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- Build a high-performance gaming PC for under $650!
- While hardcore gamers will always find a way to pay for that uber component for their gaming rig, I know that many of you out there want to get your hands on a great gaming system, but don't have the dough to blow on your "dream" system. Well, if you're...
- Tags: PC, High-performance, Gaming PC, Games, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Building high-performance, luxury computers in a recession
- When the world is caught in a global economic downturn, exactly how does one build a business around the fabrication of high-performance, luxury computers? I spoke with Chris Morley, chief technical officer of Maingear Computers, to find out. When it comes to external...
- Tags: Desktop, PC, Recession, High-performance, Gaming PC, Laptop Computer, Computer, ZD, Games, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-23
- Maingear introduces 'world's greenest gaming PC' for $799
- Maingear introduces 'world's greenest gaming PC' for $799This is NOT the IonThe Ion platform is the chipset designed for Atom processors. It is NOT the same as the GeForce 9300 chipset that is available for Core 2 processors. I advise that you change the wording in your story...
- Tags: Chipsets, NVidia Corp., Maingear, greenest gaming PC, power supply, gaming PC, PC, game
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- Maingear introduces 'world's greenest gaming PC' for $799
- Claiming a title not unlike the "world's most fuel-efficient sports car," high-performance computer manufacturer Maingear has introduced its Pulse, a small form factor gaming PC based on NVIDIA ION graphics. Maingear says the Pulse is the world's first "ION-based" PC that can be...
- Tags: Game, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., Gaming PC, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Maingear, Pulse, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- AVADirect Custom Gaming PC
- A dirty secret of gaming PC reviews is that vendors frequently try to submit systems with aggressive overclocking that they won't actually sell because of poor reliability, but that will last long enough to score well on our benchmarks. Imagine our skepticism when this $2,900 AVADirect Custom Gaming PC showed...
- Tags: Network technology, PC, AVADirect Custom Gaming PC, gaming PC
- Product reviews 2009-04-23
- Maingear Ephex (Intel and ATI)
- Welcome to $5,184 of gaming PC. We haven't reviewed a high-end desktop like this Maingear Ephex in a while, largely because we've wanted to upgrade our gaming benchmarks. Now that we're able to tackle the high end again, we're surprised at what we've found. On most titles, you can expect...
- Tags: Games, Desktops, Intel Corp., performance, Uberclok, ATI Technologies Inc., Maingear, Maingear Ephex, PC, game
- Product reviews 2008-02-21
- Building a sub $1,000 gaming PC
- Building a sub $1,000 gaming PC3 ArgumentsFirst, your timing is horrible. Any gamer with the patience for the kill would tell you that while your system is cheap, you are on the eve of a Videocard/Processor Refresh. Second, I don't like your Motherboard because it lacks quad core...
- Tags: Games, Processors, gaming pc, game, DX 10, PC, processor
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- Polywell Poly 975MCE-E
- There's no question that the $3,941 Polywell Poly 975MCE-Extreme is a very powerful computer. It uses Intel's fastest CPU and a respectable graphics card and offers plenty of memory and storage space. It did well on our tests against other Viiv systems, and it even stacked up favorably against some...
- Tags: Games, Desktops, Polywell Poly 975MCE-Extreme, gaming pc, Intel Corp., PC
- Product reviews 2006-03-17
- HP to launch built-to-order gaming PC
- HP to launch built-to-order gaming PCwill it suck...like just about everything else HP?Hardware, CrapSupport, CrapService, Crapdo yourself a favor and buy a whitebox, best hardware, best service, best support. big business cannot compete on anything except price and that is not enough anymore.- SamAgreed!You're definitely on with that. Oddly,...
- Tags: Games, gaming pc, Hewlett-Packard Co., game, PC
- Discussion threads 2004-05-10
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- AVADirect Nano Cube
- AVADirect's $2,266 Nano Cube tries to take on Shuttle's XPC H7 5800 at its own small form factor game. Both systems come with smaller-than-normal SFF cases, and each requires sacrifices, even more than with a standard SFF PC, in exchange for its tiny dimensions. Therein lies our problem with this...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Games, Shuttle XPC, SFF, small form factor, Cube, Shuttle, Nano, DVD burner, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., AVADirect, game
- Product reviews 2009-11-04
- Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)
- Without demonstrated Linux or OSX support......what's the point? Who does video stuff on Windows?Plenty do.....You just don't get out much. My XP system with cakewalk software did me just fine and that was on a P4 system that couldn't keep itself cool, ever. But my audio quality...
- Tags: Desktops, Maingear, personal supercomputer, supercomputer, desktop
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers
- This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...
- Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-11-01
- TuneUp Utilities 2010 9.0.2000 (Windows)
- TuneUp Utilities Version 2010. Enjoy Your PC: fast, stable, customized. Have more fun--with your computer without all the hassles thanks to your new PC assistant. Work faster and get a better gaming experience. Now compatible with Windows 7.
- Tags: PC, TuneUp Distribution, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-11-01
- Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H
- Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Performance management, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wireless and Mobility, Semiconductors, Acer Inc., wireless networking
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever
- Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- MyCafeCup Platinum 2.22 build 2264 (Windows)
- Internet cafe software and cybercafe software from MyCafeCup is a software solution for operating cyber cafe and gaming shops. Although it is designed for an Internet cyber cafe shop, it can be used for your intranet or for public access tracking as in a library, school or Public WiFi HotSpot....
- Tags: Cafe, MyCafeCup Software, MyCafeCup Server, Internet, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Piracy and the Apple App Store
- PiracyI'm curious as to how they discovered that 80%. I'm assuming (I know, bad idea) that they post the app on the app store (well, Apple does after reviewing it) and someone has to buy it in order to pirate it or is the App store itself broken into? If...
- Tags: Games, piracy, game, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Netflix arriving on PlayStation 3 next month
- Hail PS3!! PS3 is on the roar.. After beating XBox after a long time in console sale, they are back in news again after a successful deal with netflix.I was expecting this deal a year before. But its never too late. All the things will turn out to be good...
- Tags: Game players, Linux, Right Now IT, XBL, Sony PlayStation 3, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox, Sony Playstation
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Easy Desktop Keeper 2.7 (Windows)
- Easy Desktop Keeper gives you the ability to save, restore, manage and lock your desktop layout including files and folders located on your desktop, placement of desktop icons, desired wallpaper and screen saver. If you choose to lock your desktop layout, every time you reboot your PC, the program will...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, F Key Solutions, Desktop Layout, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-10-23
- Tritton AX900
- Among all the video game accessories available today, no other market seems to be expanding as rapidly as the video game headset. With most current-generation consoles able to produce 5.1 surround sound, finding a headset solution to handle such a request is now much easier than before. We've tested a...
- Tags: Games, Tritton Technologies, headphone, headset
- Product reviews 2009-10-22
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