Being of the paranoid persuasion, I find it comforting to know that my computer isn't overheating or being overvolted.

Therefore, I have always used RivaTuner and my G19 (formerly G15) display to keep an eye on CPU usage, CPU temperature, GPU temperature and even

Hi everyone

There was a bit of a technical hiccup with the blogs that prevented new blog entries from being posted, but that's been fixed so today I can show you how to overclock the Intel Core i7 920 D0 to 4GHz.

The Intel Core2 range was a

Hi everyone, let's complete the build shall we? :)

For this build I bought the XFX HD4850 XXX (I know, I know, why didn't I buy a more powerful graphics card?  The truth of the matter is that I'm waiting for the DirectX11 cards from AMD and NVIDIA, it's a bit silly to upgrade to

And now, the highly anticipated follow-up to The_Techie's Upgrade Part 1!

After the PSU was installed, I turned my attention to the motherboard.  I chose

Phew, what a week!  My build is now 99% done (still waiting for the Logitech G19) and purring along nicely.

Now I can finally show you some

I've been quite busy upgrading this past week, had to deal with my fair share of issues as well (suppliers not delivering on their promises)...

But all is not lost!  The build is nearing completion, and over the course of my following blog posts I will show you how I

I'm finally upgrading! :)  Planning on building two rigs, one for gaming at home and one for LANs.

Gaming rig
Intel Core i7 920 (overclocked to 4GHz) with Thermalright Ultra

Just a quick update:  It has been confirmed that the ASUS P7P55D EVO motherboard (based on the P55 chipset) will have two Marvell 6Gbps SATA ports.  The P55 chipset supports the upcoming Intel Core i5 (socket LGA1156) CPUs, with dual channel DDR3 support.

Will this have any

Ever wondered what those numbers mean when a website advertises RAM as DDR3-1600 at 9-9-9-27 latencies?  It’s a bit confusing reading these strange numbers for the first time but after reading this article, you’ll be one step closer to hardware specification nirvana.

RAM

It was perhaps inevitable that my addiction to hardware and software resulted in me becoming a blogger...  With Windows 7's release around the corner, the next-generation cards from AMD and NVIDIA waiting in the wings and Google's operating system looming, it is now more important than ever