Category Archives: Hardware Analysis

Richard is the general manager of our sales and support departments.  He is frequently exposed to requests from customers as well as any escalated problems that come up in support tickets, so his comments are usually derived from his experience with both aspects.

Home Theater PC – Richard’s Approach

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Richard A. Millard

This is the second in a series of blog posts about Home Theater Computers (aka HTPCs), where several Puget employees get a chance to explain their approach to home theater computing.  You can read William’s entry here. If I had … Continue reading →

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Ruben works full time in our production department, working directly with the hardware. He assembles machines, and works on repairing machines. He has some of the most first-hand hardware experience in the company.

Upgrading my wireless network

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Ruben

In the Romero home we have three systems that heavily use the internet in one way or another, two of which are connected wirelessly. Our trusty Linksys WRT54G has been our gateway to the world wide web, but recently the … Continue reading →

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Jon is the president of the company.  He is frequently exposed to opinions of the managers from all departments, so his comments on parts frequently come from the perspective of overall worth to the company.

What is the value of a quality PC?

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Jon Bach

This evening, I came across a forum thread online, in which users of electronic trading workstations were comparing Puget Systems to other PC builders (mainly bargain basement PC builders). An owner of one of our PC’s posted the following: “I … Continue reading →

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William is one of our most knowledgeable sales consultants.  He works with customer requests full time every day, and his opinion of hardware is usually shaped by his thorough understanding of customer needs and requests.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 – Mercury Playback Engine

Posted on September 1, 2010 by William George

Traditionally, over at least the past 15 years, the main role of a video card in a computer has been to accelerate 3D graphics. That is a large part of what has made modern computer games possible, and it has … Continue reading →

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Daniel is a sales consultant with a focus on servers. We also has a background as our lead support technician.  He has the most technical knowledge of any of our staff, and his comments frequently come from the perspective of trying to eliminate as many support issues as possible.

Is Starcraft 2 breaking video cards?

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Daniel Brown

Along with a few other guys here at Puget, I’ve been really enjoying Blizzard’s new game – Starcraft 2.  While the basic gameplay remains the same, Blizzard has definitely brought Starcraft into the 21st century, with updated graphics, better game … Continue reading →

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Making a bootable USB Key

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Kyle

Hello fellow Puget enthusiasts! My name is Kyle, welcome to my first ever entry on this blog. My job here at Puget is to take your newly built system and prepare it for the real world. Mainly, I’m in charge … Continue reading →

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Richard is the general manager of our sales and support departments.  He is frequently exposed to requests from customers as well as any escalated problems that come up in support tickets, so his comments are usually derived from his experience with both aspects.

What’s a Netbook?

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Richard A. Millard

 A customer called today, who had heard the term ‘netbook’ but didn’t know what one was.  This seemed like a good chance to write a little primer about what a netbook is, and also what it isn’t.  The term ‘netbook’ is relatively … Continue reading →

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William is one of our most knowledgeable sales consultants.  He works with customer requests full time every day, and his opinion of hardware is usually shaped by his thorough understanding of customer needs and requests.

Puget Picks: Antec CP-850w Power Supply

Posted on June 22, 2010 by William George

For most of the last decade we’ve carried Seasonic and Corsair power supplies as our the bulk of our lineup.  We’ve been extremely happy with both, but we’ve also slowly branched out and have been testing some other highly rated models.  Over the … Continue reading →

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Richard is the general manager of our sales and support departments.  He is frequently exposed to requests from customers as well as any escalated problems that come up in support tickets, so his comments are usually derived from his experience with both aspects.

Configuration Challenge: Gaming on Linux

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Richard A. Millard

A quick explanation for people unfamiliar with Linux:  Linux is an operating system, much like Windows or MacOS.  It’s been around forever, it has a lot of different varieties, and it’s really good at doing certain things.  One of the … Continue reading →

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Richard is the general manager of our sales and support departments.  He is frequently exposed to requests from customers as well as any escalated problems that come up in support tickets, so his comments are usually derived from his experience with both aspects.

Puget Picks: Intel X25 SSD

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Richard A. Millard

This is the first edition in a series of weekly blog posts titled “Puget Picks”. Our goal is to shine a spotlight on some hardware that we’ve been recently impressed with. Continue reading →

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