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Loyd Case first started writing about PC technology for Computer Gaming World, giving him a creative outlet for his obsession about PC performance. The PC industry -- and Loyd -- have never been quite the same since.
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How to build your own Steam Box today
Valve Software believes the future of PC gaming leads to the living room. But why wait for its Steam Box when you can build your own?
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The ultimate guide to tweaking your GPU’s most arcane settings
Understand the weirdest, most complex options of your graphics control panel, and start tweaking your display like a pro.
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Intel exits the desktop motherboard business to focus on new form factors
Intel will stop selling Intel branded desktop motherboards after Haswell. So what are the implications for traditional desktop PCs?
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AMD points to APU momentum at CES 2013
AMD’s APUs make the case that graphics is more important than CPUs in the new touch-centric world.
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Gigabyte wants you to build your own all-in-one
Gigabyte and Intel try to prove that DIY is not dead in the PC world, offering components that let users build their own AIO PCs.
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CES reveals the four new rules of PC simplicity
2013's crop of new PCs will be versatile, powerful, and most importantly, simple to use.
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Acer takes on Apple with retina-class laptop displays
Acer plans on putting high-resolution “retina-class” LCD panels on laptops starting this Spring.
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Viewsonic puts Nvidia inside
Viewsonic pops a Tegra 3 processor into a display that also has a Windows 8 touchscreen.
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Intel at CES: throwing down the gauntlet with Nvidia (video)
Intel cuts a broad swath at CES with new CPUs for phones, tablets and Ultrabooks.
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Lenovo’s hybrid laptops get smaller with the Yoga 11S, Helix tablet (video)
Lenovo continued its deluge of new Windows 8 product offerings at CES 2013, with key additions to its line of Windows 8 hybrid laptops announced Monday, including a smaller IdeaPad Yoga 11S.
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Nvidia’s audacious attempt to make life easier for PC gamers
Nvidia’s CEO spoke about his company’s grand plan to help all PC gamers reach optimum graphics performance.
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HP highlights skinny monitors, media player, and budget Windows 8 laptops at CES
Hewlett-Packard highlights a super-thin monitor at CES 2013, accompanied with a family of desktop monitors, a portable media streaming device, and budget Windows 8 laptops.
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How we built a tiny home theater PC with Intel’s NUC
Intel's "Next Unit of Computing" platform provides everything you need for a competent entertainment PC in an extremely small package.
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The 5 best Windows 8 tablets and laptops you can buy today
We've seen the future, and the future isn't boring clamshell laptops. Windows 8 is forcing PC makers to make refreshing changes to the old laptop paradigm.
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Review: Samsung ATIV Smart PC hits the clover trail
Samsung's ATIV Smart PC design is neither fish nor fowl. In its attempt to blur the line between tablet and PC, Samsung only confuses the issue.
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How to buy the best laptop in the age of Windows 8
Laptops have changed dramatically in the past few months, making buying choices more difficult. We help you navigate the mobile PC maze.
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How Windows 8 rewrites the rules of PC gaming
As Microsoft moves PCs, tablets, and smartphones under a common code base, the future of gaming is primed to change forever.
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