NEC PowerMate VT PII 350 MHz

Advantages: 133MHz FSB support, 1/2 AGP divider, stable, inexpensive
Disadvantages: Performance not up to overclocked BX solution

...I would like to share my experiences of the Abit VT6X4 slot 1 motherboard and its VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset. In the past I have always used boards with an Intel chipset in my own machines. As my PC is important for work and study as well as for play, stability has always been an influencing factor. With the VT6X4, Abit have implemented stability in the VIA chipset. The CPU I am using is a Slot 1 Intel Pentium 3 733MHz (133MHz FSB) chip, which I picked up second hand very inexpensively as an upgrade to my Celeron 366 (overclocked to 550). The P3 is a fast and stable chip - it runs pretty cool for a 733MHz CPU. The VIA chipset is not the fastest solution available; those who lust for those extra frames per second in Quake 3 should consider an overclocked Intel BX chipset solution - the BX chipset doesn't support a 1/2 AGP... Read review

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Advantages: Satisfactory performance, efficiency, great quality for low budget
Disadvantages: Minor problems installing, problems recognising different RAM types

...The Gigabyte GA-7VT880 is indubitably the fastest socket-A platform still available on the market. It was designed for Athlons mainly, but Semprons work with just as efficiently. It supports 400 MHz DDR-SDRAM sticks; with two identical 256 MB sticks working in Dual Channel, Windows XP runs smoothly with all the visual effects on. Since it is not a 64-bit platform, executing a large amount of applications at once can cause the system to freeze, but that is quite obvious anyway. The motherboard works very efficiently with IDE and SATA hard drives - copying 4.7 gigabytes from one drive to the other takes no more than 8 minutes - that is about 10 MB per second. The SATA RAID configuration has its own Graphical User Interface; therefore manipulating the drives' settings could not be easier. The AGP 8X slot is a budget gaming solution... Read review

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Advantages: Quality- under a $1000.00, 2500 lumens, built in 5watt speakers, two computer inputs, LCD technology
Disadvantages: none

...This Projector is really nice and reliable. It has five watt speakers built in. The 2500 lumens is really bright and perfect for class room settings or presentations that are done in lighted rooms. We use them in a class room setting for use with the Smartboard technology. It comes with a hand held remote control and you can configure the projector to be used from a ceiling mounted option. The menu settings are very easy to use and the keystone is very adjustable and easy to use as well. This projector is LCD which I find to be better than DLP technology. It last longer than DLP. The 3 year warranty is great, but I don't think you will really need it. Know that NEC really stands by it's products. As for the connections; there are two computer inputs which come in handy when you have two laptops or computer and laptop you might want... Read review

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