Flash drives have been getting larger and larger, and our need for portable storage is only getting greater. It wasn’t long ago that we reviewed Verbatim’s 2GB U3 flash drive, and we thought that was plenty of space for all of our portable data needs… but we quickly found ourselves starving for more data. I [...]
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ADS InstantHDTV PCI Capture Card
If you’re a video enthusiast, then you no doubt have (or want) a Home Theater PC. Not only can it replace an entire rack full of equipment, but it can do things that consumer equipment just cannot easily do… like record HDTV onto BluRay or HD-DVD disks. To even begin to step into this world, [...]
Xbox 360 Wireless Reciever for Windows
Until recently, PC gaming could be a tiresome excercise of system configuration. PC gamers typically upgrade their systems to harness the most powerful graphics imaginable, but have to tweak and configure their systems to provide a smooth gameplay experience. PC Gaming has never really reached the simple and cohesive experience of a dedicated gaming console. [...]
What is Windows Vista? (part 1)
Windows Vista is the the latest release of Microsoft Windows, a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. Prior to its announcement on July 22, 2005, Vista was known by its codename Longhorn. On November 8, 2006, Windows Vista development was completed and [...]
Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2 Motherboard
Gigabyte motherboards have been around for a long time, and they have made some very impressive motherboards over the years. They’re no stranger to the enthusiast market, making both AMD and Intel boards geared towards hard-core overclocking. However, as with the graphic card industry, the largest market (and the most money) is in the mainstream [...]
Verbatim Store’n'Go 2GB U3 Smart Drive
Portable apps are all the rage these days! For about the same price as a regular USB key, you can get a smart drive that support U3 or Ceedo application technologies. You can download pre-packaged all-inclusive programs to your smart memory stick, and run them on any modern PC: without the need to install the [...]
Die, Floppy, DIE! (The Floppy Rant)
We live in an age where processors have reached an atomic minimum, a sound card has more processing power than Apollo 11, and where video cards become garage sale fodder within six months. CDs could once only be created by large studios with deep pockets, but is now a very common consumer item, and almost [...]
WTF is NTFS?
NTFS or New Technology File System is the standard file system of Windows NT and its descendants: Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Windows versions 95, 98, 98SE and ME cannot natively read NTFS filesystems, although third-party utilities (commercial, shareware & freeware) do exist for this purpose. NTFS is also usable on other [...]
Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit Review
If you are like me, you probably really like your wireless 360 controller. It’s spot-on controls and incredibly accurate reactions make it the top tier wireless controller in all of the console games, but if there is one thing that really sucks about it, is the fact that it can really eat up batteries. I [...]
Athena Power SNT-2312B2 External HDD Enclosure
In today’s world, people need to carry their data with them wherever they go. Memory sticks and USB drives are fine for small files, but transporting large amounts of data from work to home is impractical. An external portable hard drive can be just the thing to lug alot of data between home and the [...]
PowerColor Theater 550 Pro
Having built a new PC this last holiday season that is running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, the one item that I didn’t get at that time was a TV tuner card. After 3 prior experiences with embedded tv tuner/video card variations of the ATI’s “All-In-Wonder” series over the years, I wanted to find [...]
SilverStone LC10 HTPC Case
I have been a home theater enthusiast for many years (even before DVD became available) and have always been interested in the home theater PC (HTPC). HTPC is really the only way to get cutting-edge home theater technology before it becomes available to the public. Many years ago, HTPC was the only way to achieve [...]
The Current State of nVidia SLI – SLI Part 3
To finish up our review of the Asustek nForce4-SLI hardware, we are going to explore what exactly the nVidia SLI technology offers you right now, the factors impacting SLI performance and then ask some questions to help those stuck in the rut of whether or not they should buy into nVidia SLI. Make sure you [...]
Thermaltake 350w PurePower Fanless PSU
I can’t tell you how long I have been waiting for a good 0dB power supply to be on the market. I remember thinking to myself years and years ago, “why hasn’t anyone made a 0dB PSU?” Well recently companies have been doing just that and I hope it continues. This power supply which is [...]
Matrix Orbital MX312
Matrix Oribital is probably the most well known display company for case modders and overclockers. Matrix Orbital sells a wide range of LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent Display) products that are designed to easily work with your computer. There are a few benefits of using a VFD over a LCD including: a [...]
Abit AA8-3rd Eye Motherboard
Socket 775 motherboards are coming out left and right since new technologies such as PCI-Express and DDR2 are improving. Abit has released a motherboard which they have called the AA8-3rd Eye. This motherboard is the same thing as an AA8-DuraMAX with a new accessory addition. This 3rd Eye refers to the µGuru clock that is [...]
Albatron PX915G Pro Motherboard
With the release of Intel’s new LGA775 Pentium 4 there is of course a need for new motherboards. Along with these new motherboards come new peripheral slots for video cards and other future cards. Though much of the technology being used with these new motherboards is still quite new and has a long future ahead [...]
Thermaltake Jungle 512 Heatsink
With Intel’s new LGA775 Prescott processor on the market there is now a need for a new heatsink design. The current heatsink that Intel provides with their retail processors looks pretty unimpressive and will probably lead people to find an aftermarket solution. Currently there are not many aftermarket heatsinks out right now because the processors [...]
Gigabyte K8NS Pro Motherboard
Gigabyte has long been known to produce quality motherboards for the hardware community. One of their newest socket 754 boards is this K9NS Pro which utilizes the Nvidia nForce 3 250 chipset. The two changes that were made to this 250 chipset from the 150 chipset is the addition of SATA and 2 more USB [...]
Corsair TWIN2X1024-5400C4PRO
DDR has been around now for a good number of years and since its birth I started hearing people ask when is DDR2 going to be out? DDR2 has finally emerged and will eventually take over current DDR like SDRAM was taken over by DDR a few years back. Currently there are only a small [...]
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