Alan McCloskey, Author at OCmodshop.com

Gigabit Upgrade

Alan McCloskeyFeb 16, 2008November 28, 20140

I recently upgraded to gigabit and have been woefully disappointed… I’m still trying to see if it’s the quality of my cable to my room,

OCMS Brand Update?

Alan McCloskeyFeb 15, 2008August 25, 20140

I have been thinking about updating the site’s branding for a while, because of some of the confusion about the name “OCModShop”. For one, more

Add ‘My Computer’ to Windows Taskbar

Alan McCloskeyFeb 14, 2008August 2, 20140

Many of us like to have the quickest possible route to our commonly used folders. Even though nearly everything is accessible via the Start Menu,

Noctua NF-B9 Fan Review

Alan McCloskeyFeb 13, 2008August 2, 20140

Noctua has had some great success with their innovative PC case fans, and now they are introducing their first 92mm fan, dubbed the NF-B9. This

Web Compression on OCMS

Alan McCloskeyFeb 12, 2008August 25, 20140

Oh, and the website is now much faster. I was looking for a way to increase performance, and I found an option in IIS that

Datacenter Raising Rates

Alan McCloskeyFeb 6, 2008August 25, 20140

My local datacenter is looking to raise my rates… so I am looking at moving the servers to another datacenter. Right now I am

PhysX by nVidia: A New Era of Gaming!

Alan McCloskeyFeb 6, 2008November 28, 20140

nVidia’s purchase of Ageia signals the dawn of a new era in PC gaming. For those who didn’t know, Ageia is known for their “PhysX”

TiVo Record XM Channels

Alan McCloskeyFeb 5, 2008November 28, 20140

Your Tivo won’t record the XM channels? That doesn’t surprise me, as more and more content owners are getting persnickety about the use of their

Razer Lachesis Gaming Mouse Review

Alan McCloskeyFeb 5, 2008August 2, 20142

Razer has been making gaming peripherals that cater to the serious and professional PC gamer. Serious gamers will tell you that a high-DPI gaming mouse

Energy Drink Shootout

Alan McCloskeyFeb 1, 2008August 27, 20140

I started to write an article in January 2006 with a “Energy Drink Shootout”. I even bought some acrylic ice cubes like they do when

Coolit Chillers

Alan McCloskeyJan 31, 2008November 28, 20140

Coolit sent me one of these for review, and I hope to have it published next week. Like you said, it looks promising, and all

Extended support for XP

Alan McCloskeyJan 31, 2008November 28, 20140

Well, having MS support an old product is really a moot point. The rest of the industry has moved on, too. You’ll be hard pressed

Cranking out PAX Articles

Alan McCloskeyJan 31, 2008August 25, 20140

I’ve been trying to crank out all the PAX gaming articles as quickly as I can. I have a few more game previews before I

SteelSeries SP Mousepad Review

Alan McCloskeyJan 29, 2008August 2, 20140

If someone were to ask you “Who’s your favorite mousepad manufacturer?”, what would you say? This list is rather short, and not many companies are