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CLIMATE-CONTROLLED CASE? Revolutionary enclosure keeps your rig chilled to perfection! Overclock Your PC! MINIMUM BS • MARCH 200 ...

42 The Worst Case Scenario !IHt?HtM Ed Word Please send feedback and Boston cream pie to [email protected]. MARCH 2006 MA XIMUM ...

MA XIMUMPC Quick Start Intel adopts a new slogan, and a new business plan ........... 8 Head2Head We pit a big, bad gaming PC ag ...

quick start THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL i.867. quick start THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTI ...

quick start THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL From the “we’ll believe it when we see it” front comes word ...

quick start THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL 12 MA XIMUMPC MARCH 2006 PSU- and memory-maker OCZ has annou ...

W e’ve all walked down this road before: Every time a new genera- tion of game consoles comes out, the wars start. Gamers every- ...

CONTROLS Gamepads have come a long way, and the wireless pad that comes with the 360 is as near to perfect as we’ve ever seen. S ...

watch dodogg MAXIMUM PC TAKES A BITE OUT OF BAD GEAR 20 DIGITAL SLR FOR $300? NOT I’m writing to you about the advertisement for ...

XXXXXXX 2006 MA XIMUMPC 00 ■ Dell is recalling some 22,000 notebook computer batteries sold with the Latitude D410, D505, D510, ...

’s 26 MA XIMUMPC MARCH 2006 MARCH 2006 MA XIMUMPC 27 Ultimate If there’s one activity that epitomizes the Maximum PC ethos, it’s ...

26 MA XIMUMPC MARCH 2006 MARCH 2006 MA XIMUMPC 27 CAUTION! Overclocking your processor may cause the following: frying your proc ...

OverclockingOverclocking Overclocking 28 MA XIMUMPC MARCH 2006 MARCH 2006 MA XIMUMPC 29 Overclocking 101 Understand the basics b ...

28 MA XIMUMPC MARCH 2006 MARCH 2006 MA XIMUMPC 29 Overclocking: Step-by-Step There are several basic tenets to overclocking any ...

OverclockingOverclocking Overclocking 30 MA XIMUMPC MARCH 2006 MARCH 2006 MA XIMUMPC 31 Overclocking Athlon 64: Step-by-Step We ...

30 MA XIMUMPC MARCH 2006 MARCH 2006 MA XIMUMPC 31 Overclocking Intel: Step-by-Step Getting a simple overclock out of an LGA775 I ...

WATER-COOLING For our water-cooling adventure, we busted out Koolance’s outstanding Exos 2 external cooling kit from the nether ...

32 MA XIMUMPC MARCH 2006 MARCH 2006 MA XIMUMPC 33 The Vapochill Lightspeed is the ultimate CPU cooler, and uses a refrigerant co ...

36 MA XIMUMPC MARCH 2006 T he fi rst time we used Windows XP, it seemed like the OS of our dreams. After all, XP combined the st ...

MARCH 2006 MA XIMUMPC 37 Desktop Search Would you rather be stuck on a desert island with no food, water, and clothing, or try- ...