While we get a lot of traffic from articles about heatsinks, cases, motherboards and other PC hardware, there are just some articles that just shoot past all of the others and really stand out. Listed here are the most popular OCModShop articles from the past decade.
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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 Insight 500GB Portable Hard Drive Review
This year, give your loved one a little space. Storage space, that is. Christmas is just around the corner, and there’s no better gift for that nerd in your family than external storage for all those downloaded episodes of Heroes that are cluttering up precious hard drive space. Verbatim has once again outdone themselves on [...]
File Systems Explained
File systems are an integral part of any operating systems with the capacity for long term storage. There are two distinct parts of a file system, the mechanism for storing files and the directory structure into which they are organised. In mordern operating systems where it is possibe for several user to access the same [...]
Nanovision MIMO UM-710 USB Monitor
Multiple displays are starting to become rather commonplace. Whether you’re a programmer or graphic designer and just need the screen real estate, or just an office worker who wants to keep IM constantly visible, multiple monitors definately increase productivity. If you’re like one of many technology junkies today, then your computer of choice may be [...]
City of Heroes Architect Edition Interview
Recently I got the news on the pending City of Heroes Architect Edition from Joe Morrissey, Senior Designer. I want to thank Joe and Halycone for setting up this interview for us at OCModShop. OCMS: How did this new feature come about? Architect was initially designed to be an improvement to our internal development tools. [...]
Windows 7 Interview
With the pending release of the latest Microsoft Windows operating system, I like many other PC users have questions about the latest system currently known as Windows 7. I recently was able to speak with a Microsoft spokesperson for the new OS who took the time to provide us at OCModShop with this interview. OCMS: [...]
Antec Veris Multimedia Station Premium Review
We’ve reviewed many Home Theater cases over the years at OCModShop. Some of them have multimedia features that are seamlessly integrated with the case, while many others are nothing more than standard desktop cases with a fancy front panel. There are several cases I have owned that were awesome, but converting them into Home Theater [...]
X-OOM Media Centre XE for Wii
Digital videos and photos are no longer in the realm of the geek. Nowadays even the average person has a large collection of digital music, movies,and videos… and these are usually located on the family computer. What if you want to watch your movies or share your latest vacation photos in your living room? Not [...]
Teknmotion PulseWave Headphones
PC Gamers need to hear in order to play effectively. What good is your genetically-enhanced super-soldier if he doesn’t know to shoot through the wall to take out the hidden zombie horde? If he (or she) walks through that door unprepared, then his (or her) brains are Kibble Chow. Seriously, PC gamers expect a lot [...]
Spiderman Web of Shadows Review
Much like their cinematic counterparts, super hero based video games have always been a hit or miss proposition. Far too often legions of dedicated fans have been presented with games that despite the great intentions of the designers, fail to capture the spirit and action of their pen and ink counterparts. With the recent success [...]
PowerColor X1600 Pro Video Card Review
Okay, time for another round of in-your-face video card action. There are several video cards on the market right now that will show you a good time. Some do it for a little more, some do it for a little less. But just like a trip to Vegas, what really matters is the quality of [...]
My Take on Microsoft’s I’m a PC Commercials
Nearly everyone is familiar with the barrage of Apple ads. They mainly feature two characters that are meant to iconify a typical Apple and PC user. Of course, the Apple character is a cool twenty-something dude and the PC (played by humorist John Hodgman) is an outdated business-person who just can’t be as cool. These [...]
OS Wars: What Will Happen Without Darth Gates?
The Dark Force – We often wonder why Macophiles and Linux people portrayed Bill as the dark force in the universe. Guy was just trying to earn a buck…and put a computer on every desktop. Now he’s turned his attention to righting other wrongs. Photo – Lucasfilms “Until this battle station is fully operational, we [...]
Saitek Aviator (AV8R) Flight Stick
Most PC gamers play with a keyboard and mouse, frankly because most PC gamers are either casual gamers or are playing First-Person-Shooters at their local LAN party. But there are times when you need a custom controller for a particular type of game. For PC gamers, an Xbox 360 controller works just great (read our [...]
WoW: Grinding vs. Questing part 1
A question almost as old as WoW itself… What is the best and fastest way to level my character? Now, anyone you ask is going to tell you one of two things: “Grinding is the best way” or “The fastest way is Questing”. I’m here to tell you they are both right. Anyone who plays [...]
WoW: Grinding vs. Questing part 2
In my last article I discussed the differences between Questing and Grinding to get to level 70. Both have been claimed as the fastest way to level your character. Each one has as many followers as the other. I pride myself on being unbiased. I have used both methods to get to the top many times, and have found [...]
Windows Trivia You Never Knew
Windows Vista has had an interesting reception by the technology community, to say the least. People either like it or they hate it, or they think it is O.K. The road to Vista was several years in the making, and there are lots of interesting stories and tidbits about the OS that most people don’t [...]
Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core Review (PSP)
Title: Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Square Enix Release Date: March 25th, 2008 Genre: RPG Console: PSP Rating: T To have a good sequel/prequel you need to expand and improve upon all elements that made its predecessor so enjoyable. To make a great one, you need to do all that AND [...]
Razer Lycosa Gaming Keyboard Review
PC keyboard technology has remained pretty much the same in its 30-year existance, so why is it that there are scores of new models coming out every year? I personally have gone through the rise and fall of the first IBM “tank” keyboards, quiet keyboards, ergonomic keyboards, media keyboards, and the latest gaming keyboards. What [...]
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