This guide assumes you’ve already decided to purchase an Intel based system, and takes you to the next step…..deciding which one. The emphasis here is on value, overclocking, and overall system performance.

My goal for this guide is to get your Bloomfield or Gulftown CPU overclocked to 95% of it’s potential in 5% off the time.

Introduction So many users are searching around the net these days looking for advice on how to overclock their new systems but don’t know where to start.  To help everyone out, I decided a how-to guide was in order.  Searching around forums can be confusing and intimidating.  There are so many people willing to give advice, [...]

Cooler Master has sent us a new mouse from their CM Storm line of products. The CM Storm Inferno is a massively programmable mouse once coupled with the software that is included with it. It has an on-board chip to store your profiles for on-the-fly switching, which will also work if you switch computers. The [...]

History of mini-ITX I was sitting in my office, browsing tech news online almost a decade ago when I first saw the mini-ITX form factor. My mind immediately started fantasizing about the possibilities such a small system would afford. Thoughts of internet terminals built into kitchen cupboards, or car PCs entertained my imagination for years. [...]

ATI 5870+5850 CrossFireX I’ve been playing around with two mismatched GPU’s in CrossFireX. Namely a reference model HD5870 from Asus and a custom PCB HD5850 from XFX. Perhaps not the most common setup, as most would much rather go for two identical cards. But if you happen to stumble upon the odd card, then why [...]

A lot of people have an old VHS collection gathering dust, or content that was purchased on their gaming device that must be kept on that device. What does it really take to get this content on to a DVD? Not much. Using a hardware video trans-coder, such as the ADS DVD-ExpressDX2 (does not work [...]

These Microkingdom USB Game controllers are reminiscent of ye olde PS2 controllers, but specifically designed for some classic gaming on your PC. You can substitute these for pretty much any generic controller, no brand in particular is really necessary. For about $10, you can pick up a pair of randomly named controller brands, which is [...]