Solid state drives have become a very popular item for PC builders recently, so what’s the big deal? Well, solid state drives provide many advantages to users over the standard hard disk drive that uses magnets and platters to store data. The first advantage being that a solid state drive has no moving parts. This [...]
November 14, 2010
Delete Temporary Internet Files Firefox
Temporary Internet files can slow down the web browsing speed on your PC. This is due to a build up of temporary files that are automatically downloaded while you surf the web. To remove Temporary Internet Files in Firefox; Go to Tools in the top menu bar Click
November 9, 2010
Vista Power Management
The power management options on Vista laptops is a very broad and useful tool that allows you to select your required power / performance ratio and manage different power plans amongst many other things. To begin editing Vista’s Power Management Options, left click the battery icon typically found on the bottom right of your toolbar.
November 6, 2010
Call Of Duty Graphics Requirements
We all know that Call of Duty: Black Ops, the latest game in the Call of Duty series, will be hitting shelves on Tuesday, November 9th and it’s time to start thinking about your current gaming rig. If it’s been a while since you’ve given the graphics portion of your computer a tune-up then you [...]
October 29, 2010
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FastPCMods.com Now On Facebook!
Considering almost everybody these days has a Facebook account, I thought it was about time FastPCMods.com did as well! Status updates will be posted every time we open a competition, give out freebies, publish a particularly interesting article and anytime we fancy a chat. Do us and the rest of Facebook a favour by recommending [...]
January 6, 2010
Installing A Graphics Card
Newly released games are requiring more and more powerful graphics cards every day and installing a new card can make your gameplay much smoother and faster. Finding the cheapest and best performing card might be a problem, but physically installing them definatly shouldn’t.
Today we’re going to be installing a
January 3, 2010
Disable Windows Error Report
When a program crashes in Windows, by default a message box appears asking if you would like to report the error to Microsoft. 99.9% of PC users never do and never will which therefore makes this feature unnecessary and time consuming. Windows Error Reporting’ (also known as ‘Problem Reporting’) can be disabled in a few [...]
December 29, 2009
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Private Internet Browsing
When most people think of Private Internet Browsing, they opt for the use of proxy websites; however this isn’t all as private as you may think. One obvious downside to this option is that unless you later remove your browsing history, it is clear that you have visited a proxy site. Internet Explorer has released [...]
December 29, 2009
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Wipe Your Hard Drive Clean
When looking to wipe your hard drive clean, WinDirStat is the program to use. It is a small, free program that analyzes your hard drive and gives you a clear representation of what files are taking up the most room and where they are. This is especially useful when you just can’t find where all [...]
January 5, 2011
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