MaximumPC 2008 04

MINIMUM BS • APRIL 2008 YOUR OWN NO-COMPROMISES BUILD NONO COMPROMISESCOMPROMISESCOMPROMISES $ 1 , 500 PC 13 EASY STEPS ANYONE C ...

50 Roxio vs. Nero Find out how the two leaders in media creation compare. Contents (^38) Geek Quiz OK, smarty- pants, it’s time ...

MAXIMUMPC Quick Start If Blu-ray wins, what’s next? ........................................... 08 Head2Head Wired vs. wireless ...

quick start THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL E ver since Warner Bros.’s dramatic defec- tion to Blu-ray o ...

http://www.maximumpc.com | APR 08 | MAMAMAXIMXIMXIMXIMUUUUMMPPPCC 09 I n the microprocessor universe, there’s low power and then ...

In less than a week’s time, four undersea cables that carry a large percentage of Internet traffi c throughout much of the Middl ...

quick start THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL BAD ON BLU-RAY Later this year, Blu-ray fans can expect new ...

W ith 802.11n Draft 2.0 routers and wireless network adapters becoming both ubiquitous and relatively inexpensive—and with 802.1 ...

And the Winner Is... WIRED NETWORK Netgear GS116 16-port Gigabit Switch $165, http://www.netgear.com A lthough wired and wireles ...

watch dodogg MAXIMUM PC TAKES A BITE OUT OF BAD GEAR CAN I HAVE THE PRICE YOU QUOTED ME? Dog, I recently ordered a Panasonic SDR ...

dog http://www.maximumpc.com | XXX 08 | MAXIMUMPC 00 WHY ISN’T IT FREE FOR ME, TOO? Dog, the March Vista Tips story said that AL ...

18 MAXIMUMPC | APR 08 | http://www.maximumpc.com BUIL D ...

http://www.maximumpc.com | APR 08 | MAXIMUMPC 19 With the right parts and a little bit of elbow grease, you can have yourself an ...

Cooler Master’s big CM Stacker gives you options for PSU placement. You can mount it in the tra- ditional spot up top or place i ...

Installing the CPU is the most delicate operation you’ll perform when building your system. If you’re a ham-fi sted tyro or you’ ...

6 Cage the Drive Installing the hard drive is a straightforward process. But first getting to the hard drive cage in the CM Stac ...

8 DROP IN THE GPU Our MSI board hosts two physical x16 PCI-E slots. We say “physical” because only one actually oper- ates at x1 ...

We didn’t have to forgo discrete audio this year, so we reached for a budget X-Fi card. There are two options at this price rang ...

Remember in Kung Fu how Caine had to grab a pebble from the old man’s hand to prove how badass he was? Well, installing a com- p ...

You’re in the fi nal stretch. The penultimate chore is to power up all the components. One fea- ture of our $1,500 rig we’re par ...