Archive for the ‘Technology Commentary’ Category
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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 by
William George
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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 also contributed heavily to CAD / CAM work and digital ...
Posted in Hardware Analysis, Technology Commentary | 1 Comment »
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Friday, January 15th, 2010 by
William George
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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 ...
Posted in Industry Players, Technology Commentary | 11 Comments »
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010 by
William George
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It has been almost two years since I last wrote on the subject of TV tuners in computers, and a lot has changed since then. Over-the-air TV signals have finally gone all-digital, and many cable providers have reduced or dropped their analog cable lineups as well. These transitions, coupled with ...
Posted in Technology Commentary | 5 Comments »
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 by
Jon Bach
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This weekend, Puget Systems updated many of our preconfigured systems to default to Windows Vista 64-bit. This is in direct response to a dramatic increase in popularity of 64-bit over the last few months. As part of my research in making this call, I took a look at ...
Posted in Technology Commentary | 13 Comments »
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009 by
Jon Bach
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On Monday, Jason Perlow at Tech Broiler wrote about a $16,000 PC we had built, which has recently been making its way around blog headlines. He commented that “Extreme PCs” are no longer relevant, and asked his readers whether these types of PCs, along with build-your-own homebrew PCs were ...
Posted in Technology Commentary | 7 Comments »
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 by
Perry Azevedo
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We've been receiving a lot of media, blog and Twitter attention regarding the "$16,000+ PC" we built late last year. While most of the reviews have been favorable, the comment fields have been their usual mix of reactions and name-calling. LOL! The extra attention has definitely been fun, although I ...
Posted in Company News, Technology Commentary | 6 Comments »
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008 by
Jon Bach
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At Puget Systems, we're seeing more demand these days for extreme high end computers. Triple-SLI, dual CPU, large amounts of memory – people are pushing the limits looking for more performance. We're building more overclocked computers today than ever before, pushing the CPU and video cards to new and higher ...
Posted in Technology Commentary | 3 Comments »
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 by
Jon Bach
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Choosing the right hardware to go into your next computer can be challenging! It isn't enough to simply make sure that all your parts are compatible: a few bad choices can mean the difference between having a machine you can rely on for years to come, and having a machine ...
Posted in Technology Commentary | 3 Comments »
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 by
Perry Azevedo
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I realize that this is basically repeating Jon's recent post, but I found it too hilarious and pertinent not to post!
Now, I realize that this video is total Corsair marketing. But! The reality still exists that, while the example "Brand X" PSU's they use are an extreme case, budget PSU's have too high a mortality rate ...
Posted in Hardware Analysis, Technology Commentary | 3 Comments »
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008 by
Daniel Brown
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My name is Daniel Brown, I am a PC technician. I'm writing this article because I feel like, based on my experience, I may have some wisdom to impart regarding PCs. I've been working with PCs for most of the last 13 years. Even when not employed in the ...
Posted in Hardware Analysis, Technology Commentary | 8 Comments »
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