| Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: August '09 |
 | In this, our second installment of the Best Gaming CPUs For The Money, we roll out another batch of recommendations, plus add a couple of other attributes readers wanted to see last time, such as platform longevity and overclockability. more |
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| Next-Generation SAS: 6 Gb/s Storage Hits The Enterprise |
 | With SAS 6 Gb/s hardware hitting the market in force, storage bandwidth per port doubles and we see the introduction of several new features. The compatibility problems of first-gen SAS should also become a thing of the past with 6 Gb/s technology. more |
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| One Last Look: ASRock And MSI Preview P55 Motherboards |
 | We've previewed a number of P55-based motherboards from Asus and Gigabyte, and have a solid idea of what to expect come launch. ASRock and MSI recently sent us samples from their upcoming lineups as well. Today we give you one last preview before launch. more |
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| Making Lemonade: Overclocking Your Locked AMD Processor |
 | We're spoiled. We know we are. Most of our AMD-oriented overclocking efforts center on unlocked Black Edition CPUs. But what if you're running a standard Phenom II? Today we show you how to get just as much performance from it using three techniques. more |
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| Another Record Broken: 6 Gb SAS, 16 SSDs, 3.4 GB/s! |
 | Our initial hardcore RAID setup (with 16 Intel X25-E SSD drives) reached 2.3 GB/s on 3 Gb/s controllers. But we wanted more speed. Intel and LSI provided the latest 6 Gb/s, PCI 2.0 HBAs, which allowed us to push the array’s throughput beyond 3 GB/s. more |
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