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I hate Christmas.

by Kristofer Brozio • December 24, 2007

Yep I’m probably considered a ‘Scrooge‘ but I honestly hate Christmas and all that it has become, everything that Christmas was is gone from it, it’s all commercialized now and it’s all about having your hand out to get something. It has become the ‘gimme’ holiday and that’s about it, everyone expects something and the commerce industry has made it so you feel guilty if you don’t go and buy something for everyone. I can’t wait till it’s all over, I’m sick of dealing with people in more of a hurry and more rude than they are normally are the rest of the year…

-Scrooge image from http://duckman.pettho.com/characters/scrooge.html

anyway I’ve got some cool stuff for review over at DSM, I guess that’s something good, but that’s business as usual..

Thermalright sent me over their Ultima-90 Heatsink:

Brando sent me over a cool credit card sized2gig mp3 player, it even included some music from Asia as well!

and I got some other stuff as well… so I’ll be busy for a while, even posting a review tonight…

Christmas… Bah-Humbug!

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Nero 8 Ultra Edition Review

by Kristofer Brozio • December 22, 2007

What do you use to burn your CDs and DVDs? Personally I use Nero and pretty much have always used it for all or my authoring needs, whether it be creating a movie, or just burning a CD/DVD.

As I mentioned in an earlier post I got Nero 8 Ultra Edition for review over at DSM, and I’ve finally finished the review, despite my massive data loss.. it wasn’t too bad really, I got most of the screenshots back, but I still had to go in and take some more to finish the review..

Stop on over to DSM and check out my review, I’ve tried to cover every aspect of this new version, it’s much better than all the previous versions…

Here’s a snippet from the review:

The product I have for review today really needs no introduction, pretty much everyone knows what Nero is… but today for review I’ve got Nero 8 Ultra Edition and it features many improvements over Nero 7 including a re-designed StartSmart interface.

I personally love Nero and have always used it as my main software for burning and creating CDs or DVDs. Some people out there complain that Nero is bloated and there’s just too much stuff with it, I happen to like having all of these great programs in one suite of tools where I can essentially do most anything I need to with my CDs and DVDs. To get the functionality you get from Nero you’d have to buy and install a lot of different programs which would easily cost quite a bit more than Nero itself does. So continue on to learn more about the new Nero 8 Ultra Edition, I’ve got tons of information and screenshots of everything for you to browse and see what’s new in Nero 8…

Click HERE to read the review or you can click the above boxshot!

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3rd Space Gaming Vest -Full Review

by Kristofer Brozio • December 18, 2007

Well it’s done… it took a whole lot of work to sort through all those pictures to find everything but I’ve got it completed!

So check out the newest and coolest gaming product this year!

Link to review: http://www.dragonsteelmods.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5545&Itemid=38

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PGH Cyberconxion and the 3rd Space Vest

by Kristofer Brozio • December 16, 2007

So.. as my luck would have it my plans for last night were a bit altered by the wonderful weather we have in Pittsburgh, of course we got all kinds of snow, freezing rain and ice everywhere… at one point it looked like a blizzard last night.

I still went to Cyberconxion to test the vest out and still got quite a few people to try it out and we had fun actually…I was expecting more people as they did have a party scheduled for 16 people but they never showed because of the weather.. we’ll see what happens now… I’ve got to edit videos and get them uploaded to YouTube

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Pittsburgh Cyberconxion

by Kristofer Brozio • December 14, 2007

Hey-Hey…

If any of you are from Pittsburgh, or close to Pittsburgh… I’ll be at the Pittsburgh Cyberconxion tomorrow (Saturday December 15th) from 4pm to 8pm demonstrating and letting people try out the TNGames 3rd Space Vest. I’ve got it for review and I thought what better way to test it out than let gamers use it. I’ll be recording their experiences and reactions to be used for part of the actual review to be posted over at DSM.

Of course I’ve got a bunch of stuff to give away while I’m there as well to random people who help me out to test the vest.

Product Previews/Reviews

TNGames 3rd Space Gaming Vest and a bit more

by Kristofer Brozio • December 5, 2007

It’s been a while since I’ve posted any product previews for DSM, but I’ve got a bunch of stuff and always more on the way!

Just arrives today was the TNGames 3rdSpace Gaming Vest, this thing it cool.. I was playing with it a bit tonight actually.. It comes with their own game called Incursion, but there’s also mods for Doom3 and Quake4 as well and it is supposed to work with COD2 as well.

also arrived today was the new Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler (I love their stuff) and their new thermal compound as well!

and this week also brought the new SteelSeries 5l hybrid mousepad, this thing is nice, I like it quite a bit.. I’ve only been using it for a few hours but so far I like what I see and feel!

This week I’ll be posting my review of the OCZ SLI DDR2 PC26400 ram as well, this is some great stuff if you run SLI and even if you don’t it’s pretty damn good!

Speaking of SLI, next week I’ll be posting my review of the two EVGA 8600GTS cards that I’ve got as well… they’re pretty good cards for a budget system, and they’re very quiet even under load which is something I like the most about them

and I’ve got my review of Nero8 Ultra coming up as well, I love Nero software, some people complain it’s all bloated etc, but I’ve never had a problem with it, I like having the ability to do pretty much any damn thing I want with one suite of software at a relatively low price, especially considering what you get

Of course I’ve got quite a bit more as well, and Tom has a few products also getting reviewed for us!

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Noctua NF-P12 fan and a nice surprise!

by Kristofer Brozio • November 23, 2007

So I got the new Noctua NF-P12 120mm fan today for review, and I got a very nice surprise with it as well..

Two surprises actually, they sent me a nice Noctua branded pen, which is ok, but the real surprise is the recognition that DragonSteelMods got from Noctua…

I almost missed it actually, there is a fold out section on the box that displays the technology involved in the design on the NF-P12, but at the bottom is a little section about awards their previous fans have received.. and DragonSteelMods is listed!!! WooHoo…

Some real recognition for all my hard work! It feels very good to see that, it’s actually very exciting, especially since it’s from one of my favorite companies, I love Noctua products and always have..

Check out the pics: