Piriform, company behind popular programs such as CCleaner, Defraggler and Speccy, is currently producing and releasing updates for all their applications to improve SSD detection among other things. Speccy, which has been updated yesterday, is the latest to receive that treatment. And since the last review dates two years back, I thought it is as [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

It is usually a good idea to start an analysis of a PC system by running a hardware monitor to get an overview of the installed hardware and runtime values. PC users have a lot of free tools at hand to get that overview, from Speccy and System Information to Open Hardware Monitor and PC [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

We started the February guide of building a PC with the selection of the computer’s cpu, memory and motherboard. This article will add a power supply unit (PSU), a case and the cpu fan to the list of components. We have selected the Intel Core i7-860 as the cpu, the GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 as the motherboard [...]

Categories: Hardware

Speccy is a – currently in beta software – by popular developer Piriform that is known for software programs like CCleaner, Recuva or Defraggler. The program is a PC hardware system information tool that analyses the hardware that is installed or connected to the PC the software is running on. The software program comes as [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

After asking about the keyboards you are using I thought it would be nice to introduce some specialized keyboards that might be interesting for one or the other. Specialized usually means keyboards that can be used in environments with special needs that are sold for a hefty price tag. A waterproof keyboard on the other [...]

Categories: Hardware

I just finished reading the review and comments about Das Keyboard on Slashdot which apparently seems to provide a better typing experience for a hefty price tag. In case you are wondering what Das Keyboard means it’s a mix of German and English with Das Keyboard simply translating to The Keyboard. The keyboard comes as [...]

Categories: ask the readers, Hardware

It’s only a few more months until I will make the final decision about the PC components that I will place in my new computer. I think I will finalize everything in the second quarter of 2008. But before I do that I list once again the components that I want to use in the new PC and hope to receive feedback if you think anything is missing or misplaced.

Categories: Hardware

Have you ever brought in a computer for repair to the friendly computer store next door or send your notebook to that big company that sold you it so that they could check what’s wrong with it ? Did it ever occur to you that the technicians that would check the computer could do more than just checking ?

Categories: Hardware, Knowledge

I do work with a Samsung SyncMaster 19″ LCD monitor which is an awesome monitor. I used to work with two Samsung monitors of the same size but the second monitor had to replace the defect one at my mothers computer. Monitors with higher resolutions become more and more affordable and I thought it would be nice to purchase a monitor that is capable of displaying images in a higher resolution.

Categories: Hardware