Upgrading And Repairing PCs 21st Edition: Processor Specifications |
| Tom’s Hardware and QUE Publishing are teaming up once more to bring you four more chapters from the latest edition of Scott Mueller’s Upgrading And Repairing PCs. Today, we're bringing you select portions of Chapter 3: Processor Specifications. more |
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Display Calibration 201: The Science Behind Tuning Your Monitor |
| Last month, we covered display calibration with the Spyder4Elite. But there are other ways to achieve image accuracy. Today we’ll cover the principles behind monitor calibration and how you can do the same thing with your monitor’s built-in controls. more |
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Thermal Paste Comparison, Part One: Applying Grease And More |
| If you find yourself fighting a stubbornly-low overclock, there's a chance that your thermal solution isn't working as effectively as it should. We're testing a number of thermal pastes that might help. But first, let's go over the basics of CPU cooling. more |
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Battlefield 4 Beta Performance: 16 Graphics Cards, Benchmarked |
| We spent our weekend playing the Battlefield 4 multiplayer beta, and made sure to capture a ton of performance data with lots of PC hardware. Does your system have what it takes to handle this title? It comes out this month; you'd better look and see! more |
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Six SSD DC S3500 Drives And Intel's RST: Performance In RAID, Tested |
| Intel lent us six SSD DC S3500 drives with its home-brewed 6 Gb/s SATA controller inside. We match them up to the Z87/C226 chipset's six corresponding ports, a handful of software-based RAID modes, and two operating systems to test their performance. more |
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