• Last updated 5/10/13 by AlphaC

1. No voltage control unless it's an aftermarket board (reference= OnSemi NCP5395 voltage controller : It does not provide software voltage control via I2C, nor any monitoring features.); Max Boost voltage = 1.175v ** ASUS GTX 660 uses ASP1212 rebranded as Digi+ instead of 4 phase VRM with no control http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/asus-geforce-gtx-660-directcu-ii-oc_2.html#sect0 ** MSI GTX 660 HAWK uses CHiL CHL 8318. ** ASUS GTX 650 TI Boost uses Richtek RT8867A with same garbage voltage control and monitoring as stock. 2. Late to the party. The... read more

• Last updated 5/8/13 by JohnArkin

More than the investment that you make in your printer, you will need to think about the recurring investment that you have to make in printer ink cartridges. People who have been using printers will tell you that if you don’t make the right choices in terms of the kind of the cartridges that you choose, you will need really deep pockets to take care of your printing requirements. This is where the benefits of compatible ink cartridges enter the picture. By offering great print quality at lower costs, they are a popular choice for printer owners. Let’s take a look at 3... read more

• Last updated 5/7/13 by kellystests

With technology advancements, newenterprise server and storage architectures, changing dynamics in the PC industry and Hard Disk Drive (HDD) shortages due to flooding in Thailand, the worldwide solid state storage industry revenue reached $5 billion in 2011, a 105% increase from the 2.4 billion in revenue from 2010. Another factor to note is that as the price for flash ($GB) continues to drop, SSDs will be used in more applications. While SSD memory costs were 120 times higher than HDD memory costs back in 2007, it dropped to 28.3 times the price by 2011 ($0.053 per GB... read more

• Last updated 4/4/13 by Karasu

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• Last updated 2/8/13 by chadrew

I've been looking for some less popular gaming mice because I think a lot of Razer, SteelSeries, etc. stuff is overpriced and you end up paying for the name. I've already had a good experience with a cheaper Chinese brand A4Tech, and although I wasn't able to find a small enough mouse from them for fingertip grip, the build quality and sensor were fine (and it cost a lot less than comparable Logitech products for example) So anyway, I found out that a German PC accessory manufacturer hama is making gaming mice as well. Their newest offering is uRage... read more

• Last updated 8/4/12 by dava4444

My Generation? (KBoard/mouse and Controller camps) Hi Guys Strong actions provoke equally strong reactions, and getting into PC gaming after many years of console use, i heard* about the 2K Bioshock 2 'prejudice' against the 360 or whatever controller on PC. if you like KB/M for gaming or a Controller it doesn't matter. these are only tools, not people, not people who are stealing your niche, I know about niche's and integrity, I was trained as a musician, selling out, which is what 2K thought they would be doing by pandering to crossover players, but it only turned... read more

• Last updated 7/25/12 by bruflot

Howdy, all. Contrary to popular opinion, I have no dropped completely off the face of the earth. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a little over a year since I was on OCN about 18 hours a day, but it’s been one heck of a year. I’ve had the best of intentions of becoming involved again (heck, I never intended to stop being involved), but life has been busy throwing curve balls my way on a fairly regular basis. As some of you may know, we had our first baby last September. I had every intention of posting pictures from the hospital. Instead of the expected two day... read more

• Last updated 6/14/12 by Frodo baggins

I've noticed some misinformation about HyperThreading and how it works so I'm going to attempt to explain it. In doing so I tradeoff simplicity for a bit of accuracy but I think it's a reasonable summary. HyperThreading…what is it? Basically, HyperThreading is just Intel’s marketing term for their implementation of Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT, for short). SMT literally means executing two threads simultaneously on a single processing core. In reality, the name SMT is used mostly for historical reasons as two threads never actually execute simultaneously on the... read more

• Last updated 6/12/12 by mega_option101

Hi there i have build my dream computer to play games and be a media converter i currently have a problem that i cant wrap my head around i have an issue where i am running at a vcc of 1.310 volts and load line at full and i am running prime95 and seem to be getting high temps compared to other over clockers considering the fans and hard ware in my case i thought i would be very cool as i have 3x200mm 1x230mm and then the 120mm at the back i have also got a cooler master v8 and with all fans running at max i get on core 1 73 degrees max and on core 3 the hottest core i... read more

• Last updated 6/9/12 by grillinman

June 6 2012: So my Q9550 has run brilliantly at 4080mHz for a long time. This is a 480FSB, folding stable, gaming stable, multitasking stable. I am an avid participant in Folding@Home and belong to the folding team Dark Predators. Recently the rules for my folding "category" changed and added some more powerful hardware that my quad is having trouble keeping up with. Thus, I will endeavor to push this quad as far as I can. Starting from my 480 FSB I am going to bump the FSB +3 every day or so after testing it's folding stability for that day. I am currently at 486 and... read more