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Micro Mart Magazine 22 November 2012, Literatura, Gazety, Magazyny

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 Contents
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This week...
Choosing Your
Choosing Your
Components
Components
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Choosing Your
Components
Whether you’re building a PC or buying one ready
made, you’ll have to make a few decisions about what
kind of hardware is going to be in it. Here we look at
how to choose the right parts for your needs
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What Can Your
Budget Buy?
What’s the real difference, cost-wise, of ordering a
off-the-shelf system compared to customising a design
to your exact specifications. It may be less than you
think, and could even lead to some money-saving
opportunities along the way
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Off The Shelf Or Self
Build?
If building a PC is simply too daunting a prospect, why
not consider customising an existing supplier’s system?
Here we look at the pros and cons of letting someone
else do the construction work for you.
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Operating System
Options
If you buy a system, you’re often presented with little
choice as to its operating system. Here James Hunt
takes a look at some of the decisions you’ll have to
make if you ever have to pick one for yourself or want
to upgrade
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15 PC Building Tips
Picking the right parts is one thing, but building a PC
is another. Here, we offer 15 of the most useful things
we’ve learnt over years of putting computers together,
so hopefully you don’t have to make some of the
mistakes we have
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What Can Your
What Can Your
Budget Buy?
Budget Buy?
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Off The Shelf
Off The Shelf
Or Self-build?
Or Self-build?
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15 PC
15 PC
Building Tips
Group Test
Web Browsers
78
Firefox 17
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Opera 12.10
80
Internet Explorer 10
81
Chrome 23
82
Safari 5.1.7
83
Sum up
Reviews
84
Corsair Carbide 200R
85
Gigabyte GeForce GTX
670 2GB Windforce 3X
86
Pantum P2000 Laser
Printer
87
WD My Net N900
Central 1TB
88
Laplink Disk Image
Professional
89
MSI HD 7850 1GB
90
AfterFall Insanity
91
Livescrive Sky 4GB Wi-fi
Smartpen
Experts
122
Ask Aaron
124
Ask Jason
126
Ask James
Specialists
108
Linux Mart
109
Mac Mart
110
Mobile Mart
111
Retro Mart
112
Gaming Mart
News
56
The Latest News
97
Component Watch
101
Your Letters
Regulars
66
Subscriptions
114
Ad Index
116
IT Essentials
118
Classifieds
128
Logging Off
Building Tips
54
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
And Benchmarking
And Benchmarking
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Troubleshooting And
Benchmarking
It makes sense that once you’ve bought or built the
system that best fits your needs, you would want to
know if your new machine is working as it should.
That’s where benchmarking and troubleshooting come
in. Here’s a guide to the basics
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Great Gaming
Moments
When he’s not tinkering with Linux or shaving his
hands, David Hayward likes to play the odd videogame.
He also likes to write articles about his favourite
gaming moments, including this one here
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Make A Windows 8
Tablet
Fancy one of those shiny new Microsoft Surface tablets
but don’t have a gazillion pounds to spend on one?
Thankfully, as David Hayward shows, you can get a much
cheaper device and turn into something not far off
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Scratch On Pi
If you’d like to try a bit of programming on your
Raspberry Pi (or Pi emulator) but don’t fancy learning
a new language, then the visual tool Scratch might be
just what you need. Helpfully, David Briddock is here to
explain what it is and how to get started
Also In
This Issue...
92
Download Directory
More great software
that you can download
right now
102
How To Choose….
James Hunt looks at a
wide range of media
streaming systems
127
App Of The Week
David Hayward avoids
the high street with
Google Shopper
130
Company Profile
Sarah Dobbs examines
the past, present and
future of Pinterest
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