One of the most important things to consider in building a Media PC or HTPC (Home Theatre PC) is cooling. Chances are that you’ll want your Media PC in your lounge and you’ll want it to be seen and not heard. You’ll also be trying to fit the components into a smart but small case which unfortuanately doesn’t fit so well with good, quiet airflow.

Removing hot air from a PC case is an important part of cooling the components inside. Most PC cases have provision for one or two exhaust fans but these tend not to be around the expansion slot area. Vizo’s Propeller 2 cooler fits in an expansion slot position with the aim of removing hot air.

So here it is then the final piece of the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe review jigsaw. My Conclusion, what the board is like to live with and use on a regular basis, whether it has any annoying quirks that you don’t pick up in a review that’s written over just a few hours of testing! I spent approx £135 on this motherboard, the most expensive motherboard that I’ve ever bought BUT do I think it was money well spent or was it all a waste?

To overclock well it’s useful to understand how the clock speeds in a PC are generated and especially how they interact with each other. In this article I aim to do just that.

To overclock well it’s useful to understand how the clock speeds in a PC are generated and especially how they interact with each other. In this article I aim to do just that.

What people really look for in a hardware review is the page on performance, the one that has all the comparison graphs. Well this is that page. Measuring the performance of a motherboard is difficult and often reviewers concentrate on gaming FPS and CPU calculations but is that really ‘motherboard performance’?

With more and more of us storing increasingly personnal and important data digitally on our PCs these days, data storage and backups have become popular topics. Gone are the days of using a PC to write the odd letter and play a few games. Instead hard drives are trusted with our cherished photos and home videos and relied upon to store,stream and share our entire music collections.

With more and more of us storing increasingly personnal and important data digitally on our PCs these days, data storage and backups have become popular topics. Gone are the days of using a PC to write the odd letter and play a few games. Instead hard drives are trusted with our cherished photos and home videos and relied upon to store,stream and share our entire music collections.

Have you heard about PC overclocking and been interested but not known quite where to start? Or maybe you need some extra performance from your PC for gaming or video editing but don’t want to pay out on upgrades? Read on… maybe I can help you.

Have you heard about PC overclocking and been interested but not known quite where to start? Or maybe you need some extra performance from your PC for gaming or video editing but don’t want to pay out on upgrades? Read on… maybe I can help you.