MaximumPC 2008 06

Create Your Own Online Radio Station: We Show You How DEFRAGGER DEATHMATCH! 3rd-party defrag utilities—worth the cash? MINIMUM B ...

Each issue of Maximum PC features:
Brutally honest product reviews
Hard-hitting editorials
Tips to blast your machine’s pe ...

W hew! It’s been a long few months, but I’d like to introduce everyone to the new, redesigned Maximum PC! It seems like just yes ...

JUNEJUNE 22 OEM Upgrades Don’t throw away that old, gray box just yet! We show you how to extend the life of your OEM rig 36 Hom ...

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http://www.maximumpc.com | JUNE 08 | MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC | 17 And the Winner Is... W e initially thought the smaller L ...

Never Give Up, Never Surrender I built a new PC using a Galaxy Tech GeForce 8800 GT videocard that I bought from Tiger Direct. T ...

and it worked fine. So began my six-week journey to get Mad Dog to replace the brick. The responses ranged from “it’s being look ...

WE CAN REBUILD IT S o your store-bought PC is getting a little long in the tooth and its performance is showing signs of age. Yo ...

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W hen it was released almost three years ago, Dell’s Precision 370 (a business-class workstation version of the Dimension) was s ...

26 | MAXIMUMPC | JUN 08 | http://www.maximumpc.com W e turned this turkey into a usable machine that would give us moder- ate ga ...

O ur CyberPower box is easily the most capable machine in this upgrade story. A circa 2006 rig, the CyberPower’s confi guration ...

30 | MAXIMUMPC | JUN 08 | http://www.maximumpc.com A s we’ve said, the upgrades here are borderline optional, as this machine is ...

32 | MAXIMUMPC | JUN 08 | http://www.maximumpc.com W e’re pretty sure that three years ago somebody uncrated this Alienware Area ...