Alan McCloskey, Author at OCmodshop.com

OCMS Ripped off yet again

Alan McCloskeyMay 15, 2006August 25, 20140

One of our readers pointed out that a Chinese websitehas posted one of our articles VERBATIM! They didn’t even bother to unwatermark our images, and

Futuremark Staff Changes

Alan McCloskeyApr 7, 2006November 28, 20140

Futuremark Inc. Appoints Oliver Baltuch as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, North America Baltuch brings 20 years of strategic marketing and semiconductor experience for

GelTabz Xbox 360 Performance Thumb Grips Review

Alan McCloskeyApr 5, 2006July 28, 20140

It has happened to the best of us… You’ve been humiliated by that one online player over and over again in front of your friends:

Lian Li V1000 Case Accessories Review

Alan McCloskeyMar 30, 2006July 28, 20140

Lian Li cases are extremely popular these days, and it’s easy to see why. Many high-end computer systems call Lian Li their home because of

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