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06Nov Bad luck or Bad Parts? Cyberpower Revisited. (12/01/08 Updates!)

Since my last post about Cyberpower, I have continued to experience issues with my system.  First, something was seriously wrong with my video system.  After a lot of diagnoses and downloading EVGA Precision, I determined that one of my two 9800GX2 cards was running hot (WAY HOT).  At idle, this card was running @ 70(c) [...]

26Oct My CyberpowerPC Experience Part 3

After the grand unpacking of the system (see the review part 2 HERE),  I was very excited to power on the rig and see how the box performed!  I attached a keyboard and monitor, watched the POST screen flash (with me rubbing my hands in rapt anticipation), waiting for this beast to jump into Windows [...]

18Oct My CyberpowerPC Experience Part 2

Oh, joy is upon us, dear readers!  I FINALLY received my PC from CyberpowerPC.  Read Part 1 HERE
I received the PC on the revised date that Cyberpower had promised (10/15/08).  I arrived home to find a single HUGE white box, which looked quite beat-up. In case anyone was unsure of the contents of the [...]

19Sep My CyberpowerPC Experience Part 1

I have read MANY advertisements for Cyberpowerpc.com, though I have never paid much attention to them.  I generally buy high-end Dell PC’s, or I build my own.  I read MaximumPC magazine religously and I was surprised to see the high marks they gave the CyberPower Gamer Ultimate SLI QUAD.  I currently have an aging home [...]

06Sep Iphone 3G vs. AT&T Tilt

I admit it, I am a phone geek.  I love my phone and the accessibility a well designed phone gives me and the productivity lifts I enjoy from said phone.  I have been using an AT&T Tilt aka: 8925 aka: HTC Kaiser.  The stock windows mobile 6.0 ROM is really quite terrible, but with a [...]