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[BLOG] Anti-Virus for Your PC at No Cost 4 Comments By cralor on March 5, 2010 Hello. This is my first Blog post! I hope to continue to write once in a while. NOTE: This is just Anti-Virus software. If you are looking for Anti-Spyware and Anti-Malware, two free solutions I recommend are SUPERAntiSpyware and MalwareBytes. Check them out! Today I will be looking at ways to help protect your computer without spending money for all different types of software. Currently, there are many free alternative software choices that do almost as good (in some cases as good) as ones t...
Guide: Overclocking a fan 0 Comments By OverShocked on February 26, 2010 How to overclock a fan. What are we doing? There are 2 different mods we can do, both of them will increase the voltage going to fan resulting in a higher fan speed. Fans are meant to run at 12v. We are going to run these fans at 17v and 24v. Are their any risks? Of course there are risks, its called overclocking for a reason. It will not be that risky though because we are not dealing with enough electricity that will cause harm to the body. Always proceed with caution though. The main ri...
A Guide Regarding Old Graphics Cards Throttling & More 0 Comments By Oj101 on February 12, 2010 So you’re sitting a few second away from the end of your world record run of 3DMark2001 and the graphics card isn’t even chilled – you’re so hardcore you’re letting the poor GeForce 4 Ti4400 sweat it out with air cooling. Everything’s going smoothly until halfway through Nature when suddenly your framerate drops through the floor. Yip, you’ve hit thermal throttling. First off, lets get the nitty-gritties out of the way. As I’m sure you’d have...
[VID] Chew* Demonstrates Black Edition Profiles w/ MSI GD70 Mobo 3 Comments By EnJoY on January 21, 2010 Chew* has posted a quick how-to guide on the new OCZ Cas8 Black Edition memory modules using the MSI GD70 790FX motherboard for AMD. In the guide, he shows how fast and easy it is to implement the BE profiles, despite what some users on various forums are suggesting. Check out the video below, and be sure to thank Chew* for his time in making it.
E8400 and Qx9650 Battle Windows 7, Windows XP, and Eachother : Who or What Will Reign Supreme? Part 2 2 Comments By The Duke on December 31, 2009 What will we cover in this installment of our adventure into figuring out all this ‘he said, she said’ mumbo jumbo? I will be exploring the STOCK e8400 and how it handles windows XP and windows 7. Do you lose a lot of performance by upgrading? We will find out later on. Is there a huge difference in anything the 2 operating systems do or is everything negligible? Hopefully we will find out later on. This segment could prove very informative for the average computer user who does no...
Piecemeal Upgrades Pt 4 Data Protection 0 Comments By Neuromancer on December 21, 2009 The Piecemeal Upgrade pt4 Data Protection: Redundancy, backups, offline and online storage. With limited funds in a single PC household it is important to have a PC that is never down for too long. One of the key problems associated with piecemeal upgrades however is the need to occasionally reinstall the operating system. This can be a nightmare trying to back up documents, photos, settings, applications as well as operating system tweaks one may prefer. Learning how to properly maintain y...
Basic Computer Building Guide for ‘Noobs’ 0 Comments By The Duke on December 21, 2009 Guide to building a complete system: (specs will vary) First off, System Specs: Intel E8400 3GHz (with Thermalright extreme 120 black heatsink) ASUS Maximus 2 P45 motherboard G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK PC Power and Cooling 750 quad XFX 8800GT (with Accelero S1 Rev2 cooling) 2×2 Western Digital Raptors in Raid0 1 Seagate 250GB slave Super writemaster samsung DVD -r Silverstone TJ-09 black case To start everything off I think it is somewha...
Relation between memory timings and frequency 1 Comment By thebluemeanie1 on October 19, 2009 So after an hour long battle with the image uploader, I think I can declare victory. Relation between memory timings and frequency You may have wondered which kit of RAM is better, the DDR 1066MHz at 5-5-5-15 or DDR 2133MHZ at 10-10-10-30. Some people will say the DDR 1066MHz at 5-5-5-15 is better because of the tighter timings others will say the DDR 2133MHz at 10-10-10-30 is better because of the higher frequency. The answer is the actual latency is exactly the same and the DDR 2133MHz at...
Piece Meal Upgrades pt 3 0 Comments By Neuromancer on October 4, 2009 Piece Meal Upgrades pt 3 As already discussed, a piece meal upgrade is performed when a jump to an entirely new platform is not financially possible. A ground up all new part design is best and will give the best price performance ratio if properly setup. For those that cannot afford a complete rebuild though, designing a system with affordable parts that also support upgrading over an extended period of time is the only option. While more money will be spent over the life of the upgrade, re...
Piecemeal Upgrades Pt 2.2 – Components 0 Comments By Neuromancer on September 21, 2009 Components The longevity of your computer components varies wildly, with the most expensive pieces often being a top performer for the shortest period of time. In order from longest lasting to shortest Hard Disk Drive/ Optical Disk Drive, Power Supply Unit, Video card, Memory, Motherboard, CPU. This breakdown is purely subjective, and while easily could instigate discussion on what pieces do have the longest longevity citing specific models of components, for brevity’s sake we will continu...
Piecemeal upgrades pt2.1 – Peripherals 0 Comments By Neuromancer on September 21, 2009 The Peripherals Monitors, come in 2 distinct flavors, CRT (not manufactured anymore) and LCD. The difference between CRT and LCD is dramatic, with vivid colors and crisp geometries on LCD, higher resolution and better contrast on CRT. LCD’s can be upgraded very cheaply now, CRT has no upgrade path, it is only mentioned if the upgrade inventory currently has a high resolution or widescreen CRT monitor, it may be reused rather effectively until the size and power requirements effect the end ...
Piecemeal upgrades pt1 2 Comments By Neuromancer on September 19, 2009 The Piecemeal Upgrade part 1 One cannot help be impressed with the gaming power of a new socket AM3 system from AMD, or the sheer computational power of an Intel i7 and even i5 system. Comparing them to an OEM system build from just a couple of years ago can be embarrassing. Running software designed today, may not even be possible on an older system, and if it does run, could experience all sorts of performance problems: Stuttering video on HD playback, freezing, crashing or overheating o...
Phenom II AM3 Overclocking Essentials 55 Comments By Slappa on May 28, 2009 Ever wondered why you can’t get past 3.6GHz on that new Phenom II? Some may claim it is a bad chip, but I for one, can guarantee you that is almost always not the case. I have been overclocking this chip for weeks and studying how it acts while doing so. I may not be an AMD engineer, or an electrical engineer, but here is what I have found: 1) Voltage People always repeat the same/similar phrases about these chips “Up the voltage, AMD chips are tanks and can take it!” In fa...

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