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  • 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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  • Review: Project Black Ice - Part 2

    28 March 2002, 00:00

    In the previous article I looked at the goals, specifications of project black ice and showed details of the new evaporator housing. In this article I actually get down to ...

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  • Stealth blowholes

    10 March 2002, 00:00

    So you have your new gaming or high performance rig and its running way to hot. So whats the solution?

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  • Review: Project Ice Blue

    26 February 2002, 00:00

    When I first saw the PC60 USB case IRL I saw my own name written on it :, I just had to buy it. With intentions to do some serious ...

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  • Stealthing a CD/DVD Rom Drive

    3 February 2002, 00:00

    Okay with all these lovely aluminium cases that are so popular today the days of the beige computer are well and truly numbered. The problem is that the computer parts ...

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  • Review: Shuttle SV24 XPC

    2 February 2002, 00:00

    The Ideal PC for Home Theatre or LAN parties. I\'d have to say, this is the best piece of hardware I\'ve bought for a long time.

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  • Review: Modding the case - Watercooling

    18 January 2002, 00:00

    See it does look pretty, but can you see all those fans? Noise!! Enter the watercooling.

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  • Hexus System Guide

    16 January 2002, 00:00

    So there you have it. These systems have been put together as a guide to what I feel are solid systems based on hardware available today.

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  • How To Mod a Case

    31 August 2001, 00:00

    When will they learn? Why is that practically all case manufacturers insist on producing housings that are uglier than a Taiwanese lady-boy after a heavy night on the town..............?

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  • Coolcasemods new Stuff!

    22 July 2001, 00:00

    Hexus have some exclusive stuff for you all ;) We don't normally do this but we have managed to get inside Coolcasemods HQ.

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