| Part 1: 20 Crazy And Unique Case Mods |
 | Think your puny case is cool? You haven't seen anything yet. We've collected some of the weirdest and coolest cases around the Web, and believe us when we say some are just weird. One PC is even stuffed inside a life-sized body! Check them all out. more |
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| Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: May 2010 |
 | April saw the introduction of AMD's Phenom II X6. Does this new architecture offer up enough performance to make the recommended list? We're bummed that there likely won't be a Zosma launch, but that makes it easier to pick our favorite gaming CPUs today. more |
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| Overclocking: Get The Performance Of A Core i5 From Core i3 |
 | Intel’s $115 Core i3-530 doesn't include Turbo Boost technology and it doesn't boast hardware-based AES-NI, but it overclocks like a fiend. We benchmarked this dual-core, HT-equipped chip at 4.4 GHz and determined the most power-efficient overclock. more |
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| AVADirect's W860CU: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Vs. GeForce GTX 285M |
 | Custom system builder AVADirect is one of the few companies to offer the flexibility of multiple graphics modules within the same notebook model. We used its high-end W860CU to compare AMD's and Nvidia's highest-performance mobile graphics processors. more |
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| Part 3: Building A Balanced Gaming PC |
 | What does it mean to build a truly-balanced PC? How great would it be to piece together a machine bottlenecked by neither CPU or GPU? We set forth to measure the perfect balance in seven different games and four resolutions in this third of many parts. more |
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