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- Choosing the right PSU for your PC
- Choosing the right PSU for your PCAnd oh, yeah . . .And oh, I forgot - I do indeed use a UPS. Needed to, I was getting brownouts in my neighborhood, and that killed my first power supply collapsing magnetic fields cause spikes in transformers.So now I use a UPS...
- Tags: PC, power supply, PSU, PC Power, Cooling, Antec
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand
- The most-effective laptop cooling devices we've seen involve fans that suck warm air away from the laptop's bottom. Both the Antec Notebook Cooler and the smaller Antec Notebook Cooler S use dual fans, but the $29.99 Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand manages to offer effective cooling with only a single fan....
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand, Belkin Corp., Antec Notebook Cooler, Antec
- Product reviews 2007-03-06
- Antec NoteBook Cooler S
- Most laptop cooling devices are either large lapboards used to offer protection to vulnerable knees or USB-powered plates that blow hot air away with fans. In either case, you've got a device with roughly the same footprint as your laptop eating up precious space in your bag or on your...
- Tags: Notebooks, Antec Notebook Cooler, Antec, Antec NoteBook Cooler S, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2007-03-02
- Antec Notebook Cooler
- If laptop heat is a major problem for you, it may be time to move beyond simple passive laptop desks into the realm of powered devices. After all, singed legs and overheated thighs are a major issue for heavy notebook users, and a wide variety of products are out there...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Antec Notebook Cooler, Antec
- Product reviews 2007-02-22
- Antec Minuet 300
- We're not sold on the $90 Antec Minuet 300, but it has nothing to do with its design. The clean and simple exterior speaks for itself. Just look at our photos or watch the video, and you'll see that it's easy to imagine the Minuet 300 sitting on a shelf...
- Tags: Desktops, PCI, Digital media, Minuet 300, Antec, Antec Minuet 300, SFF PC
- Product reviews 2006-06-16
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- Psystar offers 10.5.3 update for Open Computers
- Psystar offers 10.5.3 update for Open ComputersAre they still 'alive'?Better 'grab' it before the mother ship closes down the shop!With install instructions like this,Where is the recommendation to make a backup? They need to release or recommend a good backup utility. Their site was down so I couldn't check this...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Open Computers, Psystar, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- (Hardware 2.0 Best Kit List for Jun/Jul 08)
- (Hardware 2.0 Best Kit List for Jun/Jul 08)Mid level caseI noticed that you did not mentioned an alternative case for us poorer type of consumer. I expected to see your advice on this. Would you say that the Antec 900 is a good choice? Waiting for your opinion. Best Regards,...
- Tags: Hardware 2.0 Best Kit List, Jun/Jul 08, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-05-31
- XP SP3 - Downloaded and installed
- XP SP3 - Downloaded and installedRTMAm on the RTM final build--no issues found here. Schweet.What version does "help" -> "about windows" show?I see the following:version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp.080413-2111 : Service Pack 3)Can anyone confirm this is the RTM version?download doesnt work for meI'm trying to download from the Top Downloads...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Document management, Modi, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, Downloaded
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- EU+conducts+antitrust+raid+on+Intel%2C+retailers
- EU+conducts+antitrust+raid+on+Intel%2C+retailers*IF* they can't prove anythingThen Intel should file a massive law suit for losses and harrasment.Wow, time to move the operations to another set of countriesif they keep 'raiding' without conclusion. Did they take prisoners during the raid, capture any loot, pillage anything . . . modern day style?Excuse...
- Tags: pricing strategy, Intel Corp., raid, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., fsb
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08it's not faster - ??????yr right the clock speed isn't any faster - but when u hit the enter key yr not waiting for the last job to finsh - you can run a virus check while yr doing a word DOC...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Processors, PCI, Games, Hardware 2.0, hardware, CPU, Serial ATA, Digital Equipment Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Dec 07/Jan 08
- Overall, I get more email asking me for kit and component recommendations that pretty much anything else, and that volume increases dramatically as the Holiday season comes into full swing. Also, over the Christmas period many people will have received new peripherals, tech toys and games and this will force...
- Tags: ASUS, Video Card, Motherboard, CPU, Intel Core 2 Duo, RAM, Digital Equipment Corp., Graphics, Intel Corp., PSU, Video Cards, Chipsets, Processors, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Build the $340 NAS for half the price but double the speed
- Build the $340 NAS for half the price but double the speedHard Drives not included in this articleGeorge doesn't mention the cost of hard drives, currently a 500GB drive is about $120-130. The Elite 340 case George specifies in this article is a MicroATX case with two 5.25 and...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, NAS, FreeNAS
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- The quad-core project - Building the PC walkthrough
- The quad-core project - Building the PC walkthroughThe quad-core project - Building the PCSo you scored a 5.3 on a Quad Core??? Whooppee doo! I scored that on my 2.4GHZ Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, an 160Gb SATA HDD and an Nvidia 7950GT.2 suggestions...First, if you research you'll...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., RIM BlackBerry, quad-core, PC, Hewlett-Packard Co., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-10
- Friday Rant - A tale of two PC cases
- Friday Rant - A tale of two PC casesComputer cases rarely are heard aboutSo I am happy to hear your rant on the subject. The thing that frustrates me is the sudden popularity of one case design or another. Like the Antec Dragons that were also sold...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Consumer electronics, DVD, Newegg.com, bay
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- New Stepping G Intel Core 2 chips clocking over 4 GHz
- New Stepping G Intel Core 2 chips clocking over 4 GHzWhile setting up 5 new DEllPC's for a customer, Dell sent me to download a patch from Microsoft to improve the stability of the Core Intel chip. Is this an Intel problem or a Windows problem? And are...
- Tags: Processors, PC, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., overclocking, chip
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- Setting up the 2.5 TB hot-swap array
- Setting up the 2.5 TB hot-swap arrayHow's your heat?Those drives don't seem like they could stay cool for long.The good thing is the system is dedicated almost purely for storage. Something I messed up when I designed my system.Gaming Rigs and Storage boxes don't mix.hdparm pleasecan you please boot...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate governance, Storage, RAID, Microsoft Windows Vista, hard drive, bay, software, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-05-01
- Turns out the best PC I own to run Vista on is...
- Turns out the best PC I own to run Vista on is... my MacBook. Thats as good a definition of irony as I can come up with.Now before anyone reading that gets too hot under the collar, let me add the following qualifications to the statement above:I didnt say fastest,...
- Tags: Tablet PCs, Software, Mobility, Microsoft Office, Mac, Windows, Vista, Productivity, Hardware
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
- ABS Ultimate X Striker Elite
- We generally like ABS systems. Of the lesser-known vendors (we call them "third tiers"), we usually find ABS PCs built well, with strong bang for the buck. The ABS Ultimate X Striker Elite is no different, but you should be extra careful if you place an order. If you look...
- Tags: asset based security
- Product reviews 2007-04-10
- First impressions: Lenovo X60 Tablet PC
- Ive had the Lenovo X60 Tablet PC for about a week now and the system is configured for my trip to Seattle for the Microsoft Global MVP Summit next week after a quick weekend in Phoenix to see some spring training baseball and an Eric Clapton show. Im happy to...
- Tags: Hardware, Microsoft Office, Mobility, Productivity, Tablet PCs, Vista, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Choosing the right PSU for your PC
- So, just how big a power supply unit does a PC really need? In this post Ill show you how you can work out how big a PSU your system needs and some of the considerations that you need to keep in mind when buying a PSU.It seems to...
- Tags: Desktops, PSU, PC, calculator
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
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