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Getting Cozy with Acer In case you missed it, Acer has quietly worked its way up to No. 3 in the global PC market, no small feat. What we discovered in Budapest was that Acer has no intention of slowing down. Antec Skeleton The Skeleton is by far the strangest case we have ever seen. The first aspect of this case is the looks, and the Skeleton looks like it was designed by SkyNet. Industrial and utilitarian in design, the Skeleton is not for those who like lace and frilly things. RAM Overclocking Latency overclocking is a horribly complex business, but you needn’t worry much unless you’re really militant about this stuff. The Past and Future of 3D CPU powered, real time ray tracing. The future of gaming graphics? Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 5000 Finally, a keyboard and mouse package that works. And boy, does it work well. Iomega Media Xporter Makes PC-to-console so simple, even your grandmother can export pictures of the knitting club to your Xbox. AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition Is this AMD’s swan song? Steelseries Gaming Glove Marmite for gamers - you'll love it or hate it. Steelseries Ikari Laser Mouse The best mouse you have ever used. Steelseries Siberia Neckband New gaming kit from the series of steel – got to love this one. Steelseries SX PRO Gaming Mouse Pad Smoother than a baby’s bottom – really. Intel Back in the Graphics Game Larrabee steals the limelight at IDF and offers a peek at the future of computing. Get a PC That Doesn’t Look Like It Came Off a PC Hypermart Shelf Welcome to the terrifying, exhilarating, time-consuming world of case-modding. Optimize your Cores Modern games love multiple cores, but what about older ones, or those chips with HyperThreading? Let us show you how to get them to behave. Memristors After 36 years of theorizing, are we about to see a computer memory format revolution – where size matters? PSU Technical Guide Today’s performance PCs are power hungry beasts, so what sort of PSU do you need? Asus P5Q Deluxe The final socket 775 Intel chipset is deployed, but is it worth it? The Technologies that Failed A look back at some of the big ideas that failed. Tips to make your Internet Connection Faster Only so much data can be squeezed down a phone line. Here are some tips to get your Internet connection working faster. The Truth about Raid Most new motherboards support RAID out of the box. We know it’s good for data protection, but what about performance? Driver Data Driver files facilitate communication between your hardware and the rest of your system. This article explains how to troubleshoot common driver problems to keep your system running efficiently. Upgrade or Replace your Computer Online It’s always been the case that it is cheaper to buy a full-blown new machine from a direct seller rather than straight from the retailers, where prices are high and options are few. The Internet has made this price gap even more apparent. You only have to take a quick tour around a few direct sellers’ web sites to see the difference in cost. Overclocking Made Easy Just imagine if the only difference between the two liter sports saloon and the 1.4 family hatchback was the badge on the back. Imagine a car manufacturer that fitted all its cars with the same engine but detuned those in the budget models to protect the price premiums at the top of the range.