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Yesterday I released my longest single video to date, in which I cover everything you could ever want to know about LCD monitor specifications. Check it out below! Oh, and I’ve included a Topic Selector in the video that will allow you to jump to a particular part of the video..if for some reason you don’t want to stare at me for 15 minutes ;).

In other news, the 2009 UC Member Awards have come to a close.  I managed to pull ahead with the most total votes, but my brother came in a close second, so he’ll be receiving a free UC.net t-shirt.  Keep an eye out, he’ll probably be wearing it in his next youtube video.  And be sure to check out the full breakdown of the results, to see who won each category!

Well, it’s taken me forever, but I finally managed to upload a new video!  TechBits 11 is embedded below – I’m discussing the differences between Solid State and Mechanical Hard Drives.  Don’t forget to subscribe to me on youtube!

In other news, the 2009 UltimateComputers.net Member Awards are currently underway.  You can vote for members in a total of nine categories, and the user with the most votes overall by January 15th will win a free t-shirt! GO VOTE NOW!

Users on this blog, ultimatecomputers.net, and youtube have been begging me to do an overclocking guide for a long time.  Initially I was reluctant, because overclocking works differently on almost every system.  But, I’ve finally given in, and I put together a two-part TechBits episode on overclocking.  Because it would be impossible to cover all possible configurations, this video is not intended to be a tutorial, but rather a guide get people started with overclocking.  If you need more help overclocking your specific system, there’s a whole forum for that at UltimateComputers.net!  The community (and I) can help you out there ;)

An area of huge confusion when it comes to building a computer is picking out the right power supply.  Does it have the right connectors?  How many Voltage Rails are there?  Will it protect my components?  Does it offer enough wattage?

In these week’s two-part episode of techbits, I answer all of your most common questions about power supplies.  Both parts are embedded below in a convenient playlist:

This week’s episode of techbits was a request from youtube user glideby7.  He wanted some help figuring out which video card to get, and I figured a brief explination of the specifications and compatibilities would be of some help.  Check out the embed below, and don’t forget to give me suggestions for future episodes.

(HD on youtube)

I noticed a whole bunch of questions about various types of computer cooling this past week on the forum, so I figured we were due for a TechBits episode on the topic!  You can check it out below or you can watch it in HD on youtube.

In other news, I broke 500 subscribers this past week on youtube!  I’m super excited about that, and I’m hoping I can keep that number growing so long as I continue to release videos on a fairly regular basis.

Anyways, that’s pretty much it for right now, enjoy the video!

So, I’ve been keeping very during my winter break…Zach and I have been working hard on some needed updates for ultimatecomputers.net, and I’m trying to churn out a bunch of videos/get projects done/absolute craziness.

So anyways, UC.net has gotten a few new fun features.  First off, we started a Folding@Home team a few months ago, and I wanted people to be able to track out progress right on our website…so I wrote some nice little php scripts, worked a little magic, and churned out this simple Folding Page, that explains the project and queries the Standford University Server for our current standing in the ranks.

Next up, we’ve released the new “Featured Page“.  It is the new home of all official UltimateComputers content including projects, reviews, tutorials, and techbits episodes.  This allowed us to clear out the old “projects” section.  The projects, tutorials, and reviews section on the site will soon become home to user-submission portals, where registered users can share their work with the world.

Lastly (exhausted yet?), I released a new episode of TechBits today!  It covers the current cutting-edge processor architectures from AMD and Intel, and discusses what is to come from each CPU manufacturer.  Check it out below or watch in HD on youtube.

This week, in my TechBits video blog, I take a look at the two competeing multi-videocard technoogies – crossfire from ATI, and SLI from Nvidia.  Check it out below, or watch it in HD at youtube.com.

I recorded this episode while I was at home for Thanksgiving.  Zach Lynn co-hosts with me as we discuss the proper settings to choose for your video games, and what they all mean.  Zach co-administers ultimatecomputers.net, worked on the DeepNote guitar hero bot, and runs Illusion Montages with me.

As of about a week ago, youtube has switched to a widescreen format and will even support HD streaming when you upload a video at 720p resolution.  To get in the spirit, I’ve unconverted this video so you can view it in HD!  Embedded below is both the standard definition version and the 720p HD version so you can see the difference. Enjoy!

I’ve just ordered a new 1080p camcorder and I will soon be filming everything in full HD quality.

Standard Definition

High Definition

Probably the biggest topic of conversation at UltimateComputers.net is: will these parts work together?  This video explains how you should go about choosing parts that will be compatible.  Enjoy!