| Intel Xeon E5-2600: Doing Damage With Two Eight-Core CPUs |
 | Intel's vaunted Sandy Bridge architecture has finally made its way to the company's dual- and quad-socket-capable Xeon processors. We got our hands on a pair of eight-core Xeon E5-2687W CPUs to compare against the older Xeon 5600- and 5500-series chips. more |
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| AMD Radeon HD 7870 And 7850 Review: Pitcairn Gets Benchmarked |
 | There's a big hole in between AMD's $450 Radeon HD 7950 and its $160 Radeon HD 7700. Today, the company introduces Radeon HD 7850 and 7870 to fill that gap, and they push a lot more performance than we expected. But are they really ready for prime time? more |
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| How Well Will Mass Effect 3 Run On Your PC? |
 | On March 6th, BioWare will launch Mass Effect 3, the final chapter in Shepherd's epic journey. We take the game's demo for a spin in anticipation of how this highly-anticipated title will behave on a broad range of graphics cards and processors. more |
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| Ten 60 GB SandForce-Based Boot Drives, Rounded-Up |
 | What makes one SandForce-based SSD different from the others that appear to be just like it? We round up 10 models with 60 GB of capacity to explore the effects of NAND interfaces. We also stumble across some interesting data related to full drives. more |
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| Battle At $140: Can An APU Beat An Intel CPU And Add-In Graphics? |
 | What can you get for $140? How about AMD's top-of-the-line A8-3870K APU with four CPU cores and an integrated Radeon HD 6550D? That's also enough for a Pentium G620 and discrete Radeon HD 6670. We benchmark both to uncover the best budget-oriented option. more |
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