Alan McCloskey, Author at OCmodshop.com

Sony’s PS3 Delays Gives Xbox 360 Edge

Alan McCloskeyMar 24, 2006November 28, 20140

Sony’s decision to delay the launch of the Playstation 3 console from spring to November has given Microsoft’s Xbox 360 time to gain a bigger

Vantec EZ-Swap 2 Hot-Swap HDD Bay Review

Alan McCloskeyMar 23, 2006July 28, 20140

Removeable hard drive racks offer users a convenient way to move lots of data around. The emergence of Serial ATA now allows users to hot-swap

Thermalright V1 Ultra VGA Heatsink Review

Alan McCloskeyMar 9, 2006July 28, 20140

After many years of producing some of the top-performing CPU heatsinks in the world, Thermalright has entered the video card cooling arena. The manufacturer has

I don't like Firefox

Alan McCloskeyMar 5, 2006November 28, 20140

I personally don’t like Firefox very much… I might even write an article about why IE is so much better. Don’t get me wrong… the

Xbox 360 Camera Details

Alan McCloskeyMar 1, 2006June 28, 20140

In-Camera Video Processing The camera itself is capable of not only receiving the information, but also processing it. It’s no mean feat in something so

Futuremark Begins Development of Vector Graphics Benchmark

Alan McCloskeyFeb 28, 2006November 28, 20140

Saratoga, CA and 3GSM World Congress, Barcelona, Spain – February 15th, 2006 – Futuremark, creators of world’s most widely used benchmarks for handhelds and PCs,

How Does 95th Percentile Billing Work?

Alan McCloskeyFeb 24, 2006November 28, 20140

Many web businesses are hosted through a datacenter, and there are many pricing plans depending on your bandwidth needs. If your site is heavily text

OCMS Plagurized again

Alan McCloskeyFeb 16, 2006August 25, 20140

DOA Central has seen fit to plagurize my DOA4 article by posting the ENTIRE article on their forum. Yes, they link to the original article,

Mad Dog 39-Inch UV SATA Cable Review

Alan McCloskeyFeb 15, 2006July 28, 20140

In the past few years, increasing hard disk transfer rates have forced the ATA interface to be continuously updated beyond its limits. Consumers have adopted

Here’s My Hardware

Alan McCloskeyFeb 14, 2006November 28, 20140

OCmodbox case: Lian Li V1000 tower case (anodized black) processor: Athlon 64 X2 3800+ video card: XFX GeForce 7800 GT (cool fan mod) sound card:

Problems with Condemned

Alan McCloskeyFeb 13, 2006November 28, 20140

I called support (1-800-4MY-Xbox) about the problem with Condemned. and they were very eager to blame other departments and shuffle me around without actually having

Xbox Live Update breaks downloadable kiosk demo

Alan McCloskeyFeb 13, 2006November 28, 20140

I had downloaded the xbox 360 kiosk demo DVD that has been floating around the net, and it worked perfectly. However, Microsoft forced an

OCZ XTC PC2-4200 Gold DDR2 Review

Alan McCloskeyFeb 10, 2006July 28, 20140

PC gamers have always been on the bleeding edge of technology. As a matter of fact, PC gamers have been the driving economic force creating

Athena Power SNT-2312B2 HDD Enclosure Review

Alan McCloskeyFeb 7, 2006July 28, 20140

In today’s world, people need to carry their data with them wherever they go. Memory sticks and USB drives are fine for small files, but

Halo 3 is Go For Launch!

Alan McCloskeyFeb 1, 2006July 28, 20140

An industry insider revealed today that Halo 3 is finished and is at the mastering plant, awaiting the green light. The final artwork has been