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Brandon Hill (Blog) - October 16, 2007 1:03 PM

4 comment(s) - last by plewis00.. on Oct 16 at 8:36 PM

GIGABYTE U60 UMPC First Look @ TweakTown

DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Tuesday

UMPCs
GIGABYTE U60 UMPC First Look @ TweakTown

Processors
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 M0 Stepping CPU @ Madshrimps

Motherboards
Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi Intel X38 Motherboard @ PC Perspective
ASUS P5K Premium Motherboard @ OCC
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 @ Boot Daily
ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv @ Phoronix

Memory
Corsair 3GB (2GB + 1GB) DDR2 667 Mac Notebook Memory Upgrade @ Legit Reviews
OCZ Reaper HPC PC2-9200 DDR2 1150MHz RAM Kit @ BmR
Corsair DOMINATOR Twin3X2048-1800C7D 2GB DDR3-1800 Memory Kit @ PCSTATS.com
Crucial Ballistix PC3-12800 2x1GB (BL2KIT12864BA1608) @ Overclockers Online

Video
XFX Fatal1ty 8600GT @ XSReviews
XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB Fatal1ty @ Elite Bastards
ASUS EN8600GT OC Gear Graphics Card @ Virtual-Hideout
BFG GeForce 8600 GTS OC2 @ HotHardware.com
ATI Catalyst 7.10 Analysis - XP & Vista @ TweakTown

Displays/TV
Samsung 32" LCD TV LE-32R87BD @ Unwired

Cases
Tagan CS-El Diablo BM Case @ Modders-Inc

Cooling
Apack Zerotherm GX810 VGA Cooler @ Hardwareoverclock Austria
ZEROtherm Hurricane HC92 CU 8800 @ XSReviews
Thermaltake DuOrb VGA Cooler @ XtremeComputing
Zalman CNPS8700 LED INTEL/AMD CPU Cooler @ Tweaknews.net
Cooler Express CE-48-S-1C Phase Change CPU Cooler @ PC Apex
Kingwin RVT-9225 Heatpipe Direct Touch CPU Cooler @ OCIA.net
Zalman ZM-MFC2: Multi Fan Controller + Thermal Monitor + Power Meter @ Silent PC Review

Power Supplies
Akasa PowerMax 1000w PSU @ Driver Heaven
OCZ ProXstream 1000W PSU @ OCModShop
Antec TruePower Quattro 1,000W Power Supply @ PC Perspective
Gigabyte Odin GT 800W Power Supply @ bit-tech
Corsair VX450W Power Supply @ HardwareLogic
Corsair HX1000W Power Supply @ Hardware Secrets

Storage
OCZ ATV Turbo 4GB Flash Drive @ Hardwarecanucks
Kingwin Z1 Drive Enclosure @ Overclocker Cafe

Peripherals
Logitech z-5300e THX-Certified 5.1 Speakers @ OCModShop
Jabra BT5010 Bluetooth Headset @ t-break

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Best UMPC Yet?

By noirsoft on 10/16/2007 3:49:29 PM , Rating: 2

The review of the UMPC is very favorable. Not sure if the memory is upgradeable past 768 megs (minus some for shared video) but it looks like the best UMPC (meaning the Micorsoft UMPC platform, not the idea in general) yet.

If they manage to get one of these with PS2.0 and Vista Aero compatibility in a year or so, I might just pick one up.

RE: Best UMPC Yet?

By KristopherKubicki

(blog) on 10/16/2007 3:57:41 PM , Rating: 2

I've got big hopes for the ASUS Eee PC

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RE: Best UMPC Yet?

By noirsoft on 10/16/2007 4:04:47 PM , Rating: 2

Me too, but I really like the idea of the tablet-style UMPC with touch screen and everything. I dislike most current tablet designs that are just a laptop + swivel screen, so I'm hoping the the UMPC will take over more of the tablet market and get more powerful / cheaper as the userbase grows.

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RE: Best UMPC Yet?

By plewis00 on 10/16/2007 8:36:17 PM , Rating: 2

I remember reading a review of that in What Laptop magazine (I think) and it was for the Medion-branded version of the device. They concluded it was horrendously expensive and that the VIA CPU and chipset combo was utterly appalling (I think that was their wording) performing about on par with a Celeron 600Mhz (not the Celeron M, the old Celeron Coppermine). They also said the battery was particularly poor and the machine would get very hot with no real reason to.

I'm just saying, before everyone gets over-excited remember what powers this (if that's the right word) and with regards to looking good, I think the Sony UX series has been there and done much better (Core Solo powered).

It's clearly a case of opinion, but I definitely do not want one and the fact you've listed Vista as your choice OS shows we're not alike.

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