by LLRRoD on July 27th, 2010
So unless you live under a rock, then you probably have heard of Starcraft. After 10 years of waiting the second installment of the game has finally been released.
My first impression? It’s a whole lot of lovin…
Since this is pretty much my favorite game of all time, I went ahead and forked over the cash for the
Collector’s Edition. I downloaded the installer client, so it didn’t take that long at all to install. Within 15 min I was watching the first cinematic like an excited kid on his first trip to the toy store.
I opted for Single Player – Brutal Mode. And they weren’t kidding! Units are upgraded 1 1 and are smarter. They will bait you and do some crazy stuff. It’s definitely fun. The in-game cinematic are beautiful and the storytelling is just as good as the previous installments.
After a while I decided to head on over to the Multiplayer aspect and try it out. Everything is pretty much the same from the beta (if you were a part of it). Except now, the achievements are all unlockable and everything just.. works.
Anyway these are just my first impressions. If you haven’t picked up Starcraft 2 yet, then you’re definitely missing out!
Be sure to send me an e-mail with your tag that way I can add you on my buddy list!
by LLRRoD on July 26th, 2010
Our latest build is complete! It was a small and fun little build. Our target budget was around $800 bucks and the outcome was a little engine that could.. and then some
Introducing, Spartacus
Be sure to head on over to our
Gallery and check it out!
by LLRRoD on July 5th, 2010
So my uncle calls me up and tells me he’d like me to build him a computer on a $600 dollar budget. The added stipulation is that it has to be small enough to fit on carry on luggage because it has to go on a plane for transportation back home. My brother and I were thinking quad core AMD…
We’ll see how this goes!
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by LLRRoD on June 19th, 2010
So I’m not really sure I how I feel about the new XBOX 360. While it does offer a lot of cool perks, 250gb internal hard drive, internal wi-fi, a very nice back panel, smaller form factor and of course lower power consumption.. I’m not really sure it’s ‘necesary.’
Sure if you don’t already have one, then it’d be something great to have, but I already own one, and unless it breaks (again) then I don’t see the reason to shell out more money to buy basically the same thing that really isn’t that much better? I guess to each his/her own, as some people rush out to get the latest iPhone even when they already have one, JUST to have one. Which is understandable if you have money, but for those of us who are living on college type budgets or single income, lol… then I think the new XBOX 360 is more of a luxury than a necessity.
What do you think?
by LLRRoD on June 17th, 2010
Both NVidia and ATI have updated their drivers.
NVIDIA ForceWare 257.21 Driver
ATI Catalyst 10.6 Driver
What are you waiting for?! Get um..
by LLRRoD on June 14th, 2010
HardOCP just published a review of the
Gigabyte HD 5870 Super Overclock Edition. It’s a good read if you’re looking for a new graphics card, or just want to know what the latest badass video card is on the market.
Here is a snippet:
GIGABYTE’s famous 2oz Copper PCB is in play here, as we are used to seeing on their motherboard line. GIGABYTE uses the best cherry picked Samsung and Hynix memory chips, remember the memory is also overclocked so this is important. Solid capacitors are used as well as Ferrite core chokes and Low RDS MOSFETs. All of these high-end components also mean that typical buzz sounds heard from lower-end components on some video cards should not be a problem here, there should be no buzzing parts here as all the components are of the highest quality.
Click Here for the entire review!
by LLRRoD on June 9th, 2010
Okay, so been hard at work trying to get back on track here. Vacations are really great at throwing things off just a bit
In the next few weeks I’ll be showing off a new build. When I came home, my main rig wasn’t booting properly and after some hassling I opted to use it as an opportunity to upgrade.
What to you ask? Well none other than the new AMD AM3 1055T of course! I decided to get that over the 1090T because even with it’s locked multipliers it has the potential to exceed the 4Ghz mark. Besides, OC’ers like a good challenge right? hehehe. I revved up the chip under an EK Supreme block with a 3×120 radiator and tested how for it could go!
Soon I’ll be posting pics from that build as well as providing you with some usable benchmarks if any of you are interested in going the AMD route.
I’m also working on a few other reviews, yeah sorry for the delay, but those should be out shortly =)
by LLRRoD on June 2nd, 2010
Hey folks. Sorry for the lack of updates here. I’ve been away for the past 3 weeks on vacation. Unfortunately the internet where I was staying at was less than adequate and I couldn’t really do any major updates to the site. Rest assured I’m back on track and will be updating soon!
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by LLRRoD on May 3rd, 2010
Many of you with laptops like to leave the battery in even when it’s plugged in all the time. This puts unnecessary wear because at times the battery will recharge out of it’s main cycle and will reduce the life of the battery itself.
Tip #7: Leave the Laptop Battery Out
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by LLRRoD on April 30th, 2010
So what’s going on here at PC Tech Advice? Well hopefully everyone has noticed our new review section. Yeah it’s pretty empty right now but I’m doing a few more reviews so we can get a little bit more up there.
Aside from that, I’m forming a section that will be updated frequently (weekly or bi-weekly) with 3 separate builds: budget, mid-level, high-end balls out. Basically it will feature different build criteria that meets with what’s on sale, best things to buy that week/month.
The idea here is to provide a good look at a good system to build for all types of budget. Also we’ll try our best not to be bias based on brand name; Intel vs AMD or ATI vs NVIDIA. The point is to get a good rig for your buck. We may emphasize on a particular manufacturer generally because we’ve had good results from our past builds.
If you have any suggestions about it, please send us an email using our
Contact Form. Or feel free to use the comments box.
