At work we’ve just launched our first podcast. I’m very excited, since I’ve been really keen for us to do more stuff online and we’ve basically gone from talking about it to having it ready in just a couple of weeks. We managed to put the recording kit together for about £250, and considering weContinue reading “The Custom PC Podcast”
Category Archives: Custom PC and Bit-Tech
Make Your Own GeForce
The Custom PC website is quite a focus for me and all the other members of the mag team at the moment. I say focus, perhaps obsession is a better description 🙂 What we’ve currently got is based on an very old framework and it’s definitely looking and feeling creaky. While we’re planning a revampContinue reading “Make Your Own GeForce”
The Mince Pies Are Back!
Shockingly, it’s that time of the year again. Well, actually, no it’s not. It’s not even been Halloween yet. But at Custom, we’re well into work on Issue 40, which comes out at the end of November, making it our Christmas issue! As well as reviewing performance PC hardware, every year we do a round-upContinue reading “The Mince Pies Are Back!”
Dream PCs
Custom PC Issue 37 is out, which features our annual ‘Dream PCs’ competition. We invite four top PC building companies to submit a no compromise PC – so there’s no budgetary constraints, we just want the most amazing computer going. This year, we asked four companies to enter – Scan, Vadim, Quiet PC (all UKContinue reading “Dream PCs”
Custom PC Issue dates
It’s a bit difficult to find these on the Custom PC website, so here’s the direct link to the publication dates for the upcoming issues.
Custom PC Issue 36
Custom PC Issue 36 (September 2006) is out in the shops now. The cover story sees us building a PC for the insanely low price of £250, trying a variety of methods to get half-decent components together. We scoured computer fairs, trawled eBay and checked out B-grade stock from various manufacturers. If you’re interested inContinue reading “Custom PC Issue 36”
Custom PC Issue 35
Issue number 35 (August 2006) of Custom PC is out now, which means the content from last month is now online, including my column. Already feels a little dated (or perhaps it’s just that I change my mind quickly?!?) – but I think I would describe AMD’s launch of AM2 differently if I was writingContinue reading “Custom PC Issue 35”
How To Make Good Coffee
The next issue of Custom PC (#34 – July 2006) is out soon and it features a wealth of good stuff (plug plug!), and one of the pieces I’ve written is a guide to Creative Commons. I’ve tried to avoid going into the morals, the whys, the wherefores of Creative Commons, IP law, DRM etcContinue reading “How To Make Good Coffee”
ViiV: They Want The Show To Go On
Speaking of columns, the Custom PC website has just been updated with the content from the May issue (#32), including my column on Intel’s big living room PC idea, Viiv. “By using existing software, Intel has waded into the mess that currently masquerades as ‘the digital home’. Very little of the digital home is basedContinue reading “ViiV: They Want The Show To Go On”
Custom PC South Africa
Custom PC South Africa has just launched. We had a copy in the office last week, and it looks very similar to us, although with a decent amount of their own content, especially in the reviews section, so there’s nothing I’ve written in their first issue. Be interesting to see how it develops… original
The Wired Jester 