26 MAXIMUMPC SEPTEMBER 2007
One peek inside and you know that DM ’
means business
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Phenom who? We couldn’t thumb-twiddle
any longer waiting for AMD’s Athlon 64, err,
Core 2 killer. Instead, we grabbed the fast-
est CPU on the planet, which is so readily
available that we picked ours up in a vending
machine. We’re kidding about the vending
machine but not about the performance. The
3GHz Core 2 Extreme QX6850 is the fastest
CPU on the planet.It’s pretty hard to innovate with a drive bay,
but Cooler Master’s Cosmos does just that.
The case sets a new standard with its pull-
out drive holders. Just place your drive in the
little compartment, give it a screw or two, and
stick the whole package back into the case. It
makes storage look sharp and helps conceal
those cables!It’s pretty hard to innovate with a drive bay,
but Cooler Master’s Cosmos does just that.How much do we hate “free” onboard
audio? Let’s just say you can have our
soundcard when you pry it out of our cold,
dead, mouse-palsied hands. This Creative
Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Fatal1ty card is a dear, trusted friend that
we just won’t sacrifi ce.How much do we hate “free” onboard
audio? Let’s just say you can have ourDid you see M. Night Shyamalan’s latest
movie, Unbeatable? Yeah, it stars two XFX XXX
edition GeForce 8800 Ultra cards that beat
the living crap out of AMD’s Radeon CrossFire
cards. Sure, a single 8800 Ultra costs more
than most people pay for their entire system,
and the two cards’ massive 1.5GB frame buf-
fer exceeds most folks’ entire system RAM.
But, those poor saps won’t be playing Crysis
on their rigs, will they?Did you see M. Night Shyamalan’s latest
movie,Everyone knows that good guys wear black,
but did you know that they also water-cool in
black? Using a combination of Swiftech and
Danger Den parts, we liquid-cooled our quad-
core CPU and graphics cards. Although black
coolant isn’t any better than red, orange, or
blue, it looks more badass.Everyone knows that good guys wear black,
but did you know that they also water-cool inPhenom who? We couldn’t thumb-twiddle
any longer waiting for AMD’s Athlon 64, err,