Build It: Build a Killer Gulftown Gaming PC; Review: ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 Edition; Review: Alienware Area 51 (Core i7)

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ADVERTISEMENT Sponsored by Zinio Zinio's iPhone App - PC Magazine for iPhone Have fun reading your favorite magazines (and get access to them on your pc and mac too). For details, click on this link.       I N   T H I S   I S S U E FEATURE STORY: Build It: Build a Killer Gulftown Gaming PC HOW TO: Review: ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 Edition BUYING THE RIGHT COMPONENTS: Review: Alienware Area 51 (Core i7) DISCUSSING DIY:     ADVERTISEMENT Build It: Build a Killer Gulftown Gaming PC Intel has just rolled out its fastest chip, the Intel Core i7-980X (codenamed "Gulftown"). We build a desktop PC worthy of its crazy-fast performance. Read this story Review: ATI Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity6 Edition AMD's new ATI Radeon HD Eyefinity 6 Edition video card lets you control up to six displays at once--no CrossFireX required. But there are a few catches. Check out our full review on extremetech.com. Read this story Review: Alienware Area 51 (Core i7) The Alienware Area 51 isn't necessarily the fastest gaming rig you can buy, but it is certainly fast enough to get you requisite victories on the game grid. Coincidentally, the system's looks and innovation will either blow your friends' minds or get you killed by your significant other. Read our review on extremetech.com. Read this story Read this story SUBSCRIBE TO PC MAGAZINE DIGITAL TODAY! Subscribe to PC Magazine Digital today for as little as $.62 a copy and enjoy the convenience and immediate delivery of digital.       PC Magazine is America’s #1 technology magazine, delivering authoritative, lab-based comparative reviews of technology products and services. Click here for the utility. FEATURED OFFERS Architectural Design Firm Deploys Trend Micro Solutions to Achieve Security While Saving Time In the firm of Fletcher Farr Ayotte (FFA) Inc., 30 architects and a support staff of 20 spend the majority of their workday on computers. When viruses or worms crash computers, or spyware slows systems, the employees are less productive. Projects can take longer and customer satisfaction can be compromised. To combat these problems, FFA relies on a single in-house information systems (IS) expert: Josh Rosenbaum. Rosenbaum set out to find a solution that could get the job done while decreasing maintenance, troubleshooting, and clean up time related to security. Download this case study today! Database Security: An Area of Growing Concern With a significant increase in data, the number of databases is also on the rise. An alarming issue is a significant number of database breaches occur internally. The detection of such database breaches can be a daunting task. This report presents an overview about the growing significance of database security. Learn more in this free white paper. eNewsletter Information You are subscribed to ExtremeTech Build It with the email address ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. Click here to unsubscribe from this newsletter. To subscribe to other e-mail newsletters from Ziff Davis, change your delivery format from HTML to text, or change your email address, click here. Copyright © 2010 Ziff Davis Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 LATEST TOP-RATED PRODUCTS Olympus WS-500M Digital Voice Recorder Lenovo C300 (3012-2DU) Desktop HP Pavilion All-in-One MS214 PC Desktop Gateway One ZX6810-01 Desktop HTC Imagio (Verizon) Mobile Phone Canon Color ImageClass MF8350Cdn Printer Samsung DualView TL225 Digital Camera More >> PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT Dell Studio XPS 435 The Dell Studio XPS 435's performance and features inspire envy. It handles multimedia tasks such as encoding video, editing photos, 3D gaming very well. Check Prices >> ALSO OF INTEREST iTouch? No, It's myTouch TechSaver: Digital Cameras Cheap Color Laser Printers Technology Is a Young Person's Game Shoot HD Video for Less Than $200 PCMAGAZINE UTILITY DOWNLOADS Download the latest PC utilities! CoverUp: Protect Application Windows from Prying Eyes Download now. Defrag-A-File: Optimize Your Favorite Files Download now. StartEase: Find and Launch Programs Effortlessly Download now. PackEmIn: Maximize Disc Space Download now. Titlebar Add-Ons: Add New Functions to Windows Download Now. More Downloads >> SPECIAL OFFERS Mini 110 Mi Edition The HP Mini 110 Mi is the perfect on-the-go companion for the ultra-mobile consumer. Stay connected with more people, in more places. Personal computing just got a whole lot smaller. Prices start at $249.99.