Read and write NTFS volumes with Mac OS x

Mac OS X may be an operating system without built-in support for writing to NTFS (the file system in Windows). For example, if you have installed Boot Camp and Windows on your Mac you have a partition to which you cannot write. You can copy files from your Boot Camp drive but not copy to it.

So what to do?

The solution is simple and free. You download MacFuse and MacNTFS-3G and install both. After that you may have to restart your Mac but you should be okay with using Disk Utility to dismount and mount the Boot Camp partition.

ICY DOCK MB662US-2S External RAID Dual Hard Drive Enclosure Review

Quote: “External hard drive enclosures are very common these days, especially with large file sizes of HD movies and other content. A single-drive external hard drive enclosure works for most people, but people who want to protect their data and want faster speeds opt for a dual hard drive enclosure with RAID capabilities. Today we will be looking at one such enclosure from ICY DOCK called the MB662US-2S, which features RAID 0, RAID 1, BIG, and JBOD configurations. Let’s see if this is the perfect external enclosure for you.”

Radeons HD 5770: A Hawk Versus Arctic Ice

“The Radeon HD 5770 is currently praised as a very good choice in the upper middle class of GPUs, since it provides very good performance in resolutions typical for 20” and 22” monitors at a decent price, which is likely to become the optimal choice for gamers today. We rejoiced to see so many manufacturers coming out with their own models so fast, shunning the referent ATI design in order to create a bit pricier, but faster graphics card to start with, a gain which can be increased even further by overclocking, courtesy of high-quality cooling systems implemented by various manufacturers. We’ve received two very interesting models whose overclock range took us by surprise, both cards sporting great looks and an attractive accompanying bundle…”

Summary:

The best feature of these cards is their price

Article link:

http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Graphics-cards/Radeons-HD-5770-A-Hawk-Versus-Arctic-Ice.html

ATI Catalyst 10.3a Driver Performance Benchmarking

“After spending less than a day with the ATI Catalyst 10.3a drivers, it appears that they bring better performance to the majority of PC game titles that we tried them on. The only game title that we didn’t see a performance improvement on was Batman: Arkham Asylum, but the performance hit wasn’t even significant. In the other games that we benchmarked we got a small boost in performance, with the best performance gain seen coming from Tom Clancy’s Hawx. Having a 19% performance gain in a game title from a driver update is amazing and something great to see. Speaking of sight, we also didn’t notice any image quality differences, so it looks like ATI isn’t cheating on the image quality to get better performance…”

Corsair TX950 PSU

Quote: It’s been awhile since we looked at Corsair products last and as we know Corsair got into the PSU market a few years ago and are now doing very well with stable PSU´s and most of all silent units. We got their TX950 PSU today which is the non modular version and we are going to look into stability and noise levels so stay tuned.

Phoromatic 1.0 Unleashed & Ubuntu Joins The Party

Title: Bam! Phoromatic 1.0 Unleashed & Ubuntu Joins The Party @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=14673
Summary: “Phoromatic, our remote test management system that makes it incredibly simple to deploy the Phoronix Test Suite across an array of systems within an organization or around the world, has been in development for more than a year. We publicly announced this unique enterprise solution when developing Phoronix Test Suite 2.0 and it publicly went into beta with Phoronix Test Suite 2.2 where it became possible to easily build a benchmarking test farm using our Phoronix software. Before ending out the year we launched Phoromatic Tracker with an initial reference implementation to monitor the Linux kernel performance on a daily basis and in a fully automated manner. Phoromatic has been a huge success, but today we are announcing that Phoromatic has reached a 1.0 status and additionally we are providing the Ubuntu Linux community with a new performance tracker in collaboration with Canonical.”

All Core i5 Models

Here is a snippet:
“Core i5 is the second Intel CPU with an integrated memory controller (Core i7 was the first), feature available on AMD processors since Athlon 64. It is based on Core architecture, like Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad, but with several enhancements to increase performance (Nehalem microarchitecture). This CPU family is available in two different sockets, LGA1156 (for desktop computers) and PGA988 (for laptops).”

Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/943

ASRock H55DE3 Motherboard Review

Quote:
“ASRock is best known for its expansive range of affordable motherboards, but in recent years the firm has also developed a reputation for innovation. Unique features like Instant Boot help to
differentiate ASRock’s products in a crowded market, but the company’s primary focus remains dedicated to delivering better value than its more illustrious rivals. The H55DE3 we are looking at today is a full-ATX solution for the newly released Core i3 and Core i5 Clarkdale CPUs.”

Direct link: http://itshootout.com/r-334/asrock-h55de3-motherboard-review/
Image link: http://itshootout.com/user_imgs/img/334.jpg

Thermaltake Element V Full ATX Tower Case Review

Quote: “Today I have Thermaltake’s Element V full-sized ATX case up for review. The case combines a mixture of aesthetic and functional components to form a rather expansive home in which your computer can safely live. Thermaltake has a variety of cases in their product line but the Element series consists of a lineup of cases from the $49 Element Q to the $159.99 Element V. All of these cases follow a simple black aesthetic with red color accents and Colorshift fans….”

Spring Give Away – Win a NZXT Prize Pack

Link: http://www.bigbruin.com/item_25027

Quote: NZXT is teaming up with Bigbruin.com to sponsor another give away! Up for grabs are four great items from the NZXT line up; the Hades case, IU01 USB Expander, Avatar gaming mouse, and Sentry 2 fan controller. Bigbruin.com’s 7th birthday is coming up on April 01, 2010, and on that day we will award all those prizes to one lucky winner.