The Best Budget Laptops For Your Money
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.
The Best Laptops For Your Money
The Best High-End Laptops For Your Money
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.
The Best Mainstream Laptops For Your Money
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.
The Best PC Parts For Your Money
The Best Video Cards For Your Money: February 2012
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!
The Best SSDs and HDDs For Your Money: February 2012
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.
The Best CPUs For Your Money: December 2011
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!
Gaming and Web PCs
Budget Gaming PCs v3.3: Lower cost or higher performance!
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!
Mainstream Gaming PCs v3.2: Price Cuts and Performance Boost!
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.
High-End Gaming PCs v3.1
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.
Workstations
Entry-Level Workstations v2.0: Low-Noise, Reliability and Performance at a Low Cost
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.
Workstations: Which one is the best one for your needs?
Which one is the best for you?
Which one do you want for your work?
Read this article to figure that out!
$2500 Workstation: Dual CPU, SSD, Nvidia Quadro, etc.
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.
Home-Theater PCs & Small Form Factor Gaming PCs
High-End HTPCs/SFF Gaming PCs v3.0
A relatively silent, reliable and powerful HTPC/Gaming PC, that can be overclocked to your heart’s content, in a compact and attractive case.
Mainstream HTPCs/SFF Gaming PCs v3.0
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.
Budget HTPCs v3.0: Featuring AMD’s Bobcat APU!
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!
Questions & Answers
Warning: All you need to know about Intel SandyBridge Chipset/Motherboard Recall
A must read for current H67/P67 motherboard owners and those of you who are considering a Sandybridge PC.
Hardware Revolution: Questions and Answers #7
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.
Help me: Why won’t my newly assembled PC start or boot?
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.
Other Articles
News on Builds Updates, February schedule, Sponsorship, Videos, etc.
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.
10 Facts about the Radeon HD 7970
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.
High-End Gaming PCs v.3.0: Say Hello to Tier 11 and 12!
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!