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The Best CPU & GPU Purchases of 2017
A few weeks ago we put together a list of what we felt were the worst CPU and GPU purchases of 2017,...
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Guide to HEVC/H.265 Encoding and Playback
For years, H.264 has been the go-to video compression standard. Whenever you download a film or TV s...
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The Year in Tech: 2014 Top Stories
As the year comes to a close it's time to take a look back at some of the events that shaped the tec...
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A Year Later, You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free
Although Microsoft concluded its free Windows 10 upgrade program on July 29, 2016, the company has y...
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Windows 8.1: Six Things Microsoft Got Right and Others That Are Still Missing
Not unlike previous releases of Microsoft's ubiquitous desktop OS, Windows 8 has faced a lot of scru...
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Why Upgrading a Gaming PC Right Now is Almost Pointless
Earlier in the week, we were discussing why building a new gaming PC right now isn't a bad idea, as...
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The Story Behind the Home of Forgotten Video Games
Before the emergence of online stores, if you wanted to play old video games and they weren't availa...
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5 Affordable Last
It's always tough to recommend budget smartphones to prospective buyers. For less than $200 (and no...
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Not Intel, Not AMD: Alternative CPU Architectures from Around the World
It's easy to think of the desktop CPU space as a duopoly: on the one hand you have Intel finally tra...
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How USB Works: From 'Plug and Pray' to Being Everywhere
For a quarter of a century, the USB port has been a faithful old friend. Connecting and powering our...
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A Decade Later: Does the Q6600 Still Have Game in 2017?
Launched over a decade ago, the 65nm Core 2 Extreme QX6700 was Intel's first quad-core desktop proce...
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Testing Windows 10 Performance Before and After the Meltdown Flaw Emergency Patch
The IT world was caught by surprise this week when it was disclosed that nearly every processor sold...