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Overclocking Overview
Definition: hardware overclocking : Any adjustments made to computer hardware (or software) to make its CPU/GPU/RAM run at a higher clock frequency than intended by the original manufacturers. Typically this involves replacing the crystal in the clock generation circuitry with a higher frequency crystal, changing jumper settings, or software configuration. If the clock frequency is [...]
Watercooling Basics/General Info/Explanation
Watercooling Basics/General Info/Explanation of some of the things in my previous post… H2O basics – Pre-built, H2O kits, external setups, do-it-yourself, etc. Pre-built systems are great in that they are amazingly easy even when compared to regular H2O kits. If you can find a company that has a case you really like with [...]
Building A Silent Server/HTPC
More and more people are building servers for their home or a HTPC and rightly so. There are so many good reasons and benefits for having your own server or HTPC that a lot of companies are building hardware specifically for these systems. I finally decided to make the move and get the hardware I [...]
Card Spacing and Cooling
The spacing should be 2-3 slots apart on all boards (you can send your thanks to 3DLabs on that one) and the NV Silencer 5 doesn’t take up any more real estate on the card itself from the VPU forward than the stock cooling does (it obviously takes up quite a bit of space behind [...]
Shroud Increases Performance
A shroud increases performance by reducing or removing the dead spot that occurs directly underneath the center hub of a fan. If you mount a 120mm fan directly to a heatercore, even if that core were the exact dimensions of the fan, there would be a dead air spot with no flow under the hub. [...]
Making your own window appliqué
Window appliqués. We all know them or have seen them in the case modding world. There are dozens of standard etches like your biochemical hazard logo or the nuclear radiation logo, but what if the design you want doesn’t exist? Well its time to take matters into your own hands; I’m going to explain how [...]
Benefits of 2 CPUs
Not quite, but you’re right it’s not a 100% boost (linear scaling) in most cases. However, even Notepad is multithreaded, as are any reasonably complex Windows programs nowadays. More on that later. Where you are right is the Athlon MP. Due to a point to point bus and insufficient memory bandwidth, plus a junky cache [...]
Linux isn't that hard
Linux isn’t that hard. Grab and old desktop and play around with it if you can. I’d suggest Debian – it has more of a learning curve but it’s also more consistant. And by consistant I meant that once you learn how to configure one program, you can configure all of them (unlike RedHat with [...]
When to use DVD for backup
If you’re backing up individual pieces of data that will remain unchanged for long periods of time then CD or DVD is for you. If you’re backing up .alot of data where you will need to run full backups every couple of months or more tapes become cheaper as you start burning through discs and [...]
Clean up power with additional cooling
Kicking up the voltage to CPUs, chipsets, memory, GPUs and just about every other imaginable component has become a fairly common tactic in overclocking. Motherboard manufacturers have made increasing voltage above and beyond recommended levels easier than ever by including higher voltage settings in the BIOS options of the more popular motherboards aimed at the [...]
How To Clean Copper Waterblocks
If you’re a serious computer enthusiast, there is no question you have a computer with a liquid cooling system somewhere. Liquid cooling is a very efficient to remove the heat from your screaming processors while keeping noise levels down. The majority of liquid cooling systems use a combination of aluminum of copper radiator and aluminum [...]
Advantages of 64-bit CPU and OS
The advantage of going to a 64 bit CPU and OS (a 64 bit system) is more memory addressability and the ability to perform higher precision integer calculations faster. So far, this is still in the workstation arena, although in 1-2 years it will move down into the realm of high-end consumer PCs, and in [...]
Recovering Volumes
If it was a FAT32 volume, you’re screwed. If it was an NTFS volume, you’re not. Well, that is if you’ve enabled journaling on the volume, but then if you had it would have recovered. Yes, you lost 90% of your files, but you have backups, right? :: Sigh :: I hate to break it [...]
Fush Zero Case Project – Part 1
If you had told me back when I started building custom computers that any of my handiwork would be graced comments such as, inspiring a modding culture, or, truly beautiful. I would have laughed. It was just 8 months ago that comments such as these graced my ears as I undertook the construction of a [...]
Black acrylic window
I like the idea of an acrylic back window. You could even use it as the I/O shield for the ports and to hold the cards in place with bolts epoxied into place on the other side of the screw holes. What I’m worried about is that bar that’s flapping in the breeze near the [...]
Fush Zero Case Project – Part 2
If you have not already read the first article about this Fush Zero project please do so by clicking here. From this point on, planning has been completed and the parts have been ordered. So the fun part begins. What will follow in this article and others is a step by step account of [...]
Causes of failed backups
There are literally dozens of things that could cause a backup to fail, which is why I use either the inbuilt utility or Veritas as they tend to handle things like improper filenames much better than any others. What I would suggest is schedule a backup operation to a file using the Windows backup utility, [...]
Power supply sleeving
Looking for a sleek way to present your power supply’s ugly cabling? There are several methods of cleaning up the wire jungle, be it electrical tape, split loom, wire wrap, or expandable sleeving. This guide will assist you in your quest for a case with higher performance, and much better looks, especially if you [...]
Liquid Cooling Advice
I’d recomend a 20-80 solution and the good antifreeze. There are two varieties with various inhibitors, and the 50,000 mile variety can break down in a year or two in a computer, running 12/365 or 24/365 allowing rust to form inhibiting flow, while the 100,000 mile organic variety (the Toyota/Lexus red stuff comes to mind) [...]
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