Samsung SN M242C

Advantages: Beautiful, small, rock solid, fast, quality construction, full of features, right there with the big boys on performance.
Disadvantages: none really. once hooked with a Shuttle then there is no going back.

.../PDIF input too in the back which the old SN41G2 lacked. - Lots of people were frustrated with the lack of a line-in in the old SN41G2 and I was one of them. the V2 has one in the front along with the mic and headphone jacks. - Also comes with a mini-firewire400 port in the front instead of the normal size one. two normal size firewire ports are in the back. SilenX: - 250W instead of 200W. Thats always a good thing. - I has two fans instead of one and it feels cooler to the touch. - Does not emit that high pitched noise the old Enhance PSU used to, BUT - It is certainly not silent. It emits a "humming" sound which is somewhere in the low frequency range. It is loud but in a different way. - Although it seems cooler on the outside, speedfan reports that it is up to 3 to 4C higher than my Enhance. - Its also bigger in size.. its harder now... Read review

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Advantages: Better power supply above the original
Disadvantages: Shame they did not improve the stock fan

...Similar to the SN45Gv1 but the v2 comes with the SilentX 250w power supply as standard and a new motherboard design. This is ideal for high power graphic cards wuch as an ATI All In Wonder Card AIW. The vDimm problems are reportedly solved on this model however my firmare has this option removed. I have purchased 1 of these. Easy to assemble with some practice under 2 hours instructions comprehensive no first time experience necessary. Sound quality is amazing from the nForce 2 Soundstorm chipset. Stock fan is okay but rather noisy but can be replaced with quieter alternative which have better airflow. Supplied thermal paste is okay but better thermal paste can be used to cool the unit. I have 1 hard drives and a DVD-rom drivewith a Radeon 9600 PRO in mine and the power supply copes fine with temperatures around 47c. Ideal units... Read review

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Advantages: Nice styling, good picture quality and not expensive.
Disadvantages: Only has analogue connection, flashing standby light and no standard wall mount.

...INTRO Bought this monitor in Dec 2004 as part of a computer system revamp so I initially chose it because it looked good (for me). The monitor is satin black, not dark grey like some others ones. The other reason was the price, inexpensive if compared to similar specification monitors from other well known brands like Iiyama, Sony, Philips and Sharp. I trust the Samsung brand to provide good quality equipment as I have used their products before with no problems. Other brands I had considered were Sony, LG, Relysis, Acer and AG Neovo but were either out of stock or lacked feedback from users. The monitor cost me £278 (including VAT) from an internet supplier. WHAT'S IN THE BOX You get the monitor, video cable to connect to computer, power cable to connect to the mains and software CD. The CD contains a Windows XP certified... Read review

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