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  • Review: Soltek EQ3702M mini barebones

    26 October 2003, 00:00

    A decent SFF barebones outfit should question the need for larger desktop or midi-tower boxes, especially for the non-power user. The Soltek does exactly that. Overall, however, the Soltek EQ3702 ...

  • Review: Shuttle XPC SN85G4 SFF PC

    22 October 2003, 00:00

    We\'re trying to pick small faults with what is an excellent addition to the XPC range. Its attractiveness stems from the use of AMD\'s new Athlon 64 Clawhammer CPU. It ...

  • Computex 2003: VIA Nano ITX Platform

    25 September 2003, 00:00

    The new concept from VIA this year is the 'Nano-ITX' board, which has a full speed 1GHz CPU on the board. The special thing about this board is that it ...

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  • Review: Project Bad Apple

    12 September 2003, 00:00

    "Apple computers have for a long time now led the world in design. They were the first mainstream manufacturer to make a pc look any good. They rewrote the rules ...

  • Review: Scan 3XS System

    8 September 2003, 00:00

    It's been an eye-opening experience to see just how far pre-built systems have come in the last few years. You may pay a little more than if you built it ...

  • Review: Time UltraStation XP3200

    24 August 2003, 00:00

    A thumbs up all round, I have to say. Providing they look into the memory timings issue (or you change them yourself) and you don't get a horrid mouse like ...

  • Review: Tranquil PC

    18 August 2003, 00:00

    The Tranquil\'s exquisite design and looks, near-silent operation, and multitude of uses makes us think that it\'ll appeal to its intended market. Highly recommended if true quietness is high on ...

  • Review: Shuttle SN45G nForce2 Ultra 400 XPC

    30 June 2003, 00:00

    This cube is the fastest AMD one yet. It\'s stable, fast, tweakable, feature rich and relatively quiet. One almost begins to question the wisdom of large boxes when this little ...

  • Review: MSI MegaPC

    24 June 2003, 00:00

    The mini PC market is getting very crowded; potential buyers have plenty of choice at the moment. MSI have exactly the right approach and have created something different with unique ...

  • Review: MSI Hermes 845GV Barebones

    19 June 2003, 00:00

    In short, a featured, well-designed base unit with a number of possible uses. The business sector will appreciate its versatility, but it may well get shunned by the enthusiast crowd ...

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  • Review: VIA EPIA M10000

    2 June 2003, 00:00

    What do we think overall ?. The EPIA line is all about progression. The latest EPIA M10000 proves that a system doesn\'t require superlative performance to be a viable proposition ...

  • Review: LCD Keypad Guide

    1 June 2003, 00:00

    At the start of this project, it was designed to work with an LCD, but I will be finally applying the keypad to my VFD, showing how versatile the \'custom ...

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  • Review: Shuttle SB61G2 Springdale XPC

    22 May 2003, 00:00

    Performance-wise, the SB61G2 didn't disappoint with a discrete Radeon 9800 Pro hogging the AGP port. Performance was just where we'd have put it beforehand, that is, sandwiched between the Canterwood ...

  • Review: Commell LV-670

    18 May 2003, 00:00

    If you are after the fastest MiniITX board you can get your hands on this is definitely a board you should consider, however the high price means that very few ...

  • Review: Shuttle EL Panel

    16 May 2003, 00:00

    A few weeks ago Shuttle released another new accessory for there barebone systems. There seems to be a never ending list of add-ons and accessory\'s for these SFF PC\'s.

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  • Streamlining your cables

    8 May 2003, 00:00

    Streamlining your cables!

    I work in a garage OK..........lots of stuff to use for PC's there. I wanted to round off my cables long ago.......but the only thing I ...

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  • Review: Hush Technologies Mini-ITX PC

    30 April 2003, 00:00

    First impressions count for a lot and with the Hush I wasn\'t disappointed, the system came in a well packaged and protected box. Opening up the box for the first ...

  • SFF CeBIT Coverage 2003

    22 March 2003, 00:00

    In summing up, I'd say that the SFF market is going to be pretty interesting over the next year: Shuttle no longer have the market to themselves, but of course ...

  • Review: Shuttle SB52G2 XPC

    10 March 2003, 00:00

    Recently Shuttle has announced the SB52G2. The SB52G2 is designed to deliver stability and power in a footprint that rivals servers with the flexibly of a desktop PC. Other Shuttle ...

  • Review: CubeSystemZ CF-S968

    2 March 2003, 00:00

    Competition in the small form factor sector seems to be hotting up with some new arrivals in the ultra portable, high performance arena to challenge the market leaders Shuttle.

  • Review: VIA EPIA M9000

    18 February 2003, 00:00

    It\'s pretty easy to sum things up performance wise. Avoid high bitrate video that isn\'t in MPEG-2 format and you\'ll be fine. It can do pretty much anything else without ...

  • Review: Shuttle SK41G XPC

    29 January 2003, 00:00

    Considered in absolute isolation, the SK41G is a fine machine. It uses the base mould from the popular Intel shuttles to good effect. We see almost every feature carried over ...

  • Review: Shuttle XPC Carry Bag

    11 January 2003, 00:00

    With the recent increase of Small Form Factor (SFF) PC\'s and LAN party events, Shuttle have created a carry bag to store your bits and pieces in.

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  • Review: Shuttle SN41G2 XPC

    7 January 2003, 00:00

    The SN41G2 is a fast system no doubt, and with the inclusion of dual outputs for the vastly improved onboard graphics and the excellent NForce2 chipset a real alternative to ...

  • Review: Cooler Master Alloy Front Bezel For CD/DVD-ROM/RW

    29 December 2002, 00:00

    Since we have seen a large increase of people using aluminium cases we seem to still lack nice looking CD drives. There's nothing worse than seeing an aluminium case with ...

  • Review: Shuttle SB51G XPC

    26 October 2002, 00:00

    Shuttle have once again proved that small-form-factor PCs don't have to be a compromise between form and performance. For all intents and purposes, the Shuttle SB51G performs in the same ...

  • Review: Cold Cathode Florescent Lighting Kit

    26 October 2002, 00:00

    A very nice cold cathode kit

  • Review: Shuttle SS51 XPC

    24 July 2002, 00:00

    It looks good, is reasonably easy to dismantle and rebuild, can take the most powerful graphics card on the market, has a feature-rich motherboard, and weighs less than some new-born ...

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  • Review: Silentmaster Guide

    23 July 2002, 00:00

    This project took me a fair while to complete but the results were well worth it. I love the look of the case now and it is virtually silent. I ...

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  • Spraying Guide

    16 June 2002, 00:00

    TEP 1: Buy materials. Nissan Starburst Silver spray paint from Halfords and some Wet and Dry 1500 grit paper.

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  • Review: Black Ice Part 4

    22 May 2002, 00:00

    In this penultimate article I will cover the construction of the Geforce 4 cooling system. All the water cooling system construction will be shown, so lets get to work and ...

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  • Review: Project Black Ice - Part 3

    18 April 2002, 00:00

    Last time I looked at the majority of the case mod\'s and evaporator housing. In this article you will get to see the remaining touches to the case, the fitting ...

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  • Review: Coolcasemods Window Kit

    10 April 2002, 00:00

    This isnt a hard mod, but people generally are scared of attacking an expensive case just in case it goes wrong. The results are definitely worth it particularly when combined ...

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