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22 35 Amazing Things

Don’t limit yourself to playing games and

generating spreadsheets. Use your rig to

improve your life.

40 Solid-State Drives

Is this speedy storage medium worth the price?

We break down the tech and review seven SSDs.

52 BIOS Tweaks

Learn how to dig deep within the BIOS to get the

best performance from your rig.

QuickStart

08 NEWS The ins and outs of H.264 encoding

14 THE LIST The nine most powerful computers of

all time

16 DEATHMATCH Stand-alone GPS vs. cellphone-

based GPS

R & D

66 WHITE PAPER Finding your way with a GPS

67 AUTOPSY Jabra BT5010 bluetooth headset

68 HOW TO Play games on your Linux rig

In the Lab

79 REVIEWS

90 LAB NOTES

96 RIG OF THE MONTH

WHERE WE PUT STUFF

CONTENTS

FEATURES

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS

18 WATCHDOG

72 DOCTOR

94 COMMENTS

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