November 1 News from around the web
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:08 pm
Vantec AVOX|Jukebox Evaluation
Vantec has done a wonderful job of creating a useful, reliable solution, and I look forward to seeing if they continue down this path. It'd be awesome to see a product from them that that utilizes a full size hard drive for larger storage capacity, take advantage of a higher end Sigma Designs chip that enables HD media playback, include wireless access for easy media transfer, and a simple LCD display panel to show useful information.
Congratulations to Vantec on garnering such a high score on this unique product.
ABS Mayhem G4 Laptop Evaluation
Build Quality - 10/10
The chassis was truly impressive. I'm not a laptop man, but this system has made me think twice about them. The widescreen, high-resolution display is beautiful and the chassis has shown that it can put up with a lot of gaming and stay comfortable. The internal build quality was also smart. Dual fan intakes directed airflow right onto the Pentium M chip and the 6600 Go GPU. The placement of the hard drive, CPU, and GPU was also smart in that it spread out the heat-producing components as much as possible. It's certainly a tight fit in there, but it works for this system. Kudos to both Asus for a great chassis design, and to ABS for their clean integration.
Both @ [H]ardOCP
Tuesday Web Reviews:
HARDWARE
Arctic-Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra TC heatsink @ Pro-Clockers
HIS IceQII Radeon X800GTO Turbo PCI Express Videocard Review @ Tweaknews.net
AC Ryan UV Kit @ PC Review
Amazing X-Fi case mod @ bit-tech.net
HP's nc6120 notebook means business @ Hardware Analysis
Gainward 7800 GT Golden Sample @ PureOverclock.com
Rock Pegasus 650 @ TrustedReviews
Sapphire X800 GTO2 Limited Edition 256MB PCIe Video Card @ PimpRig
Thermaltake Swing Case @ driverheaven
ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XL Graphics Card @ Designtechnica
X-Micro Mini DisGo 20GB HDD Review @ Tech-Mods.net
Sapphire RADEON X800 GTO2 (LostCircuits) @ lostcircuits
Accessories
Logitech MOMO Racing Force Feedback Wheel @ BRnR
Editorials
Mid-level PC Buying Guide @ TechSpot
The Science of SPAM @ PC Mechanic
Software
Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird v1.5 @ Phoronix
ATI Radeon To ATI FireGL Mod Guide Rev. 5.0 Posted! @ Adrian's Rojak Pot
Events
Blizzard's 2005 Blizzcon: Day 1 @ TweakPC
Games
Splitfish 3D Shutter Glasses for Sony Playstation 2 Review @ I4U
Worms 4: Mayhem Xbox Review @ GamersHell
Virtual-On MARZ PS2 Game @ CyberwizardPit
Civilization IV review @ strategyinformer
Age of Empires III @ Gaming Illustrated
Vantec has done a wonderful job of creating a useful, reliable solution, and I look forward to seeing if they continue down this path. It'd be awesome to see a product from them that that utilizes a full size hard drive for larger storage capacity, take advantage of a higher end Sigma Designs chip that enables HD media playback, include wireless access for easy media transfer, and a simple LCD display panel to show useful information.
Congratulations to Vantec on garnering such a high score on this unique product.
ABS Mayhem G4 Laptop Evaluation
Build Quality - 10/10
The chassis was truly impressive. I'm not a laptop man, but this system has made me think twice about them. The widescreen, high-resolution display is beautiful and the chassis has shown that it can put up with a lot of gaming and stay comfortable. The internal build quality was also smart. Dual fan intakes directed airflow right onto the Pentium M chip and the 6600 Go GPU. The placement of the hard drive, CPU, and GPU was also smart in that it spread out the heat-producing components as much as possible. It's certainly a tight fit in there, but it works for this system. Kudos to both Asus for a great chassis design, and to ABS for their clean integration.
Both @ [H]ardOCP
Tuesday Web Reviews:
HARDWARE
Arctic-Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra TC heatsink @ Pro-Clockers
HIS IceQII Radeon X800GTO Turbo PCI Express Videocard Review @ Tweaknews.net
AC Ryan UV Kit @ PC Review
Amazing X-Fi case mod @ bit-tech.net
HP's nc6120 notebook means business @ Hardware Analysis
Gainward 7800 GT Golden Sample @ PureOverclock.com
Rock Pegasus 650 @ TrustedReviews
Sapphire X800 GTO2 Limited Edition 256MB PCIe Video Card @ PimpRig
Thermaltake Swing Case @ driverheaven
ATI All-In-Wonder X800 XL Graphics Card @ Designtechnica
X-Micro Mini DisGo 20GB HDD Review @ Tech-Mods.net
Sapphire RADEON X800 GTO2 (LostCircuits) @ lostcircuits
Accessories
Logitech MOMO Racing Force Feedback Wheel @ BRnR
Editorials
Mid-level PC Buying Guide @ TechSpot
The Science of SPAM @ PC Mechanic
Software
Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird v1.5 @ Phoronix
ATI Radeon To ATI FireGL Mod Guide Rev. 5.0 Posted! @ Adrian's Rojak Pot
Events
Blizzard's 2005 Blizzcon: Day 1 @ TweakPC
Games
Splitfish 3D Shutter Glasses for Sony Playstation 2 Review @ I4U
Worms 4: Mayhem Xbox Review @ GamersHell
Virtual-On MARZ PS2 Game @ CyberwizardPit
Civilization IV review @ strategyinformer
Age of Empires III @ Gaming Illustrated
