Two external hard drives in lego-esque cases. One of them is worthy of our recommended stamp.

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You've been raising some big questions in the forums about 64-bit. Here's our FAQ to 64-bit Vista vs XP, and whether it's worth the hassle if you're not a workstation user, but a gamer or power user.

Will splashing out on expensive RAM make a real difference to PC performance? And if so, how much should you buy? We supply the benchmarks and lay the details bare

Looking to build your dream machine? We explore the latest components on the market, and give you advice on which ones to hunt down, along with the general price you can expect to pay for each major component.

In the early-to-mid 'nineties, the industry was buzzing with speculation about the 'new' 32-bit computing platform and, more importantly, how it would integrate into the 16-bit environment.

How important is RAM size to the way we use 64-bit Windows? And are there other ways to get around the problem? We offer a couple of tips to get you through your 64-bit RAM blues.

PC Authority takes a trip down computer memory lane and discovers just how PC technology has evolved... and how Microsoft and IBM nearly destroyed each other.

While 64-bit computing has been around for a while (for the two of you who could afford Intel's Itanium, and now Itanium II processors), the dream of 64-bittery for the humble home system has been a long time coming.

VideoLogic is a name few people would now instantly associate with graphics accelerators. In fact, its parent company, Imagination Technologies, was present at the birth of the PC 3D accelerator field in June 1996 with its PowerVR card.

Climb the steps all the way to Windows guru status with our invaluable selection of tips and shortcuts for XP and Vista.

The first place to start tweaking is your BIOS. Enter your BIOS by hitting a key combination on system boot (look out for F1, Del etc). A word of warning though, the BIOS is a very powerful tool, but can cause damage if pushed the wrong way.

All the acronyms and obscure new technologies got you in a jargon jumble? Tim Dean busts it up to help us make sense of it all.

Although the mobile marketplace has been changing in the face of Centrino and the slow but gradual tablet PC adoption rate, large form factored (greater than single spindle) notebooks are still the order of the day.

The GeForce3 chip is quite an incredible thing.

World's fastest now even faster.

So you’re buying a notebook now, and you want to upgrade to Windows 7. What kind of specs should you be looking at? And will Windows 7 be supported by your computer when you get it home?

One gigabyte of RAM is enough to get most applications running smoothly, but should you buy the cheapest or the fastest?

Several PC makers expect to have Nehalem-EX 16-core DP desktops, in fact super workstations, at the chip's launch towards year-end