NeoWave NewQ Platinum PC digital signal processor

Advantages: Many Features
Disadvantages: Bad onboard lan

...full of features, 4 SATA connectors with RAID support, the standard 2 IDE connectors, Onboard Gigabit LAN and AC/97 Sound Card, NVIDIA Firewall, CoreCell, smart NB/CPU Fan and more. Gigabit LAN: ------------------- The Inbuilt LAN is a bit buggy, when running network intensive programs the connection sometimes fails and you have to restart your computer to get it running again. I don't know if it's just my motherboard that does this or all K8N Neo Platinum's. Apart from this it works fine and you can also install NVIDIA Firewall which allows you to use the inbuilt hardware firewall supported by the nForce3 250Gb. Onboard Sound --------------------- The onboard AC/97 sound chip is ok, but as with most onboard sound chips the quality isn't great. It supports optical and coaxial digital outputs and 7.1 surround sound. I haven't used... Read review

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Advantages: When it works it's amazing
Disadvantages: Great whilst it lasts!

...Chip/Processor: Creative Audigy Signal Output mode: 5.1 channel Surround sound with a frequency range of 8 KHz - 48 KHz in 24-bit sound Speakers: a maximum of 6 speakers can be used: 1 centre and one sub (3.5mm female jack), two front (3.5mm female jack) and two rear (3.5mm female jack) Ports: 1 x serial IEEE 1394 FireWire port, 4 PIN FireWire male 1 standard game/midi port allowing joysticks or midi devices to the system (requires an extra PCI slot on the back of your PC as it is an extension of the board via a cable) Inputs: 1 audio line in (3.5mm female jack, external) 1 microphone (3.5mm PHONO female jack, external) 1 spdif (2 PIN digital audio male, internal) 2 CD in (4 PIN audio male, internal) 1 AUX in (4 PIN audio male, internal) Extra Features: Dolby Digital EAX ADVANCED HD EAX... Read review

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Advantages: Does everything you want and more from a home pc
Disadvantages: Other upgrade options would be useful as standard

...Had this computer for over a month now and I am mightily impressed. Bought from PC World with a 19" LG LCD monitor giving a very good picture for games, movies and television. At the time I bought this it was the most powerful home pc they did. 2.66mhz dual core 2 processor, 2gb of RAM upgradeable to 4gb and a 512mb graphics card are fantastic for a home pc to play games on, as well as do the usual office type jobs. It is no where near a pro gaming machine, but a very good all rounder for home use. It has the expected large hard drive, 320gb with 7200 rpm, but also comes with a compact external HP pocket media drive offering 80gb. This is a usb 2 portable drive that can be slotted into its own bay in the pc. Very nifty. The keyboard and mouse are wireless, mouse needs batteries and is very standard, needs a rechargeable one. A minor... Read review

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