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Aquarium Computer Version 2.0

The guys at Puget Systems have been at work again creating another completely silent gaming computer. Like the first design, this computer is completely submerged in non-conductive mineral oil. The biggest design improvement in version 2.0 is the newly designed acrylic motherboard tray. They also majorly improved the cooling system. The new radiator sits on the back, and mounts directly to the aquarium. They mounted four Antec Tri-Cool fans to the radiator. Running them at low voltage, they achieved a very quiet operation. The loudest part of...

How to Cool Your Xbox 360 Cheaply and Effectively

While Microsoft’s xbox 360′s failure rate is at something close to 54.2%, I’m sure you or someone you know has had the dreaded red ring of death. You will find plenty of pages on the web on how to fix your xbox but not many on how to prevent your xbox from overheating. I’ve created a simple write up on how to install a standard 120mm computer fan and drastically reduce the internal temperatures of your xbox 360. I’ve been running this cooling setup on my xbox for about 2 years now and I just did a second install....

Run Muiltiple desktops on one Windows Computer

Found this cool little program called deskspace the other day that allow you to rotate your desktop 4 times giving you a fresh desktop while running your other software in the background. If your stuck on a small monitor or on a laptop, this is a great alternative to minimizing and...

How-to Submit a Sitemap

A sitemap is an XML file that lists all available URLs for a website, along with additional information about each URL in the file. You should always create a sitemap for your website. This will help search engines crawl your site faster and display more content. Right now the standard sitemap format is XML, all major search engine use this format for sitemaps. There are many websites & freeware programs that can build an XML sitemap for you. I don’t recommend purchasing software to create XML sitemaps; many freeware programs do the exact...

Five Things to Consider Before Purchasing NTP Time Server

What is NTP? Network Time Protocol is a protocol for Internet-based software that uses an algorithm to check the clocks in a system and adjust them to drift with reference to a single time source. NTP is not the only time synchronization protocol available, but undoubtedly the most popular, as it has been constantly updated since its development in the late 80′s. What is UTC? Coordinated Universal Time is the global calendar, based on Greenwich Meantime (but is in line with the natural deceleration of the Earth by increasing jumps...

How NOT to Boost Wifi Signal

Want to increase your wireless signal for little to no money? Here is your ghetto mod for the day. The owner claims it actually did boost his signal. You will basically just need aluminum foil, some bowl bending skills and the willingness to have a ghetto...

Thinking Out of the Box and Into the Fish Tank

It’s nice to see that some guys in the computer world are thinking out of the box and into the fish tank. The guys at Puget Custom Computer’s have designed and build a custom pc submerged in mineral oil. We’ve heard of computers being cooled by vegetable oil but they were all very crude looking. The vegetable oil is a dark brown and will have your room smelling like french fries before you realize it. This setup is not only functional, it’s pretty slick looking. The mineral oil is completely non conductive and smell...