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Review: VIA Epia MII

24 December 2004, 00:00

As the popularity of the \'media centre\' grows, what we have here is a perfect system for anyone requiring basic movie and music playback without using a behemoth of a ...

Review: Scan International's 3XS Cobra SLI Systems

15 December 2004, 00:00

We've seen impressive 3XS hardware from Scan in the past and their Cobra SLI systems don't buck that trend. Incredibly well built, paint jobs to put others to shame and ...

Intel Pentium 4 Processor Extreme Edition Challenge III - Bloodline - HEXUS Partners

30 November 2004, 00:00

As if you needed yet another reason to roll up to Black Island Studios, London, for the Bloodline LAN, then HEXUS.net has one for you. In association with some of ...

Review: Shuttle XPC SN95G5

30 September 2004, 00:00

Very highly recommended if you need Socket 939 in a small form factor enclosure and you can afford the asking price. Pester your favourite retailer for a price drop and ...

Review: AOpen EZ18-120 SFF System

27 September 2004, 00:00

We\'ve yet to see a perfect SFF system. AOpen does a lot of things right with the EZ18 - it also does a few things, subjectively speaking, wrong. Worth a ...

Review: World Exclusive Preview of IWill's ZMAXdp

23 September 2004, 00:00

After we broke those spy shots back in May, a lot of people asked me whether I thought the ZMAXdp would ever get released. It's one thing to work on ...

Review: Zalman TNN500A / Poweroid Silent PC

20 August 2004, 00:00

What it all boils down to, really, is if its very select attributes appeal to you. If they do, you'll wonder why nothing like this ever came along before. Cost ...

Shuttle Interview

5 August 2004, 00:00

Most of the people just follow the rules defined by big companies like Intel, but that's not Shuttle. It's very risky to create a new product. Maybe just 1% will ...

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Review: Shuttle's XPC SB81P

20 July 2004, 00:00

It\'s unappealing with the GMA900 on-board video, so wait for PCI Express graphics cards to appear, pick your CPU and GPU poison, then definitely consider the SB81P as the host ...

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IWill ZMAXdp Sneak Peak

24 May 2004, 00:00

While the photographs don't give the entire game away, the basic construction, motherboard layout and cooling system are clear to see. My personal concerns lie in routing the power cable ...

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Review: Shuttle XPC SB61G2 v3.0

22 May 2004, 00:00

It\'s a tidy, polished implementation of a well trodden concept, with the odd rough edge here and there. But nobody else does a Pentium 4 SFF box quite like Shuttle, ...

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Review: Shuttle XPC SB75G2 and XPC ST62K Zen

3 April 2004, 00:00

Shuttle, it seems, plans to dominate the lucrative SFF market by using a strategy of offering the consumer a cube based on every available chipset. Two newer cubes, reviewed today, ...

Review: Scan 3XS-OC

26 February 2004, 00:00

There's more than one method of building of high-performance system. Scan has shown us that. Going down the enthusiasts' route of overclocking the CPU and motherboard has paid dividends for ...

Review: EPoX eX5-300S Mini Me SFF System

8 February 2004, 00:00

There's enough here to make the eX5-300S Mini Me SFF system sell on pure merit. We can just see enthusiasts using the highly overclockable Northwood Pentium 4 200MHz CPUs and ...

Review: Evesham Axis 64 3000

28 January 2004, 00:00

Multi-use setups like the Axis will always appeal. It's for that reason, it's multi-talented abilities as a games machine, simple video capture and editing box and multimedia TV hub, that ...

Review: Shuttle SB61G2R RefleXion XPC

24 December 2003, 00:00

The defining role of any small form-factor system is to thoroughly question the need for a standard beige box. There\'s not much it can\'t do, and it does cause us ...

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Review: MESH Matrix 64 3200 E-JOY & Evesham Technology Axis 64 3200+

20 December 2003, 00:00

This summary may sound like a flow of praise. If it does, it's because both systems deserve it. £1500 goes a hell of a long way right now. Both MESH ...

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Review: Shuttle ST61G4 XPC

8 December 2003, 00:00

Sheer performance isn\'t great with a discrete AGP card. However, the combination of the factors listed above raise it from being a poor system to one that has merit. This ...

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Review: ABIT AB-2003 DigiDice SFF System

1 December 2003, 00:00

Performance and stability were both good. Noise is another subjective issue. ABIT helps the user counter it by supplying an excellent BIOS. The hardware monitoring section allows for some fan-speed ...

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Review: Time Computers Platina Viper FX

26 November 2003, 00:00

In summary, excellent performance that could easily be even better, a meagre software bundle but excellent monitor and speaker system to balance it out. Good features mean you get some ...

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Review: Shuttle XPC SB62G2 SFF PC

20 November 2003, 00:00

Perhaps we\'re being critical here but the XPC line doesn\'t seem to have evolved greatly over the past 18 months. We want it all, all without compromise. That entails Wi-Fi ...

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Review: Biostar iDEQ 200T SFF

17 November 2003, 00:00

The iDEQ 200T is pretty good, especially if this is your first foray into the SFF world. It's by far the easiest to work with. Performance is adequate, even if ...

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Interview : Tony Riccardi, General Manager - MESH

16 November 2003, 00:00

Today we have managed to snag 10 minutes with the General manager of one of the UKs biggest SI's.

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Review: Shuttle SB65G2 SFF System

4 November 2003, 00:00

In summary, the Shuttle SB65G2 is an effortlessly competent barebones unit that\'ll appeal to many potential buyers on the basis of performance, portability, features, stability and overclocking potential. It\'s not ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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