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Core i3/i5/i7 Processors – Making Sense of Intel’s New CPU Line

Friday, January 15th, 2010 by William George

When Intel first debuted the Core i7 processor line, code-named Nehalem, in late 2008 it made perfect sense.  This line of quad-cores brought several new technologies: Turbo Mode, integrated memory controllers, triple-channel RAM, and Hyperthreading (making a comeback from the Pentium 4 era).  There were three processors at launch, a ...

 

Signs of a turning economy?

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 by Jon Bach

If you're connected with me on Twitter or Facebook, you probably have noticed my recent posts about how great business has been, and how we've been more and more busy these past months. It has been a great feeling to once again focus my efforts on expanding our capacity ...

 

Are 3 Year Warranties All They’re Cracked Up To Be?

Sunday, December 7th, 2008 by Jon Bach

We recently ran a special on all our systems, offering a free upgrade to a three year warranty.  To be honest, in the current economy, I did not expect it to be terribly successful -- I thought that (at this time) price was the biggest factor, and that monetary discounts ...

 

Customer Service that Serves Customers

Friday, March 14th, 2008 by Melissa Hermanson

My job title at Puget is ‘Director of Inventory’, which is a fancy way of saying that I’m responsible for keeping track of any parts that aren’t currently inside a computer. Among other duties, I have the delightful job of arranging Return Merchandise Authorizations (RMAs) with our suppliers – just ...

 

Why Corsair power supplies?

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008 by Jon Bach

You may have noticed Corsair power supplies popping up in our product line.  I wanted to take a minute to tell you about why we're doing this, and why I'm excited about it!  When I was at CES a few months ago, I was not shopping for a new power supply vendor.  We have been using ...