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It looks like [H]ardOCP has a longer, more exhaustive list than I have. It looks like the members of their forum all pitched in and collected information from manufacturers' web sites, while all I did was go shopping at some online stores in search of products which were listed as...

The sad thing is that nobody is looking out for the customer here. (Not even the federal government.) Under the DMCA, content providers are pretty much free to go out and shop among the different companies for whatever copy protection standard they decide they like, and America's addiction to...

Building a List of HDCP-compliant Video Cards If you want your computer to be truly "Vista-Ready", you need a video card that is HDCP compliant. Windows Vista uses HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection), a form of copy protection that requires both the source and the monitor to be...

If you want your computer to be truly "Vista-Ready", you need a video card that is HDCP compliant. The PowerColor X1650 Pro, as reviewed by TechGage, is not. This means that some HDCP-protected content (such as HD-DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs) will not play, or will play at 480p resolution (the...

I think it ought to be mentioned that Zalman got their start producing products for PC enthusiasts who sought to reduce the noise produced by their computer. Their priority is silent operation, not the lowest possible temperatures, which is the expectation of overclockers. It's no surprise to me...

I, too, love ABS.

I still think that even as Thermaltake's case-building know-how has improved greatly over the past few years, they still haven't lost their taste for the gaudy, flashy stuff that I can't stand. And even as Thermaltake has developed better and better cases, Antec's products have become even more...

I wanted to grab one of the Logitech Z-5450 for a review, but they said no. (from the "At Least I Tried" department) Honestly, however, I think that there exists a real market for computer speakers that use virtual surround algorithms like Dolby Virtual Speaker and SRS TruSurround to simulate...

Happy new year, all. Let's hear your plans/resolutions for the new year, along with whatever details you'd like to share. My resolution is to work to be less awkward in social situations, and to be more of a social initiator, inviting my friends to do stuff instead of waiting to be...

If you need to drive another (tiny) monitor, perhaps what you need is an old PCI video card from Ebay.

At Sidewinder Computers, they have another model of fanless northbridge cooler with its heatpipe exiting to the side and at an angle, for the purpose of not interfering with long video cards. Take a look at that one -- it may fit the bill.

Oh, you can always go fanless, as long as you have enough heatsink surface area and aren't otherwise resisting the flow. Forced convection is used only to reduce the package size of the cooling solution. The ABIT solution uses a rear I/O panel design that creates a small airflow short-circuit...

I received mine on Thursday. I think that Seagate is one of the only manufacturers that hasn't had trouble with reliability of their drives. Western Digital, IBM/Hitachi Deskstar, and (more recently) Maxtor have all had periods of time in which their drives were considered to be of...

I say, go fanless with whatever chipset cooler you get. I personally select motherboards with fanless northbridges now, because the fans on my two Asus A7v motherboards both failed in about a year. The board I've selected for my new personal rig is the ABIT KN9, which uses a heatpipe to transmit...

Even some of my atheist friends and acquaintances celebrate Christmas. In their mind, if they have the opportunity to profit from what they view to be the stupidity of others, they have an almost Darwinistic obligation to take advantage of it. So there's really not much excuse to avoid getting...

In an audio system, when a number of individual signal paths are provided for differing or unique audio signals, those signal paths are referred to as channels. A Monoaural ("mono") audio system has only one channel. A Stereophonic ("stereo") audio system has two channels, which provide an aural...

I think I've found my next keyboard. Oh yes, it will be mine.

I don't think this gizmo should have received a '10' rating. True, it does everything it's supposed to, but the ultimate gadget for this application would actually be an oscilloscope with a PC input, for measuring things like transient demand and the shape of the AC waveform from the wall.

Soon, nine screws won't be enough to hold your motherboard to the backplane, from all the metal hanging from it. Honestly, does memory even get that hot?

I remember seeing that, back in 1999 when reading the magazine at my local library. (support 'em!) Now, that jab at the graphics industry takes on fresh meaning as top of the line cards require monstrous coolers and more power than your CPU uses. This trend must be put to a stop, and I hope...