Yes…

No I’m joking its not that simple. When I setup my new RAID0 arrary all that time ago I did some tests with 1 drive and then 2, to see if RAID0 was worth it. And here are the results.

That is with 1 None RAID Seagate F3 500Gb

That is with 2 Seagate F3’s in RAID0

There is 1 drop which I think is to do with the RAID controller that is used, otherwise its a lot higher transfer rate.

This is just the first bit of information on this. I am hopefully going to get the rest up later, or some else might

I got this Ergotron MX LCD desk arm for Christmas after the great review on Neowin. So here is a few pictures:

Mounting it was a bit hard due to the ‘troff” down the back for the cables, but we used the metal that fixes to the bottom as a wall mounting one, made a slot in the lat fixed to the wall and slotted it in. Then put a angel bracket on the front mounting hole of the metal plate underneath to stop it pulling off the wall. It now needs the slot filling in to hold it a bit more. The cable are also able to flow under the mount without having to go over. Great job Dad!

Here is a video I made of my flow test on my new computer.

Looking good no?

Here is a little teaser for you all..

See you next time!

Hi, sorry for the slow posting, but here is a cool little mod I did the other day with my best mate Shakey!

I have a NC10 netbook with a Wireless G PCI-E card, I recently got a WRT300N and so ordered a Intel 5300 wireless N card and extra antenna. So this is a few pictures of fitting. I forgot to take some screenshots of inSSIDer before I changed the card, and after as I still playing with the settings.

This is the Intel 5300 I got from ebay for £10, from hong kong. Took 15-16days I think but its here!

Getting the back off wasn’t to hard. This guide was great!

This is the old WiFi card, with the 2 antennas placed around the screen. You remove the antennas and unscrew the card. Its flips up and you pull it out, really easy!

This is the new Wifi card in place and the new antenna placed around the HDD, I had to move it nearer to the HDD after this picture as there was a screw hole under it.

The results were.. not great. The signal is better, but not anywhere close to N, I was looking for range more than speed but got neither. XP reports 54mbps and inSSIDer reports it been 18mbps from the 300N, even tho its set to G=6mbps and N=108mbps (To test it) so I don’t think its reading right. I will have to run my own tests, but for now it is better than the old card but not worth the money. It may be the router tho. The router is a WRT300N V2 so no DD WRT at the moment (And there hasn’t been for a while) and so settings are a bit restricted. Still was a fun project to try and meant a cool look in to the NC10.

Hi

I recently got a GameCom 777 headset from PixaMania for a 1 day special of £50 including P+P. I had been looking for a new headset to replace my Sharkroon Majestic 5.1. After looking at bit-techs review on the 777 I thought I would look around the internet for some more reviews before buying. I found some people saying it was very good and some saying it was bad. But there was a lot more people saying good things. So I finally got it.

I was a bit disipionted it didn’t come in the box many people get on reviews, but it was a special price. The headset is a stero one but comes with a USB Dolby surround sound. The headset is very well built, bit plasticy but its a good plastic. The wire is nice anti tangle (Not that it always works) and the in-line control is a good addition. If not to high up the wire for my setup. Installtion is easy, bit to easy. I used the USB connection, this doesn’t need any drivers as the 5.1 to 2 cleaver bit is all hardware based. So no drivers. Easy plug in and play. I had it work on Windows 7. The USB allows me to switch between Speakers and Headset inside windows without the need to mess with plugs. And with windows 7 its on the fly, so I don’t have to restart TF2 or Skype just to get it to change to headset. The quality of sound isn’t to bad. Bass could be better otherwise it is very good. The 5.1 to 2 works very well. Its nearly as good as 5.1 headset it replaced. I can see why 2 headset are better than 5.1 as more is spent on the speakers in the headset, were as 5.1 it is spread out and you get cheap speakers. This means sound quality is a lot better on stereo headsets. At first the headphones were tight on my head (Been so big and all) but with they been stretched a bit they soon move and fit very nicly on your head. I wouldn’t give it 100% on comfort, but not bad!

Verdict:
The GameCom 777 is a good headset for £50-60. Its recommend! The bass needs a bit more power and the comfort isn’t perfect. But build quality and sound quality overall isn’t bad at all!

Score:
8/10 (Not bad)

Hi, with my new netbook comes the world of Wifi, I haven’t used it that much before only for our Wii and my sisters laptop when she comes round. With my WRT54GL comes the requirement to mod it. Although I haven’t added any heat-sinks or fans yet. I have got 2 new antennas to increase my range and strength. So I get these 2 off ebay for £6 each. All way from Hong Kong. They came the other day and after adding them, it didn’t help. The signal was up and down even more. So today I have been playing with the setting and found that turning the TX from 70 (Default in DD WRT) to 110TX made the new antennas more stable and got better results, but not by far! So was it worth it? I will let you know in a few days after some more testing. But not bad for £12. They look cool tho! I might next put some heat-sinks on and maybe even a fan and  boost it to 130TX, but only maybe. Here is a picture of it.

You might wonder why its on the side, it improves the strength more that the £12 antennas!

UPDATE: For now they are off, They are just a tiny bit less effective than the normal ones at range. I don’t no what to think, my WAG200 is slightly better that WRT54GL. Have to look in to it another day.