on SandForce's tech? The new Octane SSD features an Indilinx controller. Does OCZ rectify the controller company's past mistakes, or does it need more time to marinate? The truth lies somewhere in the middle. -
Four High-End Quad-Channel DDR3 Memory Kits For X79, Reviewed
Posted: December 27th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
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You just bought the fastest (and most expensive) desktop platform on the planet. Which company's memory will you use to populate Intel's quad-channel controller? We tested four purportedly high-end kits in order to find out which set is the best. -
AMD's Bulldozer Architecture: Overclocking Efficiency Explored
Posted: December 26th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
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AMD’s FX processor line-up was supposedly designed with efficiency in mind, according to AMD. We're putting this claim to the test, assessing the Bulldozer architecture at a number of different clock rates and comparing the results to Intel's CPUs. -
System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2011: System Value Compared
Posted: December 23rd, 2011, 12:00am UTC
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A 20% budget boost for this quarter’s machines gave every builder room to fix former foibles, yet only the cheapest system showed big performance gains. What effect will those big and small changes have on price-per-performance proficiency? -
AMD Radeon HD 7970: Promising Performance, Paper-Launched
Posted: December 22nd, 2011, 12:00am UTC
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A sample of AMD's next-generation Radeon HD 7970 landed in our lab just before Santa. Don't cross your fingers for one of these in your stocking, though. It's not available yet. Is it fast, though? Our benchmarks suggest yes, but more testing remains! -
System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2011: $600 Gaming PC
Posted: December 21st, 2011, 12:00am UTC
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You've already seen our first two System Builder Marathon configurations, both of which are more expensive than last quarter's. Our entry-level build costs a bit more too, but we think it's a much more capable collection of parts. -
System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2011: $1200 Enthusiast PC
Posted: December 20th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
We mix things up with a $1200 budget, a brutally powerful Radeon HD 6950 CrossFire combo, and AMD's new FX processor in the final mid-range System Builder Marathon PC of 2011. The results are predictable in some ways, but surprising in others. -
System Builder Marathon, Dec. 2011: $2400 Performance PC
Posted: December 19th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
Lessons learned over the past two quarters have helped us build one of our fastest PCs yet. But is it really worth the extra $400 over the previous high-end System Builder Marathon PC? The benchmarks will answer that question. -
Tom's Hardware's 2011 Gift Guide: Part 2, Last-Minute Extras
Posted: December 16th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
Welcome to Part 2 of Tom's Hardware's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. This second installment is geared toward the folks who want to buy components that stand alone as respectable gifts--call them the add-ons to go with the complete machines we built last week. -
SSD Performance In The Office: Nine Applications Benchmarked
Posted: December 15th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
A number of metrics are used to quantify storage performance. If you're a regular Joe, you have to be wondering how such dry terminology can apply to office work. Rather than telling you, we're going to dissect several routine computing tasks. -
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Posted: December 15th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
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Power Supply 101: A Reference Of Specifications
Posted: December 14th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
Today's article contains everything you've ever wanted to know about PC power supply specifications. Form factor dimensions, cable end pinouts, voltage/amp/watt specifications, and even compatibility issues are covered in this comprehensive reference! -
Tom's Hardware's 2011 Gift Guide: Part 1, For System Builders
Posted: December 13th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
Welcome to Part 1 of Tom's Hardware's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide. This first installment is geared toward system builders planning to pool some Christmas cash to build a new performance- or value-oriented system. We have something for everyone this year. -
In Pictures: Getting Connected To Next-Gen Home Security
Posted: December 12th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
If you think CCTV is still the pinnacle of home security, check out this Tom’s Hardware writer putting his home under Vivint’s knife (literally). How much peace of mind and home automation can over $4000 of Z-Wave and IP-based gear get you? -
Intel Core i7-3930K And Core i7-3820: Sandy Bridge-E, Cheaper
Posted: December 9th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
Core i7-3960X is undeniably fast. But at more than $1000, it’s hardly an option for most enthusiasts. We got our hands on the Core i7-3930K and Core i7-3820 to gauge their overclocked performance and determine if they’re able to best the flagship part. -
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Posted: December 9th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: December 2011
Posted: December 8th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
Seasons greetings are accompanied by information about the new GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Core, a list of products that are suffering availability, seasonal price increases, and some rumors regarding the next-gen Radeon HD 7000 and GeForce 600 families. -
Ultimate X79? Five $320+ LGA 2011 Motherboards, Reviewed
Posted: December 7th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
Our flagship motherboard comparison announcement was answered with an interesting selection of models, along with a bunch of “not ready yet” responses. Today we examine a few samples from companies bold enough to step up to the plate during launch week. -
Star Wars: The Old Republic: PC Performance, Benchmarked
Posted: December 6th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
Rarely are MMOs anticipated as hotly as Star Wars: The Old Republic. We take a close look at the offspring of legendary developer Bioware and the larger-than-life Star Wars franchise, then tell you what kind of hardware it needs for smooth performance. -
Antec Kühler Vs. Corsair Hydro: Sealed Liquid CPU Coolers Compared
Posted: December 5th, 2011, 12:00am UTC
Offering a taste of liquid-cooled performance without the maintenance hassle, sealed-liquid systems are the logical choice for many high-end builds. We compare four options to an air-cooled standard to see if any of them stand out above the others.
