PCs are a complex mesh of a hardware, which is why we've simplified the terminology in the form of 'Guides'. Everything you wanted to know about PC hardware but were afraid to ask and more can be found here.

Buyer's Guides

Extreme Gaming PC Buyer's Guide
High-End Gaming PC Buyer's Guide
Value Gaming PC Buyer's Guide
DVD Player Buyer's Guide
Weekly CPU Prices
Weekly Memory Prices

"How To" Guides

Video Benchmarking
Home LAN Guide
Sharky Extreme's 3D Buzz-Word Guide(s)
Guide to Building a PC (Step-By-Step)
Making Music with Computers 101: Drivers Guide
A Guide To Benchmarking DVD on a PC
Athlon Overclocking Guide: Afterburner! vs. K7OC Card
Celeron Overclocking Guide
Pentium III Overclocking Guide
Optimize Windows 9x/Me
Going Wireless With D-Link

Hardware Component Guides

Memory Guide
Motherboard Guide
Hard Drive Guide
Sound Card Guide
Technology Extreme Buyer's Guide

CPU Guides

Weekly CPU Prices
AMD Athlon/Duron Overclocking
Pentium 4 OverClocking Special
Intel CPU & Chipset Roadmap Update
Intel 30nm Transistor Expolored
Intel i815/i815E Chipset Guide
Athlon Overclocking Guide: Afterburner! vs. K7OC Card
AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" Guide
Celeron Overclocking Guide
Pentium III Overclocking Guide

Video Card Guides

Video Card Installation Guide
Hi-End 3D Card Shootout
Value Video Card Roundup
NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra Guide
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR Guide
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (NV11) Guide
NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS Guide
NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR Guide
3dfx Voodoo 3 Overclocking Guide

Hardware Roundups

5-way 21 inch monitor shoot-out
6-way 2D/3D video card shoot-out
5-way 19 inch monitor shoot-out

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