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Windows Home Server Review
Yeah, it’s been a while since my last product review…I ordered this fancy new Home Server to backup all the computers in my house, and figured it would be the perfect opportunity to do another product review. Naturally, my brother (youtube user zoop425), wanted to review it too, so we[…]
Building the Ultimate Computer: Edition 7
Time flies…it seems like just yesterday that I was filming Ultimate Computer 1, the very first video I uploaded to youtube. 46 videos and 1,614 subscribers later, the newest Ultimate Computer has arrived! This time, the build focuses on bang-for-your-buck power, effectively providing tons of gaming horsepower, for a manageable[…]
By Popular Demand: Overclocking Guide!
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[…]
Do You Fold!?
As some of you may know, we launched an UltimateComputers.net Folding Team a few months ago. I’m proud to announce that we already have 15 members, and have a grand score of over 442,000! If you don’t know what folding is, it is essentially a way for you to utilize[…]
Power Supplies Demystified!
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[…]
HTPC a la Cornell Solar Decathlon
Unlike many of my other builds, I wouldn’t consider this one to be an “ultimate computer“. The Cornell University Solar Decathlon Engineering Controls Team had something different in mind for this computer. As I’ve mentioned in some previous posts, Solar Decathlon is a team at Cornell that is building a[…]
TechBits 8 – Video Card Specs…For your consideration
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[…]
Computer Cooling Techniques
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,[…]
So you’ve Built a Computer! Now What?
This most recent video tutorial, brought to you by ultimatecomputers.net, answers one of the biggest questions I get: how do you configure a computer once you’ve finished building it? I explain how to maneuver through the BIOS, ensure your temperatures are okay, setup a RAID array, set your default boot[…]
This Computer really is Ultimate. Worthy of Edition 6? Hell ya.
Building the Ultimate Computer: Edition 6 is live! This is undoubtedly the most bleeding-edge computer I’ve ever built. It sports a GTX280 Video Card, an Intel Core i7 940 Quad Core CPU, and 12GB of DDR3 Triple Channel RAM! This thing hasn’t even been overclocked yet and it’s is already[…]