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XBMC Coming On OS X And Linux. Plus, I Need Advice With New PC Spec
I’m a big fan of XMBC, the great open source media center for Xboxs. But, I stopped using it over the last 12 months because my needs had out-stripped the capabilities of the Xbox, which can’t support native HD content. Because of this, I now use PCs running Windows Vista Media Center [...]
11Feb2008 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued
I Built A New Home Theatre PC This Weekend
One of the reasons I’ve been so quiet over the weekend is I’ve been building a Home Theatre PC, which when finished will totally solve my HD video issues.
It’s just about finished (read about my problems below) and it looks very cool in the Antec Fusion case pictured, although I’ve decided I need to buy [...]
How Much Electricity Does Folding@Home Consume?
I’ve been wondering this week just how much electricity my PS3 consumes when it is running Folding@Home. It gets so hot, I’ve assumed it must be using up a lot of juice. I decided not to stress myself out about as it’s all for a good cause.
However, IGN have actually worked it out [...]
US Servers Now Use More Electricity Than Colour TVs
In a recent study by a Stanford professor it was found that in 1995, the total power consumption of US servers was 0.6 percent of overall US electricity consumption. When cooling equipment is added, that number doubles to 1.2 percent—the same amount used by color televisions.
My electriciy usage isn’t quite on the same scale, but [...]
Competition: CustomPC Will Overclock Your Machine
Three lucky readers of CustomPC will get their PCs tweaked and overclocked by their resident overclocking aficionados, Gareth Ogden and James Gorbold. In addition, any upgrades will be thrown in for free so expect some goodies if you’re the lucky winner.
I’ve entered my machine as I think it’d make a nice little project because of [...]
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