HTPC - barebones, Chassis and components
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Hiper Media Center HTPC HMC-2K53A-A3 review
by Hilbert Hagedoorn
4/21/2008
Hiper recently released a new model of their slim-line HTPC barebone chassis, with VFD (display) fully integrated mainboard and PSU. Pretty much you drop a HD, a slice of memory and a processor in this system and you are good to go since the mainboard even has support for multi-channel audio, VGA & HDMI output as it's based on the reputable AMD 690G chipset (mainboard with integrated graphics card). And next to all that, it even comes with a pretty decent remote control.
Zalman HD160XT Plus HTPC Chassis review
by Hilbert Hagedoorn
2/19/2008
A PC in your living room however has to look nice, be silent and functional; and that's quite a challenge as today's computer parts are often noisy and create lot's of heat. Building a HTPC surely isn't an easy task as you need to carefully handpick all components used. For optimal cooling and nice looks today we land at the premises of Zalman. They recently released their Zalman HD160XT Plus HTPC chassis. A seriously gorgeous looking HTPC chassis, made out of aluminum and with a small 7" Zero Defect LCD touch screen (no dead pixels).
NZXT Rogue SSF chassis review
by Hilbert Hagedoorn
1/27/2008
NZXT released their first SSF chassis under the name Rogue. Quite an interesting name as is has several meanings, in biology however Rogue equals "a usually inferior organism, esp. a plant, varying markedly from the normal". I think it's safe to apply that description to the chassis we are testing today. A chassis that for the bigger part is a aluminum chassis guaranteeing optimal cooling, low noise levels and since it's NZXT .. looks to die for.
Zalman Reserator 2 review
by Hilbert Hagedoorn
9/22/2006
Today we'll be looking at Zalman's Reserator version 2, a completely redesigned and improved passive water-cooling kit that again will stun and amaze. Not only is the kit really sexy looking, I guarantee you it's cooling is even better as well. We'll be water-cooling a CPU and VGA card passively, meaning no fans are being used. The rest is handled by an inaudible pump and mother nature.
ThermalTake Mozart With Media Lab
by Hilbert Hagedoorn
2/27/2006
Today we are entering the mysterious world of the HTPC .. the Home Theater PC. A PC that has been built for the sole purpose of playing back music, movies and or media files, basically a multimedia center. And that is not an easy mission, as everybody has different goals, budgets and tasks for such a PC. Essentially this is a review about the Thermaltake Mozart. Look at the choices and building part of the HTPC as an additional bonus in this review.
Zalman Reserator 1 Plus
by Hilbert Hagedoorn
10/26/2005
Zalman last year released their reserator 1, a passive cooled water-cooling kit. Recently they released the Reserator 1 Plus package .. pretty much the same stuff, yet with new designed water blocks to get more heat from that precious gear of ours. Passively cooled you ask? Yeah, no fans are involved. No fans people, that means no noise .. yay ! The Zalman Reserator 1 Plus is a fanless water cooling system.
MX610 USB PC PLED Bay insert
by Hilbert Hagedoorn
4/29/2005
This is the review of an actual USB PC Bay insert. And not just a flashy fan controller or something, we get to have system feedback from this device. Matrix Orbital recently released the new MX6 series PLED powered bay inserts. Featuring new PLED (polymer light emitting diodes) technology, this display will give you a 160 degree viewing angle, remarkable response time and great contrast. It has digital bay bus capabilities, temperature monitoring, and programmable I/O.
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