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Download Show EP: 29 Show News, Big wireless power
Ever needed something stronger to get wirless where you need it Tim talks about what he has learned in his endevor to please a client.
Luxul Xen wireless Access Points Luxul.
Changing of the show. It’s sad Day
April 29, 2012 0 Comments
Download Show 27 EP: 27 Build A Custom Budget Gaming Machine
The StealthX Type-R is a Midi Tower PC Case with a powerful cooling system
Comes with Card Reader supporting SD/MMC/MS, HD Audio & 2 x USB 2.0
The I/O Ports are located on the front of the top panel for easy access
Features a luxurious black colour, including the interior, and outstanding design
The cooling system is developed for cooling throughout
4 x Built-in 12cm Fans (3 x RED LED) will keep your components cool
Water Cooling Ready
The Front panel is made from mesh steel, for high end cooling
Rolled edges for safety
EMI anti-magnetism design
High quality electroplated Zinc steel sheet for strength and durability.
£28.98
ARIANET StealthX Type-R
Cooler Master’s HAF 912 further enriches the HAF series by adding a compact, yet fully featured, mid-tower solution for enthusiasts and budget conscious gamers alike. Its seemingly small exterior supports a plethora of interior features such as twelve devices, high end GPU cards like the ATI Radeon HD 5970 and the NVIDIA GTX 480, large CPU coolers, two 200mm fans, and six 120mm fans.
The HAF 912 embodies the rugged aesthetic and qualities of its brethren while remaining attractively priced. Its traits more closely resemble that of a mid to high-end case than that of other cases in its price range. The HAF 912 pays tribute to the legacy of HAF 932 & HAF 922 in ease of installation, high airflow, and compatibility with water cooling hardware
$59.99
COOLER MASTER HAF 912
■ 100% All Solid Capacitor Design
■ Digi Power Design
■ Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2800+(OC)
■ 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slot, Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, CrossFireX™
■ PCIE Gigabit LAN
■ Supports Intel® HD Graphics with Built-in Visuals
■ Dual-VGA Output Options : D-Sub, HDMI
■ Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
■ 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudio™
■ Supports ASRock XFast RAM, XFast LAN, XFast USB, OMG, Internet Flash, On/Off Play, UEFI System Browser
■ Supports Intel® Smart Connect, Intel® Rapid Start, Lucid Virtu Universal MVP
■ Free Bundle : CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite
£79.97
$99.99
ASRock P67 PRO3
With the 6000 series, XFX is literally putting you in the game. The AMD Radeon HD 6870 is 3-D ready and one of the first HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort 1.2 solutions for Stereoscopic 3-D on the market.
The AMD Radeon HD 6870 ushers in a new era of gaming that takes users to an entirely new level. The AMD 3-D experience is truly immersive and seamless. AMD has also teamed up with other Open 3-D ecosystem partners to provide consumers with more choice, more innovation and lower cost.
Along with the new series XFX debuts the 3E Trilogy, incorporating AMD Eye-Definition (utilizing AMD’s HD3D technology & DirectX 11 for explosive performance and stunning effects), AMD Eyefinity (which supports multi-display gaming) and AMD Eyespeed (improves video image quality and application performance for amazing visuals) technologies.
- Core Clock: 900MHz
- Memory: 1024MB GDDR5
- Memory Clock: 4200MHz (Effective)
- Memory Bandwidth: 135.6GB/s
- Processing Cores: 1120
- Bus Type: PCI-Express 2.1
- Display Connectors: 2 Dual-Link DVI-I, 1 HDMI & 2x Mini-DisplayPort
- HDCP Capable
- DirectX 11 Support
- OpenGL 3.2 Support
- ATI CrossFire Ready
- ATI Eyefinity Technology
- ATI Avivo HD
- ATI Stream Technology
- ATI HD3D Technology
- Warranty: 2 Years
£127.19
XFX Radeon HD 6870 1024MB GDDR5
$179.99
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 560
- OCZ PowerWhisper Technology
- 82% Efficiency
- Internal 135mm fan
- ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V
- 2x PCI-Express and 6x SATA connectors
- 3 Year Warranty
£49.00
OCZ Fatal1ty Series 550W Modular PSU
$69.99
UK Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz
£156.60
US Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz
$219.99
£95.34
Western Digital AV-GP WD3200AUDX 320GB IntelliPower 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Western Digital AV-GP WD3200AUDX 320GB
$69.99
£50.36
UK G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB
$59.99
US G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB
All this and a lot more talked about on this weeks Tech Chat Show
April 22, 2012 0 Comments
Download Show 26 EP: 26 How to speed up your PC with Performance Tweaks
PC not been wipe for yaers?… then one of the easiest ways to speed up your PC is to simply reformat it. Of course, you want to backup your data, but it is the best way to get your computer back to peak performance.
1. Defragment your computer hard disk using free tools like SmartDefrag.
2. Enable Write Caching for Storage Devices
3. Defrag Pagefile and Registry
4. Clean up hard drive disk space
treesize
ccleaner
5. Managing Startup Programs
A lot of the startup programs are useless and can be turned off. Use the MSCONFIG
Get everything you possibly can out of the Notification Area (by the time in the lower right hand of the screen) The best way to do this is in the applications options. If that fails, use Autoruns. Navigate to and open the Autoruns. folder, double-click autoruns.exe. Click on the Logon tab, Uncheck anything you do not want to start with Windows 7. The fewer things the better. If you don’t know what it is, leave it alone. Advanced users may want to go to the SERVICES tab and make modifications there.
You can also use startdelay
Startup Delayer gives you the power to optimize your Startup Process by delaying applications from starting up as soon as you log into your computer.
By delaying the applications during start up, your computer becomes usable a lot faster. Startup Delayer will then start launching your delayed applications when your computer is more idle.
6. Configuring the Paging File Virtual memory Settings
To change the virtual memory settings, go to Start, Control Panel and click on System. Click on the Advanced tab and under the Performance box, click Settings.
On the Performance dialog, click the Advanced tab and then click Change under the Virtual Memory
By default, Windows uses the boot partition (the partition that contains your operating system files) and it is recommended to set the size to 1.5 times the amount of RAM that you have.
Option: Move the “Page File” to be on a Separate Hard Disk Partition
7. Disable Visual Effects
If you don’t care about visual effects in Windows, you can turn them off by going to Performance Options.
8.Set Unused Services to Manual
Services use processes that run in the background using part of your computer’s resources. Check through your services with the help of the guide provided in this link, and stop and set to manual the services that affects features that you do not use or need to gain a tiny bit more performance.
WARNING: Disabling the wrong service could hurt performance, or even cripple Windows 7. If you do not truly know what you are doing, then it’s not recommended to do this.
SMART: A Utility For Tweaking Windows 7, Vista, XP Services
For a more advanced tool, check out SrvMan.
9. Turn Off Unneeded Windows Features
example:
uncheck Windows Gadget Platform
10. Speed Up Shut Down Time
This will allow you how to set the Wait to Kill time Windows 7 waits for programs to save data and close before shutting down.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
WaitToKillServiceTimeout and click on Modify
Type in a number between 2000-20000 (2-20 seconds) and click on OK.
NOTE: The default time is 12000.
11. Uninstall the Bloatware Programs from Your Computer
Most computers that you buy, at a retail store, have a ton of software installed on it. Some of these can take up a lot of resources. Uninstall the programs that you do not want to use from Programs and Features.
pcdecrapifier.com
Use Revo Uninstaller to Remove Stubborn Programs
12. optimize the Windows boot time
Windows Performance Analysis Tools
13 . Speed up your Internet browsing by changing DNS server, such as OpenDNS.
14. Speed up Mozilla Firefox by tweaking the configuration settings.
You can use these free addons:
fasterfox
tweak network
Tweaking Tools
WinTools.net is a suite of tools for increasing MS Windows operating system performance. WinTools.net cleanly removes unwanted software from disk drives and dead references from the Windows registry. WinTools.net puts you in control of the Windows start up process, memory monitoring and gives you the power to customize desktop and system settings to fit your needs. Adds more speed and stability for your connection. Ensures your privacy and keep sensitive information secure. WinTools.net Ultimate contains tools: Clean Uninstaller, Scan Files, Scan Shortcuts, Scan Registry, Startup Manager, Tweak UI, Net Tweaker, The Privacy, Invisible Man, File Shredder…
All this and a lot more talked about on this weeks Tech Chat Show
April 16, 2012 0 Comments
Download Show 25 EP: 25 I have a virus now what do I do
In this show we talk about EP: 25 I have a virus now what do I do .
1. Backup your computer data before you start
2. Backup your computer registry before you start
important: Don’t know much about computers? leave it to a PC Technician
Note: If you are having problems downloading files, download the files on another computer, and then transfer them to the infected computer with a CD orUSB flash drive. or remember to use direct download links.
3. Start the Computer in Windows Safe Mode
Cant boot into Safe-mode? use this tool
SMFixer
4. File Association Fixes
Dougknox File Assoc Fix
FixNCR.reg
5. Fix Internet Connection Problems
Download MiniToolBoxand run it. Check the following boxes: Flush DNS, Reset IE Proxy Settings, Reset FF Proxy Settings If you have Firefox open, close it before you click the Go button.
Important notes:
6. Fix and remove Rootkits
You need to scan your computer for possible rootkits before running other malware removal software. A rootkit is a type of malicious software designed to hide itself from Windows and antivirus software.
Download and run TDSSKiller
7. Remove malicious software and files.
7A. Download and install Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
7B. Download and run HitmanPro
7C. Download and run SuperAntiSpyware
Apple releases tool to combat Flashback malware
fresh Java update that it says removes the Flashback Trojan on infected Macintosh computers.
The update’s release comes two days after Apple said it was tackling the issue, and a week after an anti-virus firm warned 600,000 Macs were infected.
All this a lot more on this weeks show.
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