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Nyko Wand Core Pak for Wii

Nyko Wand Core Pak for Wii

Nice third-party peripherals are few and far between, which is why I let out a sigh of relief when I opened Nyko’s Wand Core Pak for the Wii. The Core Pak includes Nyko’s Wand remote and wired Kama controller, which are replacements for Nintendo’s Wiimote and Nunchuck, respectively. Here’s the Marketing Fluff… The Wand Core [...]

DisplayLink USB Graphics Adapter

DisplayLink USB Graphics Adapter

Multiple monitors used to be a luxury for the uber-geek or extreme office worker.  Nowadays multi-mon is practically essential in the workplace, and even at home.  Many people got used to the notion that multitasking required flipping through many windows, which is why the whole usability scheme of a “taskbar” became necessary.  Now that desktop space [...]

Corsair Flash Voyager 64GB Review

Corsair Flash Voyager 64GB Review

USB Flash drives are officially ubiquitous in modern society.  How do I know this?  Because your mom has one. My friends tell me that their parents have them, too, and none of them are technically savvy in the least. USB drives are extremely handy, and now you can pick one up for really cheap.  Those of [...]

Xbox 360 Controller for Windows

Xbox 360 Controller for Windows

I’ve been looking for the perfect gamepad ever since I had a PC, which was way before the original Doom debuted. Back then, the Super Nintendo presented its revolutionary controller, and many companies like Gravis tried to create knock-off solutions for the PC gamer. They were quite innovative at the time and had several improvements [...]

Verbatim Notebook Essentials Kit

Verbatim Notebook Essentials Kit

If you travel a lot, or even a little, chances are you own a laptop or notebook PC. And you probably own one of those neat little carrying cases as well. They have just enough room inside for the computer itself with a little left over to stick the power cord inside next to it. If you’re lucky, [...]

OCZ Rally2 Turbo 4GB Flash Drive Review

OCZ Rally2 Turbo 4GB Flash Drive Review

USB flash drives are almost standard issue amongst IT professionals, and are useful for students and pretty much anyone who uses more than one computer.  The capacities of today’s flash drives allow us to carry many gigabytes of personal data, so the write performance must also increase to fill the drive in a timely manner.  [...]

Space Ace HD Review (PC)

Space Ace HD Review (PC)

If you were a teenager in the 80s then you certainly have fond memories of Don Bluth’s laser-disc games like Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace.  These games were simply amazing at the time and were so bleeding edge that you could sever an arm if you got too close to the cabinet. For those of [...]

QNAP TS-109 Pro NAS Storage Review

QNAP TS-109 Pro NAS Storage Review

Many homes today have several computers distributed throughout the house, and there is always some common data to share between them.  Whether it be MP3s, photos, videos, drivers, games, or whatever; it is alot more convenient to have a single repository of these files that everyone on your home network can access.  Some people utilize a [...]

Abit NF7-S Revision 2 Motherboard

Abit NF7-S Revision 2 Motherboard

Most people know that the original nForce motherboard were pretty disappointing after all the hype had been generated about them. With that said nVidia did a great job with the nForce 2 motherboards I can say after reading many reviews so I am looking forward to this review. Abit has long been a very high [...]

EPoX 8K9A2+ Motherboard Review

EPoX 8K9A2+ Motherboard Review

I have always been a fan of EPoX motherboards and have used them a lot because of their stability, features, and overclockability. I reviewed the EPoX 8K3A+ a while back here at OCModShop which used the VIA KT333 chipset. This is the EPoX 8K9A2+ motherboard which uses the KT400 chipset. The VIA KT400 chipset brings [...]

EPoX 8K3A+ Motherboard

EPoX 8K3A+ Motherboard

With overclocking becoming more and more prominent these days where everyone wants to push all of their hardware to the limits companies have started catering to everyone’s demands. EPoX is a prominent company in the overclocking business, they strive to provide the highest quality motherboards that will allow for the highest overclock possible. Designed with [...]

Belkin Universal UPS 800VA

Belkin Universal UPS 800VA

If you run a server you know that uptime is a big deal, many things can cause downtime and one of them is a blackout. If the power goes out in your house and you are running for web design or hosting service your customers will not be able to access your site making you [...]

AOPEN AX4G Pro Motherboard

AOPEN AX4G Pro Motherboard

AOpen sent me over their AX4G Pro motherboard which is a Pentium 4 motherboard that supports DDR rather than RDRAM. This will be my first Pentium 4 motherboard review so if I miss anything feel free to email me and let me know so that in the future I wont miss it. This motherboard uses [...]