The Best Laptops For Your Money

The Best Budget Laptops For Your Money

The Best Budget Laptops For Your Money

January 16, 2012 | Comments View Comments

This update brings new recommendations for the best budget gaming laptop and the best budget netbook.

I also added recommendations for RAM, hard drives/SSDs (Solid State Drives) and sound card upgrades.

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The Best High-End Laptops For Your Money

The Best High-End Laptops For Your Money

December 24, 2011 | Comments View Comments

If you have the time, reading detailed laptop reviews and specs are a lot of fun. However, most of us don’t have the time to do the research and just want the answers. In other words, what you want to know is what is the best laptop within your budget and requirements.

So if you don’t have the time to do the research, or just don’t care to do it, don’t worry. I’ll come to your help with this series of the best laptops for your money.

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The Best Mainstream Laptops For Your Money

The Best Mainstream Laptops For Your Money

November 22, 2011 | Comments View Comments

If you have the time, reading detailed laptop reviews and specs are a lot of fun. However, most of us don’t have the time to do the research and just want the answers. In other words, what you want to know is what is the best laptop within your budget and requirements.

So if you don’t have the time to do the research, or just don’t care to do it, don’t worry. I’ll come to your help with this series of the best laptops for your money.

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The Best PC Parts For Your Money

The Best Video Cards For Your Money: February 2012

The Best Video Cards For Your Money: February 2012

February 2, 2012 | Comments View Comments

This update brings a few changes to my recommendations.

Of course, I talk about and recommend the newly launched Radeon HD 7950 at the $450 and $900 price points.

The Radeon HD 6750 gets recommended at the $80 price point

Also featuring news about AMD and Nvidia upcoming video cards!

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The Best SSDs and HDDs For Your Money: February 2012

The Best SSDs and HDDs For Your Money: February 2012

February 1, 2012 | Comments View Comments

Last month, many SSDs saw their price cuts, while a few went up in price.

There were also firmware updates for the Crucial M4, Corsair Force (Not Force 3 or GT), OCZ Octane and Samsung 830 SSDs, so make sure to update your firmware if you have one of those SSDs.

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The Best CPUs For Your Money: December 2011

The Best CPUs For Your Money: December 2011

December 1, 2011 | Comments View Comments

Looking for a CPU, but don’t have time to read reviews or just can’t bother?

No problem, let me come to your help with this guide on The Best CPUs For Your Money!

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Gaming and Web PCs

Budget Gaming PCs v3.3: Lower cost or higher performance!

Budget Gaming PCs v3.3: Lower cost or higher performance!

February 3, 2012 | Comments View Comments

Version 3.3 of the Budget Gaming PCs brings many improvements.

Tier 0.625 gets a solid video card upgrade from the Radeon HD 5570 to the Radeon HD 6750 and ends up costing only $10 more than in v3.2.

All other Tiers got price cuts, making them more affordable for you! Enjoy!

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Mainstream Gaming PCs v3.2: Price Cuts and Performance Boost!

Mainstream Gaming PCs v3.2: Price Cuts and Performance Boost!

January 12, 2012 | Comments View Comments

Version 3.2 brings price cuts to Tier 3/4/5, more performance to Tier 6/7 and quite a few improvements to all Tiers.

Tier 4 and 5 are now equipped with a 120GB SSD.

Tier 6′s video card gets upgraded to a Radeon HD 6970 2GB, while Tier 7 gets upgraded to a Radeon HD 7970 3GB.

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High-End Gaming PCs v3.1

High-End Gaming PCs v3.1

December 20, 2011 | Comments View Comments

In version 3.1 of the High-End Gaming PCs, Tier 8 gets a new case, Tier 9 gets a new SSD and a new case.

Tier 10, 11 and 12 are upgraded to the new Intel Core i7-3930K CPU as well as new SSDs.

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Workstations

Entry-Level Workstations v2.0: Low-Noise, Reliability and Performance at a Low Cost

Entry-Level Workstations v2.0: Low-Noise, Reliability and Performance at a Low Cost

December 16, 2011 | Comments View Comments

After a long wait, here’s the update to the Entry-Level Workstations.

Featuring the Intel Core i5-2500, 8GB RAM and Intel HD 2000 for Tier 1 and the Intel Core i7-2600, 16GB RAM, Geforce GT 520 for Tier 2.

These Workstations are optimized for Low-Noise, Reliability and Performance at a Low Cost.

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The Intel 80GB SSD, featured in the $2500 Workstation.

Workstations: Which one is the best one for your needs?

November 10, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Which one is the best for you?
Which one do you want for your work?
Read this article to figure that out!

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$2500 Workstation: Dual CPU, SSD, Nvidia Quadro, etc.

$2500 Workstation: Dual CPU, SSD, Nvidia Quadro, etc.

November 4, 2010 | Comments View Comments

This is it: Our ultra-powerful dual-CPU Workstation Build.

If you need pure raw CPU power to handle the most demanding applications, this is what you want.

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Home-Theater PCs & Small Form Factor Gaming PCs

High-End HTPCs/SFF Gaming PCs v3.0

High-End HTPCs/SFF Gaming PCs v3.0

September 28, 2011 | Comments View Comments

A relatively silent, reliable and powerful HTPC/Gaming PC, that can be overclocked to your heart’s content, in a compact and attractive case.

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Mainstream HTPCs/SFF Gaming PCs v3.0

Mainstream HTPCs/SFF Gaming PCs v3.0

September 23, 2011 | Comments View Comments

Imagine a relatively silent, reliable and powerful HTPC/Gaming PC in a compact and attractive case. This is what you’re getting here.

With three Tiers:
Tier 3: Mainstream HTPC
Tier 4: Mainstream HTPC/SFF Gaming PC
Tier 5: As powerful as a Mini-ITX HTPC/SFF Gaming PC gets.

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Budget HTPCs v3.0: Featuring AMD’s Bobcat APU!

Budget HTPCs v3.0: Featuring AMD’s Bobcat APU!

August 16, 2011 | Comments View Comments

After a long absence, the HTPCs are making a comeback to Hardware Revolution! This Budget HTPC article comes with two Tiers and plenty of alternatives. Enjoy!

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Questions & Answers

Warning: All you need to know about Intel SandyBridge Chipset/Motherboard Recall

Warning: All you need to know about Intel SandyBridge Chipset/Motherboard Recall

February 1, 2011 | Comments View Comments

A must read for current H67/P67 motherboard owners and those of you who are considering a Sandybridge PC.

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Hardware Revolution: Questions and Answers #7

Hardware Revolution: Questions and Answers #7

March 10, 2010 | Comments View Comments

Every two weeks or so, Mathieu from Hardware Revolution goes through his email inbox, previous comments and answers five of the best questions left by you, the readers, on Computer Builds, the Best PC Parts and more.

Got a question? Post it in the comments below this post.

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PC won't boot and you're left with a black screen? This is the post for you.

Help me: Why won’t my newly assembled PC start or boot?

January 10, 2010 | Comments View Comments

This is the last of three posts written specially for people who have built their computer but need help because it won’t power on or won’t boot.

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Other Articles

News on Builds Updates, February schedule, Sponsorship, Videos, etc.

News on Builds Updates, February schedule, Sponsorship, Videos, etc.

Mathieu Bourgie | January 31, 2012 | View Comments

With the month of January coming to an end, I decided that I’d share with you news regarding builds updates, the schedule for February 2012, news regarding sponsorship, upcoming videos and more!

If you’re curious about when the builds will be updated, how often I plan to update them, how you can receive them via email/RSS or get updated via Facebook/Twitter and what ideas I have planned, this post is for you.

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10 Facts about the Radeon HD 7970

10 Facts about the Radeon HD 7970

Mathieu Bourgie | December 22, 2011 | View Comments

Officially announced today by AMD, the Radeon HD 7970 is their first card to be based on their “Graphic Core Next” architecture and the first video card to be produced on a 28nm manufacturing process.

Here’s a nice recap of 10 facts that you can learn about the Radeon HD 7970 in a few minutes.

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High-End Gaming PCs v.3.0: Say Hello to Tier 11 and 12!

High-End Gaming PCs v.3.0: Say Hello to Tier 11 and 12!

Mathieu Bourgie | November 9, 2011 | View Comments

This latest version of the High-End Gaming PCs brings with it two new Tiers: Tier 11 and Tier 12, featuring two Geforce GTX 580 in SLI, 360-480GB of SSD storage capacity, 16GB of RAM and more!

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