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Anatomy of a Storage Drive: Hard Disk Drives
It's magnetic. It's electric. It's photonic. No, this isn't going to be about a new superhero trio i...
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How CPUs are Designed and Built
We all think of the CPU as the "brains" of a computer, but what does that actually mean? What is goi...
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How CPUs are Designed, Part 4: Where is Computer Architecture and Design Headed?
Despite continuous improvements and incremental upgrades taking place with each new generation, proc...
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Tweaking Windows 10 Privacy Settings
Several controversial privacy issues have kept many users from upgrading to Microsoft's latest opera...
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Patched Desktop PC: Meltdown & Spectre Benchmarked
Following up to our initial testing of the Meltdown patch for Windows 10, today we're looking deeper...
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Steam Refunds: Friend or Foe?
Last week Steam added a refund procedure that allows you to get a full refund on any Steam game you'...
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What's Your Old Graphics Card Now Worth?
Today we're exploring the used graphics card market, something we don't often cover, but with the la...
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Testing Reliability: Puget Systems' List of Tried and True PC Hardware
We've all been there. You want to buy a new graphics card, you read the reviews, and settle on the b...
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15+ Titles Every PC Gamer Should Own
There are thousands upon thousands of PC games out there, and hundreds of good ones. However, some h...
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10 Big Misconceptions About Computer Hardware
With technology advancing so rapidly around us, sometimes misconceptions can work their way into our...
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Patched Laptops: Testing Meltdown & Spectre Patches on Ultraportable
You've probably seen our coverage and tests over the past few weeks on the Meltdown and Spectre vuln...
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How Much RAM? 4GB vs. 8GB vs. 16GB Performance
Editor's Note:An update to this article has been posted here.Intel Skylake processors will be about...