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Western Digital MyPassport 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Western Digital MyPassport 1TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Western Digital’s MyPassport 1TB hard drive could be the answer you’re looking for. Not only does it offer a ton of storage, but comes in a small form factor and is equipped with USB 3.0 technology.

Rosewill RX358 USB 3.0 Hard Drive Enclosure

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

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 [...]

Evercool HPK-10025EA Heatpipe Cooler

Evercool HPK-10025EA Heatpipe Cooler

Now that we are all out from under the watchful eye of the IRS and have successfully cashed our income tax checks, it’s time to put some of that stimulus money back into the economy.  I was nice to myself and bought a few creature comforts.  A new hi-def, and Xbox 360, and some cushy [...]

SAW: The PC Game: The Review

SAW: The PC Game: The Review

I couldn’t think of a better game to review on the eve of Halloween than one based on torture devices and cringe-inducing deaths at the hands of the infamous Jigsaw killer.  Zombie Studios and Konami, the marvelous guys behind Silent Hill, have brought the Saw series to life in the third-person survival horror game SAW.  [...]

There’s No Good Time for Data to Disappear

There’s No Good Time for Data to Disappear

Say storage and people immediately think of a hard or flash drive…tape…optical media.  In other words, bit buckets to hold your digital stuff.  Until that inevitable fateful day.  Like ours… First, the 2TB drive on your office server won’t boot up.  It’s dead.  Ten skilled people sit on their hands, wondering how they’re going to [...]

Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Heatsink Review

Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Heatsink Review

Coolermaster has a reputation in the world of hardware cooling.  They are well known for their excellent heatsinks and water-cooling devices.  I’ve used several of their products over the years and have rarely been disappointed.  The old saying goes that you get what you pay for, and with Coolermaster, even if you feel you are [...]

Wii emulator actually works!

Wii emulator actually works!

I’ve been an emulator buff for a while, but generally emulators seem to only work well after the console has been off the market for several years. Well, I found a Wii emulator that not only works, but works rather well.  The games I tried on it work very well with little sound or graphical [...]

Noctua NH-C12P CPU Heatsink Review

Noctua NH-C12P CPU Heatsink Review

We here at OCMS have reviewed several products from our European pals at Noctua and I was very pleased to hear they contacted me again for some new products up for review this time is the “Noctua NH-C12P” CPU cooler. Ding dong! Oh, Jolly! The frigging mail dude arrived with a nice big package that [...]

Intel and AMD: What Went Wrong

Intel and AMD: What Went Wrong

Ever have that feeling that someone with a Heavyweight title just put you in a coma?  And when you awoke from that coma everything you thought you knew was no longer a reality?  That was the same way I felt when I realized how bad Intel was kicking the crap out of AMD’s booty all [...]

X-oom Podcast Studio Review

X-oom Podcast Studio Review

Everywhere I go, I see people with iPods.  They started with less than 1GB of space, went up to 2GB and 4GB, and then there were rumors roaming the web about an astoundingly huge 30GB version… with video.  And now we have an 80GB version that has music, movies, games, internet, and just about anything [...]

Sapphire HD4870 Toxic Video Card Review

Sapphire HD4870 Toxic Video Card Review

The PC gaming industry has seen many graphics chips come and go. Companies like 3dfx, S3, Trident, Intel, nVidia, ATI and others have tapped into the gaming industry and have produced 3d accellerators for the PC, and most of them have gone.  There are only two major players in the PC graphics industry: nVidia and [...]

Why PSP is better than iPhone

Why PSP is better than iPhone

The Sony PSP and Apple’s iPhone are great little devices, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.  Apple is starting to tout the gaming capabilities of its portable device, and although there is no direct competition between the two, people are beginning to question the need for a dedicated portable gaming device. We all know that [...]

Shrinking Computing: Processors, Laptops and Phones

Shrinking Computing: Processors, Laptops and Phones

Bright Idea – Just so no one missed the fact that Intel’s Craig Barrett was talking about another bright idea that the company’s engineering teams had developed the events folks put him in front of a light bulb.  It didn’t work because we could barely see the itty-bitty device he held in his hand at [...]

Zalman CNPS 9500 Heatsink Review

Zalman CNPS 9500 Heatsink Review

When you think cool, you think of Zalman.  Or you think of Prince.  Either way you have one Killer Chiller.  Today my subject is none other than the Zalman CNPS9500.  When you take the classic Zalman flower design and combine it with an ultra-quiet fan, a unique heat pipe array, and a little LED bling, [...]

Ultra Grid ATX Case

Ultra Grid ATX Case

We’ve all been there.  That first computer that everyone builds themselves.  It’s built on a McDonald’s employee budget and a dream to make all your gamer friends envious.  And they will be.  But sinking hundreds of dollars into new hardware won’t get you envied if your case looks like you picked it up out of [...]

Reporting from PAX 2008

Reporting from PAX 2008

PAX, the Penny Arcade Expo, is the largest gaming festival in North America representing tabletop, console and PC gaming. Three days of tournaments, freplay, nerdcore concerts, panel discussions, the latest from top game publishers and developers, the PAX 10 independent games showcase and thousands of attendees who know their stuff when it comes to games. [...]

BYOC Lan Party at PAX 2008

BYOC Lan Party at PAX 2008

Just off the show floor, past the bands signing memorabilia on the sky bridge, you will find the B.Y.O.C. Room.  This is a room where you can Bring Your Own Computer.  Get it?  Great.  For a few dollars more after general admission, you can lug your computer up to this room and play LAN or [...]

Evercool Zodiac Notebook Cooler

Evercool Zodiac Notebook Cooler

Do you own a laptop? Of course you do. Who doesn’t? Here’s another question for you, how many of you have scars or third-degree burns on your legs and crotches from your portable PC? Ever wish there was something out there that would let you get your work done without burning out your 3.5” floppy? Well, the geek fairy may [...]