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In the Lab: David Murphy Explains Case Reviews

David Murphy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:10:03 -0600

The ins and outs of determining a chassis' verdict at Maximum PC

Western Digital My Book World Edition II

David Murphy — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:44:57 -0500

We fondly recall reviewing this unit’s connected brother in arms, the My Book Pro Edition II (March 2007). The products are virtually identical, featuring two 500GB hard drives locked in a RAID 0 configuration that gives you one honkin’ terabyte of space. The difference, of course, is that you access the World Edition II through an Ethernet cable instead of a FireWire or USB connection.

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Ableton Live 6

David Murphy — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:20:44 -0500

You can do so much with Live 6, it’s hard to know exactly where to begin describing this masterful software sequencer. So we’ll start at the top. With just a few clicks of an in-application help system, we were up and running with the program’s Operator add-on, creating notes and beats that sound as though they were pulled straight from a Keith Schofield music video. Awesome.

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Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 Hard Drive

David Murphy — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:02:40 -0500

Holy hell, man. We have been waiting for this day for a long time, and Hitachi is the first hard-drive manufacturer out of the gate to meet our terabyte-size storage needs. Yes, that’s right. A terabyte. One thousand gigabytes stuffed into a hard drive, or in this case, a Deskstar.

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Thermaltake V1

David Murphy — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:28:25 -0500

We’ve been operating under the assumption that Zalman’s CNPS9700 is the Highlander of CPU coolers—immortal and utterly immune to the benchmarking threats posed by other, lesser devices. That’s until we ran across Thermaltake’s newest V1 cooler. As far as we can tell, the blue-lit device is the guy who brings the chain saw to a swordfight. It looks great, fits great, and outcools our reigning champion ever so slightly.

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Ultra Products E-Torque Midtower Case

David Murphy — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:49:06 -0500

Reviewing Ultra Products’s E-Torque case is a bit challenging because this product is a strange mixture of good and great. And we’re not sure if that means it’s “grood” or “goodate.”

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Thermaltake LanBox VF1000SWA

David Murphy — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:57:40 -0500

At first glance, Thermaltake’s Lanbox case looks like an absolute dud. Not because of its design but rather its size. What’s the point of buying a case that won’t fit, say, a GeForce 8800 GTX card?

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SilverStone Tundra TD01

David Murphy — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:19:39 -0500

If Maximum PC’s tests worked like a beauty pageant, SilverStone’s Tundra TD01 might win the swimsuit competition. Talentwise, however, this water-cooling rig would be akin to your average 18-year-old girl trying to belt out “Since You’ve Been Gone.” It isn’t horrific, but it’s no Kelly Clarkson.

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