RAID improves availability
RAID improves availability, but is not an alternative to a real backup via CD-RW or tapes. RAID does not protect your work from fires or...
OCMS News April 2003
DNS issues OCmodshop :: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 If you are reading this you can reach the site, but aparently there are some people who...
Gaming News April 2003
X-Arcade Solo: Classic Arcade Gaming Controller Review Futurelooks :: Thursday, April 10, 2003 “Arcade style controls at their best or just a really expensive joystick?...
Tech News April 2003
Sapphire Radeon 9700 Atlantis Pro “Ultimate Edition” Review TweakTown :: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 “We’ve been seeing the Radeon 9700 Pro boards for a while,...
Overclocking Defined
In general terms, overclocking means to run a particular component at a clock rate over the rated clock speed (and is the opposite of underclocking,...
XFX GeForce 4 Ti4200 Turbo 8X Review
What we have done here is taken a GeForce4 TI 4200 GPU and slapped it onto an 8 layer PCB. We then populated the PCB...
Zalman CNPS-7000 Cu and AlCu Cooler Review
Zalman is a Korean company that is well known in the computer enthusiast community for producing silent and effective cooling devices. They have concentrated on...
Old Compaq as Router
Lol, sure you can use an old compaq to route. Throw two NICs in it, load Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP on it and use the Internet Connection...
Black and Decker vs Dremel
Heh, I used a Black and Decker 18V cordless drill with rotary cutter attachment from a dremel. This thing, literally, blows the doors off of...
Exhaust Only for a Case?
Exhaust is always better. Remember the el-cheapo whiteboxes (and even some name brands with micro ATX cases), or even older systems? One cooling fan, and...
AOpen AX4PE Max Motherboard Review
The Pentium 4 scene has changed several times since the chip was first introduced. Some of these changes caused many users to stray to AMD’s...
More Processor Rant
Keep in mind with AMD processors, they will be slower than the Xeons except in 80-bit floating point, which is very rare to encounter in...
Benefit of Dual Procs
Dual processors also allow the OS to give an application a larger timeslice, meaning that for standard office productivity work with lots of task switching...
OCMS News March 2003
Today is my birthday! OCmodshop :: Sunday, March 30, 2003 I am an old man today, 20 years old… That’s ok though :) Another case...