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, [...]

As memory chip manufacturers develop better and cheaper manufacturing processes, the computer storage market is quickly becoming saturated by Solid-State Drives. On the bandwagon, Intel is quickly developing gamer and enthusiast class 34nm NAND Flash memory for their Solid-State Drives. Intel markets their X25-M Mainstream SATA Solid-State Drives towards gamers, claiming they will provide greater [...]

I got bored the other day and started looking at SSD’s with their read/write speeds and got to thinking. Yes, when I get bored and start thinking, it can be scary, especially to my bank account. However, for once, I had everything I needed to satisfy my curiosity and my bank account is grateful! Let’s [...]

Introduction: A motherboard is probably the single most important component to the enthusiast. For a person in the know, this is pretty obvious, but for a newer user this may come as new information. Many forums as well as review sites fail to reveal the big picture, and there are a plethora of components used [...]

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Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9 Motherboard Review Patrick “Deux” VanValzah First off, I’d like to make sure you know what you’re going to get from this review. This isn’t going to be your run of the mill motherboard review where I ramble about the number of USB and SATA ports and run meaningless tests comparing motherboards and drawing [...]

Recently, I was handed a large case marked “Mission: Unlock // Overclock” along with an envelop marked “Top Secret.” Intrigued, I opened the envelop to find a series of smaller envelops labeled with phase numbers. Proceeding with the mission, I opened the phase 1 envelop. Inside the envelop I found a USB key, aptly shaped [...]