Shuttle unveils a new HTPC

Subject: Systems | October 18, 2005 - 05:42 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Shuttle's SD31P XPC is their newest HTPC barebones system.  It expects an LGA775 processor, and DDR2, but it comes with good sound and is able to output video to almost any component.  HEXUS has the full review.

"The one word that describes Shuttle's SD31P XPC is competent. Just add a hard drive, preferably

SATA, optical drive, RAM, and an LGA775 CPU and away you go. Everything works just as it should,

and installation is a real cinch for even novice XPC builders.

Watercooled system, ready for you to start already

Subject: Systems | October 14, 2005 - 03:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Hardware Zone has a review of an almost unique type of premade system, the NEC PowerMate DL T8000 Water-Cooled PC.    It's expensive, but you can be guaranteed a quiet and powerful system, right out of the box.

"NEC brings to the region a first-of-its-kind water-cooled desktop PC.

Pure Power Purveyors, PC P&C, Present Penultimate PSU

Subject: Systems | October 14, 2005 - 11:58 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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If you want the best of everything in your system, then PC Power & Cooling is the PSU supplier for you.  The newest, the Turbo-Cool 510 SLI is incredible.  850W minimum power, 2 seperate PCI-X power connectors, 4 17amp 12V rails, and a ±1% voltage regulation.  PureOverclock can tell you everything about.

"On removing the top we see a very unique design. It's laid out in such a way you can see each stage of the design as you look from left to right.

Work of Linux-y Perfection

Subject: Systems | October 4, 2005 - 12:26 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Part 2 in LinuxHardware's Ultimate Linux WorkStation is up.  Step by step, they are building a box desgined to run perfectly, and to do it while running Linux.  If you missed part one, start here.

"If you've read part one of Augustus' Ultimate Linux Workstation, then you already know what my goals and thoughts were surrounding this system.

660 Watts to power your pure SLI goodness

Subject: Systems | October 4, 2005 - 12:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Today, PimpRig looks at the Enermax MaximumPlus 660 EG851AX-VH(W) 660W Power Supply.  It is a bright yellow, but with 660 Watts and Quad +12V Rails it may well deserve to look like a peice of heavy duty equipment.

"Independent 12V rails supply to MB/CPU and drives in order to provide stable and clean current to noise-sensitive devices, such as: CPU, add-on cards.Meet UL 240VA safety requirements.

VIA and Mini-box Announce First Sub-$300 Car PC Kit

Subject: Systems | October 1, 2005 - 01:18 PM | Ryan Shrout
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Taipei, Taiwan, 30 September 2005 - VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator of PC platform solutions, and Mini-box.com, a subsidiary of Ituner Networks Corp., today announced the VoomPC™ family of compact, high performance yet affordable x86 car PC kits aimed at driving telematics mainstream.

34 ATX 2.0 PSUs Compared

Subject: Systems | September 26, 2005 - 03:43 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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With all the PSU's to choose from, you may want to bless HEXUS for putting together 34 ATX 2.0 PSU together for a huge comparison.  See which one is right for you.

It may have been Slashdotted, so give it some time to recover.

"The vast majority of the ATX 2.0 supplies tested, and ATX 2.0 is what you should be buying these days, will comfortably power a current high-end system without any issues whatsoever.

PSU's Need Testing Too & More

Subject: Systems | September 21, 2005 - 04:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Virtual Hideout has a PSU tester shoot-out.  Not only do they review power supplies, they review the testers you can pick up to save yourself embarrasment at the return/troubleshooting counter of your favorite PC Store.  Following that are reviews of 2 actual PSU's.

"The Main thing I looked for was a tester that gave me the most options, yet remained easy to read and use.