What's Your Vista Base Score and Hardware Config? John-ErikFeb 16, 2008November 28, 20140 I’m just kinda curious to see what other people are running and with what results. Mine: Base score: 5.8 Subscores: 5.9, 5.9, 5.9, 5.9, 5.8 Read more
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 Read 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, Read more
QNAP Q35s Backup Enclosure Review Don HaynesFeb 13, 2008August 2, 20140 I’m not the biggest fan of external HD enclosures. It seems that the speed of transfer is always too slow and the heat build-up causes you Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
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” Read more
Danger Den MC-TDX 775 Watercooler Block Review Daniël PielageFeb 5, 2008August 2, 20140 With all the new dual core and quad core processors in the market now a days using more and more power and producing more and Read more
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 Read more
Girls and Hardware TrishaFeb 5, 2008November 28, 20140 I don’t think the problem is that we’re being ignored as consumers. Perhaps I am a weird breed of female, but if I want to Read more
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 Read more
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 Read more
OCMS News January 2008 NewsJan 31, 2008June 29, 20140 Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 Motherboard Review Wednesday, February 27, 2008 First and foremost, this review is a long time coming, why? Because, I had to buy Read more
Related Articles and Stuff Alan McCloskeyJan 31, 2008August 25, 20140 A list of ‘related articles’ is now listed at the bottom of each article page. The page suggestions are based on keywords on each article, Read more