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Can’t Hear Jack I finally took the plunge and built my own rig. Everything worked fine until I plugged my Boston Acoustic Digita ...

Windows. As you up the CPU frequency higher and higher, you’ll eventually hit a point where your computer will cease functioning ...

REVIEWS OF THE LATEST HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN THE LAB REVIEWS Tested. Reviewed. Verdictized 80 ASUS MAXIMUS II FORMULA MOBO 82 ...

I t’s official: People who buy mother- boards with mainstream chipsets such as the P45 don’t want to pay for DDR3. At least, tha ...

82 |MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC|NOV 08 |www.maximumpc.com IN THE LAB^ REVIEWS OF THE LATEST HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE Y ou want po ...

I t’s official: People who buy mother- boards with mainstream chipsets such as the P45 don’t want to pay for DDR3. At least, tha ...

C ooler Master’s newest HAF (High Air Flow) chassis is the company’s magnum opus. It successfully unifies the best bits and piec ...

I n some alternate world, Fabrik’s Sim- pleTech Redrive is winning a Kick Ass award from Green PC—Maximum PC’s eco-conscious sis ...

W e thought thermal paper was dead and buried along with mimeo- graph paper, but look out, it’s back! Folks who are nostalgic fo ...

IN THE LAB^ HANDS ON WITH THE LATEST HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE I nstalling Thermalright’s beefy IFX-14 CPU cooler is incredibly comp ...

I n contrast to the broad scope of past Civilization games, this beautiful remake of 1994’s Sid Meier’s Colonization focuses on ...

90 |MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC|NOV 08 |www.maximumpc.com LAB NOTES Should You Defragment Your SSD? LAB NOTES Should You Defra ...

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W e thought thermal paper was dead and buried along with mimeo- graph paper, but look out, it’s back! Folks who are nostalgic fo ...

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