MaximumPC 2007 06

MAXIMUMPC

EDITORIAL
EDITOR IN CHIEF Will Smith
MANAGING EDITOR Tom Edwards
EXECUTIVE EDITOR Michael Brown
SENIOR EDITOR Gordon Mah Ung
SENIOR EDITOR Katherine Stevenson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR David Murphy
SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR Steve Klett
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Norman Chan, Tom Halfhill,
Tom McDonald
EDITOR EMERITUS Andrew Sanchez

ART
ART DIRECTOR Natalie Jeday
ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR Boni Uzilevsky
PHOTO EDITOR Mark Madeo
ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHER Samantha Berg

BUSINESS
PUBLISHER Anthony Danzi
646-723-5453, [email protected]
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Rob Smith
650-238-2503, [email protected]
WESTERN AD DIRECTOR Dave Lynn
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WESTERN AD MANAGER Derek Johnson
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EASTERN AD MANAGER Larry Presser
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EASTERN AD MANAGER GAMES Kristin Kelleher
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ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Jose Urrutia
650-238-2498, [email protected]
MARKETING COORDINATOR Michael Basilio

PRODUCTION
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Richie Lesovoy
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Dan Mallory

CIRCULATION
CIRCUL ATION DIRECTOR Peter Kelly
NEWSSTAND MANAGER Elliott Kiger
NEWSSTAND COORDINATOR Alex Guzman
INTERNET SUBSCRIPTION MARKETING MANAGER Betsy Wong
PRINT ORDER COORDINATOR Mila Villaflor

Quick Start Intel introduces Nehalem,

its next next-gen CPU ............................ 08

Head2Head Gmail vs. Hotmail vs.

Yahoo Mail vs. AOL Mail ......................... 16

WatchDog Maximum PC takes

a bite out of bad gear ............................. 20

How To Slipstream your Windows XP

disc for simpler reinstalls ........................ 58

Ask the Doctor Diagnosing

and curing your PC problems ................ 61

Contents

R&D The ins and outs of PCB

construction ........................................ 62

In the Lab The problem with 6-bit

monitor technology ............................. 64

In/Out You write, we respond.......... 94

Rig of the Month Matt Webb’s

Steel City Rig ....................................... 96

Departments

Reviews

Gaming rig Falcon Northwest

Mach V ...................................................... 66

Monitors Dell E2287WFP;

HP W2207; ViewSonic VG2230WM ..... 68

Cases Thermaltake Lanbox

VF1000SWA; Ultra Products

E-Torque ................................................... 68

Laptop screen replacement

ScreenTek ................................................. 70

CPU coolers Overway Technology

Vacuum Superconductive Heat Cooler;

Thermaltake V1; Ultra ChillTec ................. 72

Videocard PNY XLR8 GeForce

8800 GTS 320MB ................................... 74

Portable storage Verbatim

12GB Store ’n’ Go HD Drive .................. 74

Mobile amp iAsus Concepts

Mobile Amp .............................................. 76

JUNE 2007 MAXIMUMPC

Headphones Razer Pro-Tone

m250 ......................................................... 76

Video editing Pinnacle Studio

MovieBox Plus ......................................... 78

USB audio Creative Xmod ............... 79

Photo recovery software

PixRecovery 1.0 ...................................... 80

Sandbox software Trustware

BufferZone Pro ......................................... 80

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl ........ 83

Gaming

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