Experiment: Can You Mine Gold From Old Motherboards? |
| Gold is one of the many metals that goes into manufacturing a motherboard. Since we had a large supply of defective boards in the Tom's Hardware lab, we decided to see if it would be worth extracting as much pure gold as possible from them. Drinks on us! more |
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PCI Express 3.0: On Motherboards By This Time Next Year? |
| After an unfortunate series of untimely delays, the folks behind PCI Express 3.0 believe they've worked out the kinks that have kept next-generation connectivity from achieving backwards compatibility with PCIe 2.0. We take a look at the tech to come. more |
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Wall-Sized 3D Gaming With Nvidia 3D Vision |
| A couple of months ago, we built a 3D dual-projector system, just like in movie theaters. Now, we're comparing it to Nvidia's 3D Vision projector-based setup to see which option offers the best consumer-level 3D experience for your living room. more |
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Enterprise Storage: Two 2.5" 600 GB Hard Drives Tested |
| The latest 2.5” hard drive generation ships with SAS 6Gb/s and delivers up to 600 GB of storage space, narrowing the gap with much larger 3.5" disks. Today we're comparing the latest 2.5" drives from Seagate and Toshiba to see if they're faster, too. more |
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Five USB 3.0 Flash Drives For Your Pocket |
| Do you carry around large amounts of data? Do you need to transfer it between devices in a hurry? We're examining five new USB 3.0-based portable storage solutions that might fit your needs. This time around, the focus is on maximizing portability. more |
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