I recently retired one of the hot and noisy OCMS servers, and experienced a good savings in power and heat. Even though server parts are tough and designed to last a long while, I started wondering just how fast they really are. I ran several disk benchmarks on one of the older servers, which run [...]
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Vantec NexStar3 NST-380S3 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Enclosure
SuperSpeed USB emerged onto the scene as an answer to the limited bandwidth of today’s current popular connectivity interface. The additional throughput is a boon for external hard drives, but most other devices aren’t fast enough to take advantage of it. With USB 3.0 external drives, you can now realistically perform intensive data transfer tasks [...]
Rosewill RX358 USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure
SuperSpeed USB (otherwise known as USB 3.0) is a new standard for PC peripheral connectivity. Although Intel has been hesitant to make this interface truly standard, more and more vendors are including the technology on their motherboards, and you can even purchase add-on cards to upgrade your current system. The increase in data transfer naturally [...]
Vantec SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI-e Host Card Review
Computer technology never stands still for long. It wasn’t that long ago that USB took over as the de facto standard for PC computer peripherals, and has evolved into the standard data path for hard drives, cameras, and just about everything else you can think of. USB 2.0 is well and good, but it still doesn’t [...]
Verbatim Quad-Interface eHDD
I don’t know how many times I’ve needed to back up my hard drive for a reinstall of my OS and been left wanting because I didn’t have any place to put all my pictures and data. I’ve had to rewrite several articles and reviews do to exactly such a scenario. It’s a sad fact, [...]
GlacialTech Altair A381 Home Theater Case
We review so many Home Theater PC cases that sometimes they all start to look alike. Many of them try to mimic the look of either a home theater amplifier or DVD player. Due to size constraints, many manufacturers opt for the amplifier, which allows the consumer to use standard-size PC components. Some of the [...]
How to Properly Reboot Your Computer
Rebooting your computer is the most common first-step remedy for most PC ailments. Rebooting returns all of your computer’s software (and hardware) to a known initial state, which in theory should eliminate fluctuating problems. The issue could be as simple as a software error or as complex as a motherboard or hard drive failure, but you [...]
Gigabyte S-Series GA-945P-S3 Motherboard
Well, we all love new technology otherwise you wouldn’t be here reading the articles featured on easily the web’s most enjoyable site. And with that I was given the dubious task of testing out one of the first Duo Core motherboards on the market, the Gigabyte GS-945P-S3. First and foremost, this review is a long [...]
Rosewill RHUB-310 7-Port USB 2.0 Hub
With the amount of gadgets and office equipment around now-a-days, it seems that the measly two to four average ports found on a desk or laptop computer is simply insufficient. Between printers, webcams,iPods, flash drives, etc., even an additional hub with four USB ports is not enough. Well, no worries now everyone… enter the Rosewill [...]
ATA vs SATA
The performance of computer systems has been steadily increasing as faster processors, memory, and video cards are continuously being developed. The one key component that is often neglected when looking at improving the performance of a computer system is the hard drive. Hard drive manufacturers have been constantly evolving the basic hard drive used in [...]
CoolIt Systems PCI Cooler Booster Review
Most PCI and other expansion cards do not generate alot of heat, and therefore are overlooked when cooling your computer system. Today’s multimedia and home theater systems include high performance TV tuners, video capture, and high-performance sound cards that do tend to get quite warm, and could benefit from additional cooling. Even many video cards [...]
Vizo’s Propellar Dual-Fan Cooler Card
Taking an exciting and different approach to card cooling, the developers at VIZO have thrust upon us, a new and exciting way to keep yer damn graphics card cooler (or any other card you may want getting cooler). The Propeller Dual-Fan card is such a simple idea, I can’t believe this is the first time [...]
Ultra Microfly Mini Case
When I first look for a new computer case, I look at included power supplies, front-side features, and cooling. When I look for a micro-ATX case, I also want it to be subtle, slight, and all-around superfly. The Ultra MicroFly case tries hard on all counts and is an all-around solid performer that looks stylish [...]
Ultra Aluminus Case Review
Nearly every component of a computer is designed to go into a case. There have been plain boring cases built for the last 30 or years, with very few manufacturers taking the time to make their computers look as appealing as their performance. A few exceptions pop into mind: Apple, Alienware, and well…those are really [...]
Vantec Slot Protector Kit
The inside of a computer case is often covered in dust. More importantly, dust can settle inside unoccupied PCI and RAM slots. Over time, the dust build-up can become significant enough to cause contact problems with newly installed PCI cards or extra RAM memory. With Vantec’s PCI/RAM Slot Protectors, you can easily prevent dust from [...]
Vantec NexStar 3: Firewire and USB HDD Enclosure
So when Vantec asked us to review some goodies we said yes obviously, so I got a nice big box filled with goodies, now lets check some of that out shal we. First up for review is the Vantec NexStar3 external 3.5” harddrive enclosure, now I already have an external enclosure but I wondered what [...]
VIZO SATA Master Panel Review
If you’re a gearhead like me, then you’re probably upgrading, repairing, or otherwise messing with internal hard drives all the time. It can be a pain to constantly open your case, and you don’t want an ugly open box in the middle of your room. If only there was a way to easily connect hard [...]
Vantec EX-Swap 2 Hot-Swap Hard Drive Bays
Removeable hard drive racks offer users a convenient way to move lots of data around. The emergence of Serial ATA now allows users to hot-swap hard drives like SCSI. Finding a quality hard drive rack can be quite a task, however. The drive enclosure should support cooling the drive, should be lockable, and should be [...]
Silverstone LC03V Home Theater PC Case
I am currently working on a home server/HTPC article and wanted a nice desktop case for it. I was very impressed with SilverStone’s TJ04 case that I reviewed back in October and figured they would be a good choice for a desktop case as well. SilverStone was nice enough to send over their LC03V case [...]
PCI-Express: First looks and the future
PC expansion slots have come a long way since the old eight bit ISA slots, and now we’re going to take a look at their newest incarnation, the PCI Express slot. In this article I’ll be covering some of the technical details of PCI Express (or PCI-E for short) and how it stacks up with [...]
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