September 18, 2012
Vertical vapor chamber—blowing hot air?
We have been anxious to test Cooler Master’s TPC 812 since we saw a prototype at this year’s CES—or was it last year’s? Regardless, the company piqued our interest with its talk of “vertical vapor cha…
Tags: Air Cooling, Cooler Master, CPU Cooler, hardware, overclock, reviews, TPC 812
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June 21, 2012
One step forward, and a giant leap back
THE DISPLAYS IN HP’s TouchSmart series top out at 23 inches. To get anything bigger, you must move over to HP’s Omni all-in-one lineup. The upper limit here is a ginormous 27 inches, but you won’t get that …
Tags: all-in-one, build a pc, Consumer Desktops, hardware, Review, reviews, system, Systems
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February 8, 2011
The brave new world of LGA1155
There’s good news and bad news for Intel lovers. The bad news is for folks who just bought a motherboard using the LGA1156 socket: Yup, it’s obsolete already. The good news: The LGA1155 motherboards using Intel’s pe…
Tags: 2011, asus, build a pc, Features, gigabyte, hardware, March 2011, mobos, motherboards, MSI, reviews
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February 8, 2011
Razer, long known for its high-end gaming mice, has had sort of a slow start when it comes to gaming keyboards. Its offerings haven’t been bad, but the company hasn’t had a must-have product yet. The BlackWidow is Razer’s first.
The BlackWidow …
Tags: 2010, From the Magazine, hardware, keyboard, Keyboards, mechanical keyboard, razer, reviews
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January 31, 2011
As a game, Dead Space 2 really isn’t all that special. There’s some decent shooting, sure, but if you’ve helped one necromorph with that pesky “having legs” problem of his, you’ve helped ‘em all. No – what truly rockets Dead Space 2 from
Tags: dead space, Dead Space 2, games, gaming, reviews
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January 26, 2011
Hexa-core’s white knight?
Ever since the appearance of Intel’s smoking-fast second-gen Core i7 processor in January, we’ve been wondering if Intel’s hexa-cores still have a purpose. When iBuypower’s Paladin XLC strode into town with a hearty …
Tags: 2011, Consumer Desktops, Desktops, From the Magazine, hardware, ibuypower, March 2011, reviews, Systems
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January 26, 2011
The Asus ENGTX 560 Ti DirectCU II is that once-rare bird: a factory-overclocked card at the beginning of a GPU’s life cycle. Once upon a time, you wouldn’t ever see an overclocked graphics card. Then they started to appear—usually when a particular…
Tags: asus, build a pc, DCii, engtx560 ti, geforce gtx 560 ti, GPU, hardware, Nvidia, reviews, videocards
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January 25, 2011
We find it a bit mind-boggling that home-theater PCs don’t generate much interest among mainstream consumers. These machines offer so many features, and most people are already familiar with the Windows interface. Luckily for we enthusiasts, companie…
Tags: asrock, Blu-Ray 3D Player, Consumer Desktops, hardware, home theater pc, maximum tech, Maximum Tech Reviews, reviews, Systems
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