Hot on the heels of the release of its very successful 4000 series graphics cards, AMD has released three new Phenom processors into their lineup—the X4 9950, 9350e and 9150e.

As the IRS winds up on a barrage of $600 stimulus checks, Icrontic weighs in with the Stimulus Check PC: the perfect way to drop $600 for something sweet.

A step-by-step guide for making a triple boot MacBook Pro with Vista 64, Ubuntu, and OS X Leopard.

With the cost of DDR2 kits falling sharply, 4GB kits are becoming very accessible to the masses. Today we take a look at one of Corsair's higher end Dominator kits, the TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF.

Mike puts two new "Heatpipe Direct Touch" heatsinks through their paces in the Icrontic labs. Two different approaches to the technology will be compared and then ranked against the other eleven heatsinks we've tested to date.

Want some geek street cred? Try installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix on a sub-notebook such as the OLPC XO or the Asus EEE PC, using Icrontic's handy-dandy guide.

A long-standing flaw in the Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) WiFi client causes frequent disconnects and periods of high latency. Figure out how to tackle one of XP's oldest problems!

Greg "fatcat" Jones gives us his thoughts on becoming the ultimate Pyro in Team Fortress 2.

Noctua is back with a down-draft 120mm heatsink dubbed the NH-C12P. Mike puts it through its paces in the Icrontic lab.

Through "slipstreaming" you can update your Windows XP CD to include applications, drivers and updates. Learn how to add service pack 3, help XP recognize your SATA hard drive during install, and add your favorite apps to a fresh install.

Coolink's new low-profile GFXChilla VGA cooler boasts some impressive features and is priced very attractively. Compatible with just about every nVidia and ATI card on the market, we cook it up in the IC labs to see if its performance is as impressive as its price.

Duct tape is probably one of the most geeky materials known to man. We have a history of working with duct tape that includes some fairly impressive constructs, as well as several contest victories for creating purpose-built structures in a short timeframe. In February of 2007, we decided to put our skills working with DuctTape into a long-term, practical project. We wanted to build something that could really be useful. We decided on a computer case.

Icrontic receives a hands-on look at one of the first retail samples of an OCZ Cryo-Z phase-change CPU cooler.

What do you do to stir up the competition in a market saturated in dual-cores? How about offer three cores for the price of two. This is exactly what AMD hopes to accomplish with their aggressively priced, tri-core Phenom X3.

Mike takes a close look at the very popular TJ09 tower case from SilverStone. Although it was released in 2006, it is still a favorite amongst PC enthusiasts, overclockers and high-end workstation users.