Overclocking the E2140 with the Gigabyte G41MT-ES2L with the BSEL modThe E2140 is notorious for being ridiculously overclockable. Here’s how far I was able to push it on the Gigabyte G41MT-ES2L. |
Noctua NH-U12P vs Cool It Domino A.L.C.I look at both an air and water cooler that happen to be in the same price ballpark, comparing performance and sound. |
Brother HL-3070CW Color Wireless LED Printer reviewHow I’d never considered a Brother printer before, I don’t know. I ended up quite impressed. |
Thoughts on the Antec 300Yet another Antec review – this time, the 300. |
OCZ 600SXS StealthXStream power supply review – (hint: it’s in the trash)It may as well have been a no-name PSU to be honest…. |
ASUS M4A785-M review – overclocking the 6-core AMD Phenom II X6 1055T at stock voltageI got one of the most cost-effective 6-core setups you can put together, did some overclocking, and watched the heat. |
Asus P5KPL-CM and BSEL pin volt mods – Don’t bother, they don’t work.My failed attempts at pin modding the P5KPL-CM motherboards. |
Overclocking the i3 540 on the Gigabyte H55M-UD2H past 4GhzPushing the i3 540 past 4Ghz! |
Time Capsule 1TB uses the WD Caviar GreenI wasn’t sure what hard drive would be in my Time Capsule (purchased in Canada). Pulling it apart, it turns out it’s the WD Caviar Green – not bad! |
Boot Camp and the Apple Wireless Mouse not workingApple’s “Magic Mouse” works fine in Mac OS X. On Windows through BootCamp though… that’s another matter. |
in-win BL-631 case review – small, packed, and mostly quiet with decent airflowThe in-win BL-631 is a fairly small case, with a packed interior. I go over an installation and mention the quirks and qualms I ran into. |
The fix when the P5KPL-CM won’t sleepWho would have thought a motherboard wouldn’t sleep because of a default jumper setting? |
Samsung ML-1210 and Windows 7 – the driverGetting the Samsung ML-1210 driver to work well with Windows 7 wasn’t straightforward. Fortunately, the trick to get it working is easy. |
Reducing the Northbridge temps on the MSI X58 PRO-E motherboardThe northbridge on the X58 PRO-E is notorious for getting hot. I walk through the process of pulling the heatsinks and applying new paste to bring those temps down. |
Antec Sonata III case reviewI look at the Sonata III with a comparison against the old piano-finish variant. |
2.4Ghz vs 5Ghz, D-Link DWA-160 short review, a kink, and the fixA look at the DWA-160, with a deeper focus on the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz aspects. |
The Intel Q6600 Overhaul – Lapping and going from the Stock Cooler to the Arctic Freezer Pro 7A pretty in-depth look at lapping both a CPU and heatsink to try and improve the thermals. |
The lapping test – reducing temps by lapping a CPU’s heatspreader & heatsinkLapping a CPU – the process. |
Intel E2140 + ASUS P5B-VM SE overclockingA look at overclocking the E2140, and results! |
My Samsung SyncMaster 206BW lcd monitor reviewA bit of a look at the Samsung monitor I bought. |