Systems
Intel's Meteor Lake series of processors was launched in September 2023 with a focus on mobile platforms. Multiple mini-PC vendors have utilized these processors to market offerings in the SFF / UCFF desktop market. ACEMAGIC is an Asian manufacturer with products in multiple categories including micro-PCs, UCFF (ultra-compact form-factor) and SFF (small form-factor) PCs, and notebooks. They were one of the first to market with Meteor Lake-based desktop systems. The ACEMAGIC F2A 125H is the entry-level version of the F2A line, equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor. It is a bit larger than the traditional NUCs, slotting it in the SFF category. However, that allows for the processor to be operated at 65W (compared to the 28 - 40W adopted in the...
FIRST LOOK: Jetway Magic Twin MiniQ Computer
Jetway introduces a truly unique 2-user, small barebones computer based on the popular Intel 865G chipset. Does the Magic Twin hardware and software really work for 2 users?
28 by Wesley Fink on 4/16/2004Asus DigiMatrix - The Pizza Box Form Factor
This is a PC that is unlike one that we have ever seen before. It is not like your typical Small Form Factor PC. Yet, it isn't quite something...
16 by Andrew Ku on 2/11/2004Windows XP 64-Bit Preview: First Look at Athlon 64 Performance
Microsoft has just released a Customer Preview version of Windows XP 64-Bit Edition. We take a first look at performance of the AMD Athlon 64 on the new...
42 by Wesley Fink on 2/7/2004ECS' Newest EZ-Buddie: Ultimate Convergence
Computex Taipei, COMDEX Las Vegas and CES 2004 were all about convergence - pen drives that play MP3s, PC CD players that could capture FM radio, DVR...
1 by Kris Kubicki & Wesley Fink on 1/24/2004Shuttle XPC ST61G4: Tiny Computer with Big Integrated Video
Shuttle has a Pentium 4 SFF based on the ATI IGP300 chipset. How does the ST61G4 integrated video stack up against competing P4 solutions? We also compare...
17 by Wesley Fink on 1/23/2004Elite PC Titan FX: Setting New Standards in Gaming
Elite PC is producing a full-blown Athlon64 FX gaming system built around a Dual-Processor Socket 940 motherboard. Loaded with top-of-the-line components, we look at how the Titan FX...
50 by Wesley Fink on 11/30/2003Dell Dimension XPS: Gaming with all the Trimmings
Dell introduces a new XPS system with every feature the gamer could imagine. We put it through the AnandTech evaluation and compared it to the best rigs we...
43 by Wesley Fink on 11/13/2003AMS eCube EG65D: Decent Performance, but Many Issues
The AMS eCube EG65D certainly looks like a Small Form Factor computer loaded for performance. But how does it really compare to other SFF systems?
6 by Wesley Fink on 10/28/2003IBM Think Center S50: The Ideal Corporate Small Form Factor
IBM’s latest Small Form Factor system for the Corporate desktop offers the easiest servicing you will likely see in a Corporate desktop – making end-user servicing a real option...
20 by Wesley Fink on 10/21/2003Soltek Qbic EQ3401M: More Expansion & A New Standard in Quietness
Soltek’s latest Small Form Factor system offers more expansion and a larger Power Supply than other SFF. To our amazement, it is also the quietest SFF that we...
20 by Wesley Fink on 10/6/2003Biostar iDEQ 200T: Great Performance & Brilliant Design
Biostar unveils another Small Form Factor system that asks, “Why do you need a huge desktop PC?” With all the latest Intel 865 features, it looks like a...
23 by Wesley Fink on 9/29/2003Shuttle XPC SB65G2: Big Performance in This Small Package
The Small Form Factor has been evolving rapidly from cute and compromised to machines that can compete with any desktop computer on the market. We take a look...
43 by Wesley Fink on 9/9/2003PCI Express: Interconnect of the future
The next significant change in computer architecture, PCI Express is set to replace PCI and take interconnect design into the next decade. We take a look at what...
3 by Andy Hui on 6/12/2003Small Form Factor Pentium 4 PC Roundup - March 2003
Gone are the days when Shuttle was the only game in Small Form Factor town; read on as we pit Shuttle's brand new SFF PC against newcomers Jetway and...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/11/2003Windows XP Media Center Edition: Exposed
Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center Edition has been around for a couple of months now and we're finally able to bring you an in-depth review of the OS and...
10 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/8/2003Shuttle’s SN41G2 & SK41G: Two Athlon Small Form Factor PCs
Shuttle extends their Small Form Factor XPC line with two Athlon XP solutions, including the long awaited nForce2 XPC.
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/6/2003Shuttle's SV24: Our smallest desktop PC
Shuttle's SV24 "cube" has garnered excellent reviews all over the web. While the company is generally known for their motherboards the SV24 proves that where engineering talent exists...
0 by Jeff Brubaker on 12/27/2001Hardware Behind the Consoles - Part II: Nintendo's GameCube
Once again we're taking a look at the hardware behind the next-generation consoles. This time Nintendo's GameCube takes the stage as we break it down for you.
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/7/2001Hardware Behind the Consoles - Part I: Microsoft's Xbox
While not usually our forté, there is some pretty serious hardware powering Microsoft's first videogame console; and where there is hardware, there is AnandTech. Read on to find...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/21/2001Pogo Linux: 1GHz for under $1000
A little known company called Pogo Linux gave us the opportunity to review a sub-$1000 1GHz PC. The catch? It comes loaded with RedHat Linux 7.0. ...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/29/2001
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