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Crucial RealSSD C300 Series Solid State Drive Review

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The Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5″ SATA III MLC series is absolutely AMAZING. There are 3 different models:

CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1 (256gb version)
CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 (128gb version)
CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 (64gb version)

The Sustained Sequential Read speed is 355MB/sec (SATA 6gbs) & 265MB/sec (SATA 3gbs), whereas the Sustained Sequential Write is 75MB/sec (SATA 6gbs & SATA 3gbs). Check out more info on it Crucial RealSSD C300 Series review.



Cool: Pocket Bike PC Case Mod

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Can you say “absolutely awesome”?! This is a custom PC case mod in the form of a pocketbike! And for those who are curious, no the modder didn’t waste a perfectly good pocketbike for a computer case mod! The bike was broken already and not just disassembled for the sake of a elite-looking computer case!

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Pocketbike PC Case Mod

Pocketbike PC Case Mod

So you may be thinking that the computer obviously looks cool, but are wondering what’s the actual hardware. The specs are listed below (with little detail):

CPU: Core i7 920
Motherboard: ASUS P6T
Video Card: EVGA 9800 GTX+
RAM: 3GB DDR3 1333 RAM
Hard Drive: 1TB

You can view even more pictures of this pocketbike custom PC case mod Here.



DIY Portable Nintendo 64: Darth64

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A lot of hardware hackers out there like to make old gaming systems into portable ones. Usually they look extremely ghetto and just overall not worth playing. However, this one looks VERY well done. I’m tempted to make one of these myself even though I have an actual N64 hooked up in a room nearby. Anyway, check it out!



Seagate Momentus XT

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For those who haven’t heard yet (though it’s been all over the news), Seagate is going to make a comeback with these drives! These new models are a hybrid between traditional hard drives with platters and new SSD drives with NAND flash memory chips.



ATI Catalyst 10.4 to Have Significantly Improved 2D Performance

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As many of you may already be aware, the ATI Radeon 5xxx Series has been known for sub par performance in 2D graphics/rendering. According to various reports however, this will be fixed when ATI releases Catalyst 10.4. You can also expect several more updates to come as well.

Check back with us to get the download link in the future.

Also if you have any problems installing a version of catalyst, you can view our tutorial on how to fix “Catalyst Install Manager has stopped working” here.




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