Mike takes an in-depth look at five 1066MHz kits from Corsair, Kingston, OCZ and Crucial. PC2-8500 kits were once out of reach of the every day consumer. Today, with all of the DDR2 price cuts, they are an affordable alternative for those looking to get the most out of their systems.

With the dozens of electronic devices commonplace in just about every modern household, a small amount of electricity is constantly being leeched from the grid—day in, day out, twenty four hours per day, seven days per week. As more and more high-tech devices are purchased, this “Phantom Load” continues to increase.

A guide for upgrading your preconfigured PC to Windows XP. Perfect for when Vista just doesn't satisfy.

Following Icrontic’s epic heatsink roundup last month, two more heatsinks have found their way into the lab. Today, we’ll be taking an in-depth look at Noctua’s brand new NH-U12P and SilverStone’s Nitrogon NT06-Lite.

Sometimes your location doesn't cooperate with wireless signals. Walls and other obstacles conspire against you. You can fight back with Icrontic's guide to building a cantenna!

Icrontic's Rob Hallock shows us how to make a bootable USB flash drive.

The nature of the Core 2's design may be baffling, particularly to users exiting the era of synchronized Athlon XP buses, and we intend to cut through the haze and serve it straight - Icrontic style.

Following the success of the very popular VX series, Corsair recognized that buyers were looking for cost-effective, higher power solutions that employed single +12V rails. Enter the TX series.

Icrontic's CB Droege provides another cheap game review for those who are obstinate or fiscally challenged.

Apple tries to sell you expensive cables - but you don't need them. The fix is shockingly simple.

Freeware applications for Mac OS X can greatly improve your experience on the platform, here are a few applications to get you started.

How many applications are really written to take advantage of all these new multi-core processors?

At first, I was not sure if I wanted to complicate the review with both socket 775 and AM2 results but in the end I am very glad that I did. It is not safe to assume that a heatsink will perform as well on AM2 as it does on 775.

Sony A818 8GB Walkman

The Black Edition processors offer something that AMD has historically reserved only for the most elite (and expensive) processors: multiplier-unlocking.