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How to choose your computer hardware: Part 2.1 The Graphic Card (GPU)

How to choose your computer hardware: Part 2.1 The Graphic Card (GPU)

The old days of computing asked us to be content with computers that uttered no sound except the occasional “beep,” printers that made more noise than a cat using a scratching post, and monitors that offered either an orange or green glow. Fortunately, all that is history, and we may now bask in the glow [...]

How to choose your computer hardware: Part 1.2 The Hard Drive Disk Size and Transfer rate

How to choose your computer hardware: Part 1.2 The Hard Drive Disk Size and Transfer rate

Hard Drive Size – Why It’s Important The hard drive disk of a computer is the primary storage device of the computer. It is a non-removable device that retains all the information when the computer is turned off. A fast hard drive supplies the computer with data as soon as it is needed. Hard drives [...]

Cellphones 101 -Lesson 2: Which Cellphone can meet my needs?

Cellphones 101 -Lesson 2: Which Cellphone can meet my needs?

What happened to the old days when a phone was designed only to make and receive calls? Now you can SMS, MMS, use Bluetooth, infrared transfer and take pictures. In short, your tiny cellphone is now a powerful communication/entertainment/personal assistant device! To begin, in order to find a cellphone that can satisfy your needs, it’s [...]

How to overclock Core 2 Duo (Part 2)

How to overclock Core 2 Duo (Part 2)

1.6 Software 1.6.1 Temperature Like I mentioned before; as soon as you start overclocking, the CPU will get warmer than normal, thus a good CPU cooler is very important. To check the temperature of the CPU, you can use a program like Coretemp. This program allows you to check the temperature of both cores separately. [...]

The Art of Drifting 101

The Art of Drifting 101

  As The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift exploits the art of drifting on big screen, it has undoubtedly captured worldwide car enthusiasts. Drifting is a form of art; there are varieties of ways to drift a car, and that’s up to the driver’s preference and the car. In short, drifting is defined as [...]

How to choose your computer hardware: Part 1.1 The Hard Drive Disk (HDD)

How to choose your computer hardware: Part 1.1 The Hard Drive Disk (HDD)

How to Select A Hard Drive For Your PC Deciding on the appropriate hard drive is a personal decision made according to an individual’s computing needs. These days, 160 gigabytes, up to 300 gigabytes, 400 gigabytes, 500 gigabytes and even larger are common. When pricing hard drives, it is common to see very little price [...]

How to overclock Core 2 Duo (Part 1)

How to overclock Core 2 Duo (Part 1)

1.1 Introduction Overclocking. For one it’s a sport, for another it’s a way to increase the performance of the PC. Overclocking is actually no more than letting the hardware components run on a higher speed than the stock speeds. Depending on the product that you want to overclock, there are several ways to do it. [...]