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.

We've put AMD and Intel’s new processors to the test, and there's one clear winner.

Sun flip-flops back to Intel Xeon servers.

Impressive technology, but increasing cores doesn’t necessarily increase performance.

Two-way and four-way servers celebrate new Sun and Intel love-in.

A versatile single-socket rack server with a wide range of processor choices, plus a good warranty for the price.

Chip giant unveils new processors as Dell and HP launch quad-core PCs andservers.

Comparatively pricey, but IBM delivers a quality rack-server package.

Mesh architecture allows for massively scalable multi-core chips.

Widens customer choice, says analyst firm.

Quad-core technology for the masses.

Intel’s announcement that it would finally release its own 64-bit extension to developers next US fiscal quarter has raised eyebrows at rival chip-maker AMD.

Future AMD chip leads Intel by 25 per cent, chipmaker boasts.

Performance per watt has taken a backward step, but it’s very fast with the right apps.

50 watt chips designed for blade servers and data centres.

Beautifully engineered and constructed, the Mac Pro is also the fastest PC we’ve ever seen by some margin.

The first of the new breed of IBM rack servers, delivering superb design and a wealth of new features.

Expands retail presence to cope.