As any true PC enthusiast knows, it’s not the biggest, highest end, fastest piece of hardware that is most sought after. It’s the cheapest part you can snag that can be overclocked and hacked to run as fast or better than the high-end offering. In the world of custom computers, the two heaviest modded parts are easily processor and video card. Both pieces benefit greatly from faster clocks, unlocked cores, etc., etc. Today’s story of unlocking hidden...
Common practice for high-end video cards is gobs of power, big heat sinks, and endless smiles. While all are very flattering, sometimes you don’t want to take up gobs of space, as factory overclocked cards can often spill into a third PCI slot. The performance is definitely wanted, the extra girth from heat sinks is not. Thankfully, consumers now have cards such as the eVGA GTX 480 Hydro Copper to help them with such issues. The Hydro Copper is actually a tweaked...
Geeks and PC builders usually fall into two classes: (1) performance or (2) quiet computing. I personally love speed, not giving too much care to noise as I often am wearing headphones, so it’s a moot point. But others would like to be able to hold a normal conversation or play a song without having to crank the volume up just to be heard of the sound of spinning fans. For the ATI 58xx series, there hasn’t really been a legitimate 3rd party solution for...
Going wireless is a liberating experience that sets apart those who merely like technology with those who can’t live with out it. Die hard technology fans. Wireless, especially high performing wireless, is what we care about most. Besides, nothing says old and outdated like a junky cable poking out from your beloved gadgets. Building upon the success of their first gen HDAiR, Atlona Technologies took their customers’ ideas and requests to heart by adding one...
Take a stroll to your local electronics store and look at the back of a high end monitor or TV. What do you see? You’ll see every type of connection known to man kind and multiple’s of some of them. One would ask, “How did we get to the point where we have so many connections?”. It’s manufacturers thinking that they have the next latest and greatest, or best solution for the industry. Naturally not everyone sees eye to eye and...
