Gigabyte Entertainment PC A963 - no CPU

Advantages: Supports fast CPU's (upto Athlon 3200+), Crammed with features
Disadvantages: None really

...it a little, the Zalman heatsink was massive so the DPS can't really be blamed. However the motherboard can still be used without the DPS being plugged in anyway, and to be honest you are unlikely to be able to tell the difference. I certainly can't notice any difference with the PC, though I suppose there wouldn't be really if it's just there for overall system stability. Dual Bios is also implemented onto the motherboard, allowing extremely secure anti-virus protection to be used. A nice feature on this motherboard is that it can monitor the overall system temperature, and the CPU temperature. There are settings in the BIOS which allow you to set the system to shut itself down if the temperature hits a certain point, so it doesn't damage the CPU or motherboard. This is really handy, though the gigabyte 7nnxp actually has a problem in which... Read review

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Advantages: Ease of use, fast, stylish
Disadvantages: battery life @ about 3 hours

...Advantages: Fast, easy to use, easily unpgraded, good design Disadvantages: Battery life-Max of about 3 hours I love this laptop, in fact its one of the best ive ever owned, standard they come with 512 gb of RAM, CPU 430 @ 1.73 GHZ, Intel celeron processor and 40gb hdd the laptop is one of the easiest i think ive ever upgraded, im running a 100gb hdd, 2 gb of RAM and CPU 430 @ 2.54 GHZ. The only thing i dont like about this laptop os that the battery life is only about 3 hours but i think it can go to 4 and thats about it. If i was going to suggest a laptop it would be this one hands down, to any starter or expert of laptops. I give it 5 stars. Overall i actually think this laptop is very good if you just want it for messing around at home or even for office work, im not sure if i would recommend playing and installing big games... Read review

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Advantages: small and lightweight and gives freedom over components
Disadvantages: gets a little hot though better than previous models

...* Temperature controlled 92mm fan * Drive bays: 1x 5.25", 2x 3.5" * Chipset - SiS 661FX / SiS 963L * Integrated graphics (64MB UMA) * CPU - Socket 478 supports 800/533MHz FSB, Pentium 4 (Prescott, Northwood) and Celeron processors * Slots - 1 x AGP (8X), 1 x PCI * Memory - Supports DDR-400/333 * Connectors - 2x IDE ATA 133, 1x floppy * 6-channel audio, SPDIF * Firewire, USB 2.0, Dual VGA * Fast Ethernet LAN * Power supply - 200 Watt mini power supply What did I put into my PC? Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar 80 gig. This is a basic hard drive that spins at 7200 rpm. Fairly small compared to some of the massive drives in existence but it came out of my original Shuttle PC so it was not brand new. Memory: I got some memory from ebuyer.co.uk I have always used Crucial RAM because it has yet to fail... Read review

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