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Shuttle's XPC SP35P2 Pro SFF barebones system
Intel's P35 Express in a shoebox
Intel's P35 Express has reigned as the enthusiast chipset of choice since its introduction. Now you can get it in a pint-sized form factor with Shuttle's XPC SP35P2 Pro. Read on to see how Shuttle's latest shoebox compares to the fastest Core 2 platforms on the market.
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Last by azium at 7:13 AM on 02/04/08 -
The Enthusiast System Architecture in action
ESA hardware under the microscope
Nvidia announced its Enthusiast System Architecture back in November, promising to consolidate system and hardware monitoring under a single communication protocol. ESA-certified hardware is now available, and we've been playing with a system loaded with it. Keep reading to see ESA in action.
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Last by JonasL72 at 3:16 PM on 04/09/08 -
How to build a PC
A step-by-step guide to enthusiast system assembly
Being able to build your own PC is one of the perks of being an enthusiast, but it's a daunting task if you've never tackled system assembly before. Read on as we provide step-by-step instructions for your first system build.
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Last by Proximus at 7:41 PM on 02/25/09 -
TR's Christmas 2007 system guide
Recommendations for building the right enthusiast's PCs
Recent weeks have brought a deluge of new components that offer solid value for the average enthusiast PC—affordable hardware with next-generation performance. The time is right to build a new box. TR's latest system guide has recs for building the best PC for your budget.
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Last by alphaGulp at 4:28 PM on 01/20/08 -
Nvidia announces ESA specification
Standardizing system monitoring
Nvidia has announced an Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA) specification that it hopes will standardize a hardware monitoring protocol for PC components. Read on to see what ESA is all about and who Nvidia has signed on to support it.
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Last by provoko at 5:34 AM on 11/13/07 -
TR's September 2007 system guide
Recommendations for building the right enthusiast's PCs
With so many pricing changes having hit the processor market over the past couple of months, a new system guide is overdue. As we were busy updating TR's look and feel, Intel and AMD both lowered prices across their respective processor lineups and, in doing so, created two new...
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Last by kkloster at 10:35 PM on 11/27/07 -
Shuttle's XPC SG33G5 SFF barebones system
Glamming up the toaster
OVER THE YEARS, Shuttle's XPC lineup has been whittled down from a vast array of small form factor barebones systems based on wildly different form factors to a handful of models built on only a couple of chassis. Power-hungry...
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Last by azenz at 1:18 AM on 08/27/07 -
TR's July 2007 system guide
Recommendations for building the right enthusiast's PCs
WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW mid-range and high-end DirectX 10 graphics cards from both AMD and Nvidia behind us, it's high time for a new system guide. We've neglected the guide a little lately, but we've been swamped with...
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Last by YeuEmMaiMai at 3:50 PM on 09/16/07 -
Shuttle's XPC SD39P2 SFF barebones system
Still the daddy?
THE POPULARITY OF small form factor barebones systems has faded of late, and that's really a shame. Shuttle practically invented the breadbox form factor with the seminal SV24, and in the months and years that followed, we were treated...
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Last by staunch1 at 4:49 AM on 09/07/07 -
TR's March 2007 system guide
Recommendations for building the right enthusiast's PCs
THE VISTA LAUNCH HAS COME and gone, but the hardware market certainly hasn't been sitting still over the past month and a half. Nvidia has brought DirectX 10 graphics below the $300 mark with its GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB,...
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Last by jackaroon at 11:13 PM on 07/02/07 -
TR's Windows Vista system guide
Recommendations for building the right enthusiast's PCs
WINDOWS VISTA IS FINALLY SHIPPING to consumers, and we've decided to refresh our system guide for the occasion. Not much has changed in the world of PC components since our December update, but we've nevertheless tweaked our recommendations with...
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Last by My Johnson at 9:54 PM on 03/04/07 -
MSI's mPC 51PV small form factor barebones system
On time, but on par?
MSI'S SMALL FORM FACTOR SYSTEMS have traditionally been tardy, arriving to market a little too late in the life of the chipsets and sockets they sport. That tendency toward more dated hardware has been made even more apparent by...
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Last by Nelis at 7:19 AM on 12/15/06 -
TR's December 2006 system guide
Recommendations for building the right enthusiast's PCs
CHRISTMAS IS FAST APPROACHING, and it's high time we brought you a new system guide to fuel your holiday upgrading urges. Since October, there have been some major new product releases in the high-end market, such as the introduction...
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Last by rogueistari at 5:51 AM on 12/31/06 -
TR's October 2006 system guide
Recommendations for building the right enthusiast's PCs
IF YOU'VE BEEN RESISTING scratching the early adopter's itch since the launch of Intel's new Core 2 Duo processors, now could be a good time to finally indulge yourself. Core 2 Duo chips have shed their initial price...
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Last by jeffry55 at 9:32 AM on 10/11/06 -
TR's August 2006 system guide
Recommendations for building the right enthusiast's PCs
MAJOR NEW CPU ARCHITECTURE INTRODUCTIONS don't happen every day. Intel launched the Netburst microarchitecture with the Pentium 4 almost six years ago, and AMD kicked off K8 on the desktop with the Athlon 64 just under three years...
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Last by indeego at 1:11 PM on 08/17/06 -
Shuttle's XPC SN27P2 mini-barebones system
On the cutting edge again?
SHUTTLE ESSENTIALLY CREATED the market for small form factor barebones systems, but lately, the company has become more of a system builder. That shift in focus has slowed Shuttle's once-constant stream of new XPC designs with the latest...
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Last by indeego at 7:24 PM on 08/02/06 -
TR's May 2006 system guide
Recommendations for the right enthusiast's PCs
WE PUBLISHED OUR FIRST SYSTEM GUIDE about five months ago, and surprisingly little has changed since then. AMD still has the upper hand in the desktop and workstation processor markets, and aside from a new round of graphics...
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Last by Damage at 6:00 PM on 05/14/06 -
TR's system guide
Recommendations for the right enthusiast's PCs
WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS for system and component recommendations. Everyone's looking for the best bang for his buck, either for individual components or complete systems, and we've played with, benchmarked, and otherwise abused enough hardware to...
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Last by toxent at 9:42 PM on 12/03/05
