The Tom's Hardware 2016 Gift Guide

[IInuyasha74]

Aren't sure what to buy your tech enthusiast friends for Christmas? We have a few ideas.

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[JQB45]

I can attest to the value of the ArctiClean Solution for quickly, painlessly and efficently removing thermal paste. I brought some back in 2005 and I still have some left over and it still works.

 

[tomate2]

Been a while since I've read Tom's Hardware news and you guys are still making articles in slideshow mode...

 

[RedJaron]

Been a while since I've read Tom's Hardware news and you guys are still making articles in slideshow mode...

Well, things like a long list of pictures tend to work well as a slideshow, so . . .

I like the KMC1 best of all the portable speakers I've tried. It doesn't have quite as many features as the other speakers I've used, but it has a better sound quality and sound profile than any others, even speakers costing twice as much.

 

[alextheblue]

The AtGames "Sega Genesis console" is powered by a horrible emulator. In particular the sound emulation is complete crap. If you're gonna use an emulator, a high-accuracy PC-based emulator like Fusion (Kega Fusion) provides near-perfect emulation and has optional filters to improve the visuals on modern displays. Guess I'm a snob. Anyway you can get a real Genesis for fairly cheap.

The rubber anti-vibration fan "screws" are rubber, silicone ones tend to hold up better IMO.

 

[DotNetMaster777]

Sega genesis looks nice for this money !!

 

[alextheblue]

Sega genesis looks nice for this money !!

It's probably fine if you've never used a real Genesis. If you have, you're going to HATE the poor sound emulation. Read the reviews on Amazon. It gets worse... I've read multiple sources that say it doesn't support saving. I would like to know if it instead has save states (emulation term). If it has neither it isn't worth a nickel!

 

[daglesj]

I can attest to the value of the ArctiClean Solution for quickly, painlessly and efficently removing thermal paste. I brought some back in 2005 and I still have some left over and it still works.

You can probably buy a half litre of Isopro for the same price and does as good a job.

 

[Andrew_217]

baby wipes work awesome for that too if you happen to have some handy i bought a whole packet of them cause I'm frequently doing and removing pasting on computers

 

[vonbose]

I have a mechanical keyboard almost identical to that Nixeus Moda v2 Mechanical Keyboard. The buttons have a lot of resistance to them and I actually swapped it out after a couple months, because it was giving me tennis elbow.

 

[whtfish]

I do miss the models of yore, but I suppose it is 2016. Still very happy to see the gift guide this year, thanks!

 

[caamsa]

Yes where are the beautiful women!?

 

[RedJaron]

I do miss the models of yore

Yes where are the beautiful women!?

Meh. I buy things based off features, quality, and price, not by how much skin is showing in the background.

 

[Brian_R170]

Whoah! Gotta get that Belkin toolkit with the DIP puller. My friends are always asking me to help them upgrade the RAM in their 80286 systems.