Recent content by TopSecret

Hi guys, I haven't been around much on here lately as I am working hard on other stuff at the moment. I probably won't be around as often in the future with all the stuff I have going on and I am involved in, then I am starting at Uni soon. So I would just like to thank Jim and the OC3D team...

My dad was a soldier in the army from the age of 15 (junior leaders) through till he was killed at 38 years old. He died in 1983, a couple of days before my 11th birthday. That's the sad part done with. Now for the proud part. I have just found out today that my Dad's name is inscribed in the...

Since putting my CPU loop in I noticed that the mobo temps have gone up a little (44-46c at idle). This will be down to the loss of air flow from the CPU's HSF around the NB & mosfets. I want to cool them under water now, but I'm not sure if the P6T deluxe NB/SB block would fit the vanilla P6T...

With the temps outside soaring, everyone seems to be getting into the summer mood. I am a lightweight when it comes to weather like this though, and just want to crawl into the shade and drink loads of ice-cold beer. I remember going on holiday abroad with all the lads a few years ago, to...

Phishing emails are nothing new, but I like reading them sometimes just because some of them show some imagination sometimes. I swear the people who think them up should try writing novels for a living :D. Here's the latest one I received, I thought it was quite funny: The scary part...

Election day has passed now, and the counting has begun. So have those who can vote done so? I did, and we had a mayoral election here to replace the **** that was Martin Winter. I can't wait for the results to see how Labour done, I reckon they have lost out big time today:D

I got a repair job in this morning, a virus laden Samsung NC10 netbook. It's the first time I have used a netbook, and I am pleasantly suprised with it. It's sports an Intel Atom N270 CPU, and is running XP. I never took the netbooks seriously, as I like my hardware to come with plenty of grunt...

The latest in the Razer line gets put to use here. Will it set your gaming prowess alight? Read the full review here.

I currently have a 19" LCD and it's on it's way to silicon heaven. The backlight is flickering to the point that if I look at the screen for more than a few minutes at a time, I end up with headache. Anyways, I am in the market for a new LCD, want a 22" screen size, with min res of 1920x1080...

I am trying to get to grips with photoshop and have been messing around with some wallpapers. I have done an OC3D wallpaper, and it's at 1440x900. I dont reckon it's too shabby for a semi novice. I saw an online tutorial for the background, and worked on that for a bit then decided to add...

I have been accepted for a course at Sheffield University (BSc in IT and Organisations), and part of the course covers website development. I am hoping to get some advanced credits due to prior experience and knowledge, and have a few websites I can show as evidence. I have created a new one...

A couple of weeks ago, we reviewed the Edimax nLITE USB wireless adaptor, and we were pretty impressed with it. We have now managed to get our hands on the other half of the wireless networking equation and we will be taking a very close look at it here. Read the full review here.

This is my new project built around the monster of a case, the MM U2-UFO. It has been powder coated Candy Purple, with the grilles, motherboard tray and 5 1/4" bays painted gloss white. Here's the full specifications of the build: Main Components (already have): Mountain Mods U2-UFO Asus...

Bigfoot Networks have announced the latest version of their gaming network interface card, the Killer Xeno. Read the full article here.

Belkin have issued a press release today, in which they detail a European recall on some Powerline networking adaptors, after finding that some of the units fail to meet certain EU standards and could pose a risk of electric shock to the user. Read the full story here.