Recent content by dlb

With stock CPU coolers, OCing is not a real good idea. However, you can OC the video card quite easily. You didn't mention which card you have, but MSI's AfterBurner and eVGA's Precision are two very easy to use OC tools for NVidia video cards (I haven't tried 'em with AMD/ATI cards- they may or...

Decent rig, but the power supply is a massive piece of $#!*. Go with an Antec 650w (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015) or 750w (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371026). These are MUCH better units and still fit into your budget and power...

I recently installed a V6GT on a client's motherboard (Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3) and had no problems with RAM clearance. All 6 memory slots were filled and there was no issue with the fans getting in the way of the first couple of RAM slots. This was with memory modules that had heat sinks, but the...

I've been toying with the idea of purchasing a media player for quite some time. One thing that I never see in reviews is if the player can read from a USB DVD drive. I have a good collection of DVD movies (commercial store-bought movies), and a HUGE collection of XViD/DivX rips burned to DVDs...

I have pirated a few games myself. Most recently were Call Of Duty World at War, Call Of Duty Modern Warfare, and Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2. I did this just to see how they would run with my hardware, and once I saw that I could play the games, I removed 'em and went out bought them. The...

WOW! Yup - Truly a beast!! I'm surprised they didn't blow a circuit in the hotel room!! LOL Just out of curiosity, what kind of CPU coolers are shown in the pic? They have the CoolerMaster logo, but they've obviously been customized. Are they a modified Hyper212+??

I haven't used those particular testers, but I have used a CoolMax tester and several "generic" testers. I strongly recommend using a tester with a display that shows the actual voltage readings for each rail (like this one from CoolMax). The cheaper testers simply have an LED that lights up...