Fastsilicon's Internet Survival Guide

Ever wondered why your cousin ends up with 400 instances of spy ware EVERY-SINGLE-TIME you're called over to fix his mess? Ever gotten a virus and not been able to figure out exactly how you got infected? Does Paypal email you 10 times a week and you don't understand why? The Internet can be a mine-field for the unprepared, but it can be surprisingly simple to stay above the "noise" and "drama" with some simple tips, and something as simple as a change in mindset. With this in mind, we submit to you our Internet Survival Guide.

12/01/2007 | Email

FastSilicon's Guide To Storage Technology: Part 1

Today we have an informative article, the purpose of which is to enlighten you on the topic of mass storage technology. Mass storage is an interesting technology, storing its data in a series of what looks like (to our eyes) as a bunch of pseudo-randomly situated magnetically aligned bits. Yup, you heard it. A bunch of little micromagnetic charges arranged in two different directions. Odd huh? Well my fellow geeks, shall we dig into the wonderfully diverse worlds of hard disks? Read on!

03/01/2007 | Email

AB9-Pro Dream Machine on a Budget

Intel's E6300 is the best CPU for the price. Overclocked, it outperforms AMD's current offerings and equals that of a $1000.00 processor in terms of performance. Long has it been since we've seen such an amazing overclocker, and the E6300 will certainly go down in history. It's the perfect match for our dream machine on a budget.

17/12/2006 | Email

How to shutdown multiple programs without using Task Manager

03/11/2006 | 1 comment | Email

Watercooling 101

The traditional heatsink is the preferred choice for most enthusiasts, but some enthusiasts take a more drastic approach to  cooling. One of the more preferred extreme cooling solutions is Watercooling. There are other means of extreme cooling including phase change and liquid nitrogen. In this guide we will focus on Watercooling.

27/10/2006 | Email

Layman's Guide to CPUs

19/09/2006 | Email

System Backup 101

To most, even computer enthusiasts, backup is considered a four-letter word. You know you should do it, you need to do it, you even want to do it, but you don't do it. When Windows crashes or that new game you installed causes error messages you didn't even know existed, you regret not performing that simple system backup.

01/06/2006 | Email