| System Builder Marathon, August 2012: $1000 Enthusiast PC |
 | This quarter, we construct our most powerful $1000 enthusiast build ever, complete with a Core i5-3570K, GeForce GTX 670, and solid-state storage. Can it beat the value of Paul's $500 machine or come close to the performance of Thomas' $2000 system? more |
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| System Builder Marathon, August 2012: $500 Gaming PC |
 | Paul went all-out last quarter, cramming massive graphics performance into his $500 gaming PC. This time around, he pulls back a little bit on his GPU in order to use a better-balanced processor. Can he maintain playable frame rates in our gaming suite? more |
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| GeForce GTX 660 Ti Review: Nvidia's Trickle-Down Keplernomics |
 | Nvidia's Kepler architecture is finally manifest in a $300 graphics card, which the company says beats AMD's Radeon HD 7870 and challenges its more expensive 7950. Can this GK104-based mainstream card carve out a spot between the GCN-based competition? more |
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| Intel Xeon E3-1280 v2 Review: Ivy Bridge Goes Professional |
 | Intel recently introduced its Xeon E3-1200 v2 CPUs, based on the Ivy Bridge architecture. Though they're very similar to the third-generation desktop Core chips, ECC memory support, four extra PCIe 3.0 lanes, and attractive pricing grab our attention. more |
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| AMD Fusion: How It Started, Where It’s Going, And What It Means |
 | You've already read about APUs, and maybe you're even using them now. But the road to creating APUs was paved with a number of struggles and unsung breakthroughs. This is the story of how hybrid chips came to be at AMD and where they’re going. more |
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