From the Magazine

Abit Fatal1ty AA8XE

Posted 03/15/2005 at 1:51pm | by

A gamer's dream come true

Month Reviewed: April 2005
Verdict: 8
URL: www.abit.com

If it’s possible for George Foreman to devise a mean, lean, fat-burning machine, than it shouldn’t be much of a stretch for the world’s greatest videogame player to design a mean, lean gaming mobo, should it? We can’t picture Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel standing over a PCB and popping in TSOPs by hand, but Wendel says he did have a lot of input in the design of the AA8XE board.Some of the features are classic Abit, including the dual outside thermal-exhaust system (OTES).

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ASUS P5AD2-E Premium

Posted 03/15/2005 at 1:47pm | by

Asus pulls performance out of the ether to trounce the competition

Month Reviewed: April 2005
Verdict: 9
URL: www.asus.com

Maximum PC readers will find the P5AD2-E Premium strikingly similar to the motherboard we used in last year’s Dream Machine.

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Foxconn 925XE7AA-8EKRS2

Posted 03/15/2005 at 1:42pm | by

Bizarre name, great board

Month Reviewed: April 2005
Verdict: 8
URL: www.foxconchannel.com

You can always tell when a company accustomed to selling to OEMs enters the consumer space: It forgets to give its product a name you can pick out on a store shelf.

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Plextor PlexWriter PX-716A DVD Burner

Posted 03/15/2005 at 11:48am | by

Holy smokes! Plextor pulls out all the stops with its best drive ever

Month Reviewed: April 2005
Verdict: 10 Kickass
URL: www.plextor.com

Put on your party hat, because if Plextor’s PX-716A DVD burner doesn’t make you want to get naked and dance a jig, then you’re either a hopeless Luddite or dead.We’re not all that surprised that the PX-719A turned in a record-breaking time writing 4.25GB to a single-layer DVD+R disc in 5:50 (min:sec); we’re accustomed to cutting-edge speeds from Plextor, and that’s only a second faster than the results from NEC’s much cheaper ND-3500A.

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Sunbeam Transformer

Posted 03/15/2005 at 2:31am | by

More than meets the… ah, never mind

Month Reviewed: April 2005
Verdict: 8
URL: www.sunbeamtech.com

No, this case does not transform into anything.

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March 2005

Posted 03/01/2005 at 1:29pm | by

Massive Multimedia How-To
Now that music and movies have gone all-digital, it's time to take control of your media.

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I am the Firestarter

Posted 03/01/2005 at 1:01pm | by

By Michael Brown

Greetings, Maximum PC readers. My name is Michael Brown. If you’ve been following Maximum PC since the beginning—way back in 1996 when this magazine was called boot—you might remember me as the magazine’s founding senior editor.

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March 2005 - Massive Digital Media How-To

Posted 02/28/2005 at 11:00pm | by The Maximum PC Staff

In the PDF archive of the March 2005 issue, you can find:

  • How To: Copy Every Disc You Own!
  • Digi-Cam Shoot Out!
  • Case Painting: How to Paint Like a Master Modder
  • Behind the Scenes Look at Product Testing
  • 11 New Reviews
  • Ask the Doctor
  • Rig of the Month
  • The Watchdog
  • And a whole lot more!

Click the big giant cover image to the right to download the PDF archive today!

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February 2005

Posted 02/16/2005 at 1:21pm | by

The Perfect OS for the Perfect PC
You drew up the blueprints. You bought the best components.

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MSI NX 6600 GT

Posted 02/16/2005 at 12:54am | by

Exactly how much speed must you sacrifice for a $200 part?

Month Reviewed: March 2005
Verdict: 7
URL: www.msi.com.tw

We admit it: Mid-range videocards—those in the $200 to $300 price range—just don’t fry our bacon these days.

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