{"id":31906,"date":"2023-09-23T11:46:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T15:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=31906"},"modified":"2023-10-02T15:42:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T19:42:53","slug":"maximum-pc-february-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/09\/23\/maximum-pc-february-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximum PC (February 2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FMaximum_PC%2F2007-02&amp;twg_show=Maximum_PC_2007-02_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_001-795x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"795\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_001-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_001-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_001-768x990.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_001-1192x1536.jpg 1192w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_001-1589x2048.jpg 1589w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_001-93x120.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_001.jpg 1676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FMaximum_PC%2F2007-02&amp;twg_show=Maximum_PC_2007-02_001.jpg\">Maximum PC &#8211; February 2007<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maximum PC was by far my favorite PC magazine. Sadly, they recently ceased publication. I think it was the last monthly PC magazine being published in the U.S. The February 2007 issue includes:<\/p>\n<h1>Features<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Lean Machine<\/b> &#8211; Maximum PC builds their version of the best budget PC possible for $1500. It features a BFG GeForce 8800 GTS video card, EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 CPU, 1GB Corsair TwinX DDR2\/800 RAM, Antec Nine Hundred case, Antec TruePower Trio 650 power supply, Windows XP, 250GB Maxtor DiamondMax9 hard drive, and Lite-On SHM-165H6S optical drive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Vista<\/b> &#8211; A look at Microsoft&#8217;s latest OS and why you don&#8217;t need it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Quad FX<\/b> &#8211; A look at AMD&#8217;s new enthusiast dual CPU Quad FX platform featuring two 3GHz AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 CPUs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Browsers<\/b> &#8211; The latest versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox battle it out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/2023\/09\/23\/maximum-pc-february-2007\/maximum_pc_2007-02_002\/\" class=\"attachment wp-att-31911\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_002-795x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"795\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_002-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_002-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_002-768x990.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_002-1192x1536.jpg 1192w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_002-1589x2048.jpg 1589w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_002-93x120.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_002.jpg 1676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Departments<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Quick Start<\/b> &#8211; The Justice Department investigates Nvidia and AMD for GPU price fixing; AMD announces its 65mm processors and sets timeline for 45mm processors; HDMI version 1.3; and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Head2Head<\/b> &#8211; A comparison of the latest consoles (PS3, Wii and Xbox 360) and a modern gaming PC featuring a GeForce 8800.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>WatchDog<\/b> &#8211; Maximum PC&#8217;s consumer advocate weighs in on AVG, HP&#8217;s expiring ink, and Dell notebook drivers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>How To<\/b> &#8211; A guide to using Google Search, Google Books, and more Google tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ask the Doctor<\/b> &#8211; Questions answered about a potential power supply problem with an Athlon XP 2600 based machine, safely removing USB devices, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro refresh problems, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>R&amp;D<\/b> &#8211; A look at how &#8220;electronic paper&#8221; works, the technology behind many eBook readers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>In the Lab<\/b> &#8211; The best way to configure dual channel memory in AMD Quad FX based machines and a look at the Microsoft Zune Marketplace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>In\/Out<\/b> &#8211; Questions answered about virtual machines, Windows Vista, CRT monitors, desks, Linux, motherboards and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Rig of the Month<\/b> &#8211; User submitted system featuring a small form factor, hornet theme, two EVGA 7900 GTX cards and an AMD FX-60 CPU (all watercooled).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=31907\" class=\"attachment wp-att-31907\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_003-795x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"795\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-31907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_003-795x1024.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_003-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_003-768x990.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_003-1192x1536.jpg 1192w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_003-1589x2048.jpg 1589w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_003-93x120.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Maximum_PC_2007-02_003.jpg 1676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Reviews<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gaming Rig: ABS Ultimate X8 III<\/b> &#8211; Featuring an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 overclocked to 3.47GHz, EVGA Nvidia nForce 680i SLI motherboard, 2GB Corsair DR2\/800, two 140GB Western Digital (10,000 RPM SATA) in a RAID-0 config, two GeForce 8800 GTXs, and more for a little over $4,600.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Videocard: EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS<\/b> &#8211; Nvidia&#8217;s &#8220;cheaper&#8221; DirectX 10 card featuring 96 shaders and 640MB of GDDR3 for $440.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>MP3 Player: Samsung YP-K5<\/b> &#8211; An expensive MP3 player ($210) with only 2GB of memory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Media Player: Microsoft Zune<\/b> &#8211; Zunes weren&#8217;t cheap but I generally liked them better than iPods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Headphones: Ultrasone iCans<\/b> &#8211; A decent pair of over the ear headphones for $129.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Earbuds: Etymotic ety8 Bluetooth<\/b> &#8211; Expensive, large and ugly but they get a good review here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>HDTV Tuners<\/b> &#8211; A look at two portable HDTV tuners including the Pinnacle PCV HD Pro Stick and Onair USB HDTV-GT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Video Streamers<\/b> &#8211; A look at the Sling Media Slingbox Pro (which gets the better review) and Sony Locationfree TV LF-B20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Case<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of several PC cases including the Zalman Fatal1ty FC-ZE1, Cooler Master Itower 900, and NZXT Adamas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Wi-Fi NAS Unit: Asus WL-700gE<\/b> &#8211; A wireless router with NAS, bittorrent and print server capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>CPU Cooler<\/b> &#8211; Zalman CNPS9700 LED &#8211; A highly rated and nice looking CPU cooler with copper heatsink and blue LED lighting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Speakers<\/b> &#8211; Reviews of three PC speaker systems including the ABIT Idome D500 Digital 2.1, Bose Companion 5 Multimedia Speaker System, and Altec Lansing FX5051.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Digital Camera: Oympus SP-510 UZ<\/b> &#8211; A decent digital camera for the time featuring 7.1 megapixels for $300.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Maximum PC &#8211; February 2007 Maximum PC was by far my favorite PC magazine. Sadly, they recently ceased publication. I think it was the last monthly PC magazine being published in the U.S. The February 2007 issue includes: Features Lean Machine &#8211; Maximum PC builds their version of the best budget PC possible for $1500. It features a BFG GeForce 8800 GTS video card, EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 CPU, 1GB Corsair TwinX DDR2\/800 RAM, Antec Nine Hundred case, Antec TruePower Trio 650 power supply, Windows XP, 250GB Maxtor DiamondMax9 hard drive, and Lite-On SHM-165H6S optical drive. Vista &#8211; A look at Microsoft&#8217;s latest OS and why you don&#8217;t need it. Quad FX &#8211; A look at AMD&#8217;s new enthusiast dual CPU Quad FX platform featuring two 3GHz AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 CPUs. Browsers &#8211; The latest versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox battle it out. Departments Quick Start &#8211; The Justice Department investigates Nvidia and AMD for GPU price fixing; AMD announces its 65mm processors and sets timeline for 45mm processors; HDMI version 1.3; and more. Head2Head &#8211; A comparison of the latest consoles (PS3, Wii and Xbox 360) and a modern gaming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[121,1304,2362],"class_list":["post-31906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-arcana","tag-a-toast-to-love-and-marriage","tag-pc","tag-retrocomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31906"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31965,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31906\/revisions\/31965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}