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When Corsair released its H50 CPU cooler last year, it impressed all of the critics - including us. So much so, that we even have multiple units in our lab for our test beds. It was with great interest when the H70 was released, then, as it improves on the previous design in numerous ways. But...

Every so often, a high-end gaming PC gets announced that impresses me enough to talk about it, and today's announcement of ORIGIN PC's "The Big O" is one to catch my attention. In the high-end PC game, there seems to be little that can be done to differ from the competition, but ORIGIN PC has...

When AMD launched its Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics cards last fall, it beat NVIDIA to the DirectX 11 punch by over half a year, and though NVIDIA struck back with cards that out-performed AMD's best this past spring, AMD sure doesn't want that fact to remain for much longer. You can...

A couple of weeks ago, a rumor sprung up that claimed that Gearbox Software, the developer behind such hits as Borderlands, had taken over the Duke Nukem Forever project to make sure that we'd, you know, actually see a release. Well, rumor no more, as the developer announced the fact during PAX...

That problem there was a tad different, although I had the upper-hand there since there WAS an Administrator account left in-tact, while there wasn't here. And no warning, but there isn't supposed to be. I took admin action on something and it just bit me in the ass. I am oblivious to the reason...

It wouldn't because the HD 5770 or HD 5750 aren't the same size as the HD 5800 series. I am not sure off-hand what to recommend since I'm barely knowledgable in this area (this is the first GPU cooler I've dealt with in a long while, but that'll be changing).

Have I ever mentioned that I hate Windows? If not, then let it be known that I do. It's not that I like hating it... it's that I keep running into major issues that prevent me from even beginning to like it. It seems like every other day, I'm reassured that I made the right decision to move...

I stopped using Facebook a couple of months ago for a bunch of different reasons, and that's one of them. There's no such thing as making your Facebook your own, because you're always going to have every bit of information about you exposed at all times, and you're constantly going to be...

I always get a kick out of some of the hilarious street/town names littered around Europe, but it seems that the residents of said places don't get quite the same laugh. Understandably, they're sick and tired of the ridicule. When your street is named Butt Hole Road or Bladder Lane... I guess...

With its launch of iTunes 10 last week, Apple also launched a new social music service, "Ping". Does that sound like a generic name? Well, it is, and believe it or not, the company prevented future legal hassles by clearing the usage of the name from PING Golf, which retains the rights to it...

The summer might be about over, but the need to keep our graphics cards cool is one that never goes away. To help make sure that our GTX 200 cards are running at their best, Zalman has released the VF3000N cooler. It offers an abundance of fins and copper, a lot of room for airflow, and a...

Western Digital already has a photo-viewing app available for its NAS boxes, so it wouldn't surprise me if such a thing was in progress. I hope so, because it makes perfect sense and would make the product even more appealing. That is a GREAT question. I don't have a USB DVD-ROM...

We took a look at ASUS' O!Play media player a couple of weeks ago, and now we're checking out WD's spin on things, with its TV Live Plus. In addition to the fact that it supports a multitude of media formats, it has a great design, dual USB ports, HDMI and Component connectivity, and in our...

Hi all: A couple of months ago, I requested some information on building a proper 1Gbit network, and as it is, I have all parts in place, but I'm not seeing reliable 1Gbit speeds, if those speeds ever. At first, I thought it could have been the fault of the router I'm using (ASUS RT-N16)...

A couple of weeks ago, I took a look at ASUS' O!Play media player, and it's going to be the first of many such products that pass through our labs. Though they're simple in overall design, they serve an important purpose, by helping to make our media-viewing lives even easier. While it's tough...

Are you like me and enjoy sticking your fingers where they don't belong? Ever been "zapped" by a socket for getting too brave? Well, it looks like there's a product that was made just for us... or you know, those who generally want to lessen their chance of a mishap with electricity, especially...

Since I've been putting it off for far too long, I reformatted our GPU testing PC last night in order to re-install Windows and set it back up using our updated testing suite. Like usual, I just popped in the install DVD, deleted the HDD partitions, and then let the setup repartition and format...

In the market for the best CPU cooler for the buck? Cooler Master's V6 GT is the one to look out for. It features a great design that's both appealing to look at and efficient in doing its job, and despite it taking up less room over all compared to other mega-coolers out there, it offers...

I'll be going full board on GPU benchmarks for the next week, so those results might help your decision. Games I'll be testing with are StarCraft II, Mafia II, Metro 2033, Just Cause 2 and Dirt 2. These results will help me recommend you something :D Haven't benched the GTX 460 yet ( yes, I'm...

It's been a little while since we've last heard much out of Lucid Logix, although at Computex this past June, MSI told us that it was committed to the technology and would continue integrating it into some of its motherboards. But what about those who aren't using MSI motherboards? A new...