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  • Sony Tablet S Review: The Media Enthusiast's Dream Tablet tablet-s playstation android November 22, 2011
    Are you a home theater enthusiast building the ultimate man cave? Sony's Tablet S is the strongest Android-based contender offering unique features for that specific segment. With DLNA compliance and IR remote control apps, it deserves special attention.
  • Anti-Aliasing Analysis, Part 2: Performance anti-aliasing performance November 21, 2011
    Earlier this year, we took a detailed look at different anti-aliasing technologies in Part 1 of this series. In Part 2, we test all of those modes in order to get an accurate picture of the performance hit we can expect when it comes to using each one.
  • Four 10-Slot Cases For Four-Way SLI, Tested And Reviewed fulmo-gt thor-v2 vh6000bws November 18, 2011
    Extra space for cooling, controllers, and add-in cards makes XL-ATX the preferred solution for extreme system builders. Today, we follow up our picture story by testing four 10-slot cases that support XL-ATX and four-way SLI (with room to spare).
  • Sandy Bridge-E: Core i7-3960X Is Fast, But Is It Any More Efficient? sandy-bridge-e efficiency core-i7-3960x November 17, 2011
    Ironically, when it comes to performance, Intel’s Core i7-3960X is the real Bulldozer. Since its power consumption levels are lower than the Gulftown-based Core i7, it should also deliver amazing performance per watt as well. Is that really the case?
  • How To: Properly Plan And Pick Parts For An Air-Cooled PC, Part 2 cooling air-pressure heatsink November 16, 2011
    After discussing the theory of PC cooling, in Part One, we now move on to technology and implementation, discussing case fans, CPU coolers, and thermal grease. We even wrap up with a recipe you can use if you fail to cool your PC properly.
  • In Pictures: Four 10-Slot Cases For Your Super-Sized Build fulmo-gt thor-v2 vh6000bws November 15, 2011
    With several XL-ATX motherboards sitting in the lab (and more on the way), an abundance of expansion continues to push extreme enthusiast towards ten-slot cases. We take a closer look at four of contenders with room for four-way graphics configurations.
  • Intel Core i7-3960X Review: Sandy Bridge-E And X79 Express core-i7-3960x x79 sandy-bridge-e November 14, 2011
    Intel's Sandy Bridge design impressed us nearly a year ago, but it was intended for mainstream customers. The company took its time readying the enthusiast version, Sandy Bridge-E. Now, the LGA 2011-based platform and its accompanying CPUs are ready.
  • Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: PC Performance, Benchmarked skyrim performance benchmark November 11, 2011
    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion redefined our expectations for open world fantasy RPGs, and it was brutally hard on the hardware of its day. Is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as challenging on today's PC hardware, or can a modest rig handle it?
  • Round-Up: 15 microSDHC Cards, Benchmarked And Reviewed microsdhc memory-card performance November 10, 2011
    With rated write performance as high as 10 MB/s and capacities as high as 32 GB, there's plenty of choice in the microSDHC marketplace. Do the contenders actually hit their performance targets? Interestingly, some of them are actually quite a bit better!
  • Best Graphics Cards For The Money: November 2011 fastest-graphics-card radeon geforce November 9, 2011
    In this month's update, we discuss several price adjustments that impact our recommendations. We also look into the crystal ball and suggest that there may not be another graphics launch in 2011 as a result of several different factors.
  • How To: Properly Plan And Pick Parts For An Air-Cooled PC, Part 1 cooling airflow heatsink November 8, 2011
    What better way to wrap up a scorching summer than with a last word on cooling? We explain the most important rules for creating ideal airflow, address the potential effectiveness of side fans, and discuss the finer points of graphics card cooling.
  • Five $160 To $240 990FX-Based Socket AM3+ Motherboards sabertooth-990fx 990fxa-ud7 990fxa-gd80 November 7, 2011
    Forty-two PCIe lanes give the 990FX a clear connectivity lead over competing Intel chipsets. We compare five class-leading products using AMD's FX-8150 to see which offers the best combination of performance, overclocking, integrated features, and value.
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