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.

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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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.

Computer Wiring Makeover!

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Richard A. Millard

A customer of ours was so impressed by the cable and wiring job in his new computer, he brought in his old one to see if we could clean it up. Before-and-after shots inside. 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.

Features are not always selling points

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Jon Bach

We all seem to like our products with lots of features, especially when it comes to computers. After all, the personal computer is supposed to be the most versatile piece of electronics that you own, right? How can it be … 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.

Adobe Flash 10.1 – Big News for Home Theater

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Jon Bach

When we began development of our Echo PC, we quickly saw how NIVIDA ION would bring a new life to home theater PCs. The small form factor, low power draw, and near-silent operation are the perfect makings for a computer … 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.

Minor Hiccup on New Intel SSDs

Posted on July 24, 2009 by William George

It seems like everyone has been excited about the recent release of Intel’s second-generation solid state drives (SSDs) this week. I am the proud owner of one of the first-gen models, and the idea that more affordable models will help … 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.

Windows 7 Release Candidate – Awesome OS, free for 10 months!

Posted on May 9, 2009 by William George

Earlier this week Microsoft made public the release candidate for their next OS – Windows 7. It is available as a free download from them, which will be good until March of 2010 (with limited usability for a few months … 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.

NVIDIA GTX 295: Bad choice for liquid cooling?

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Jon Bach

I’ve always had a rocky relationship with dual GPU video cards. Our first bad experience was with the NVIDIA 7950GX2, which we found over time to suffer from higher shipping damage rates. The NVIDIA 9800GX2 was even worse. Now 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.

Intel Core i7 Temperatures

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Jon Bach

There has been quite a bit of talk recently about Intel Core i7 CPUs and what temperature they should be running. The Core i7 CPUs have a TDP of 130W, and run quite hot compared to the Core 2 Quad … 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.

The New Puget Office! – Construction Video

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Jon Bach

I’m very happy to be writing this post from our new offices, where we have been operating now for two weeks. When we bought a new warehouse last May, I can honestly say I had no idea how much time … Continue reading →

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