Just in: a monster PC from Mesh

Monday, June 16th, 2008

It’s fair to say that we were quite impressed by the Chillblast Fusion Juggernaut. A powerful 9800 GX2 graphics card, Core 2 Quad Q9450 processor and 24in Samsung screen certainly made an impression in the Labs – and it made everyone who saw it quite jealous. We all wanted one.

Except that I now have a feeling that the Juggernaut’s crown as top monster PC may be under threat. We’ve just taken delivery of the Mesh Ultimate XT9450 GTO and, well – to paraphrase the slogan of a particularly nasty meat snack – it’s a bit of an animal. As you can see, it’s housed inside a monolithic Cooler Master Cosmos, which is certainly a good start.

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Why cars and PCs are a potent mix

Monday, May 26th, 2008

There are times in my life when I feel that I’m not quite dedicated enough to the computing cause, and this weekend was one of those times. I found myself in a field around five miles away from Sleaford in Lincolnshire, and it’s fair to say my fellow field dwellers outgeeked me – because they’d all taken the time and effort to fit PCs into their cars.

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