MSI 650GLM COMBO Reviews

The MSI 650GLM Combo motherboard is built on a Micro-ATX board that fits eas-ily into your computer cabi-net. The board has a 478-pin socket for Pentium 4 proces-sors, and a 400 MHz front side bus (FSB) that supports proces-sors up to 2.6 GHz. The special feature of this mother-board is that it supports both SDR and DDR memory. There are two slots for each type allowing for a maximum of 2 GB of memory. It has two USB ports and an additional USB header, where extra USB devices can be connected via the exten-sion. As the board is small, Arena, it clocked 70.1 fps in normal mode and 28.3 fps in high quality. This fps score is just enough for casual gamers, though not enough for net-worked gaming. We couldn’t run Content Creation 2003—it crashed every time we ran it—and SiSoft Sandra indicated that the board is sufficient for word processing and Web browsing. there are only three PCI slots and no AGP slot—you have to settle for the onboard SiS 650 graphics chipset. The BIOS is hardwired and will be difficult to replace in case of a mal-function. The absence of an onboard LAN is also notable,
as a LAN card will leave only two free PCI slots. We used a Pen-tium 4 2.2 GHz, 256 MB DDR SDRAM, a 40 GB IBM hard disk on a 17-inch monitor to test this board. It performed ade-
quately in the PC Mark 2002 and 3DMark 2001 tests, with some tests being skipped due
to lack of hardware support. When running Quake III
SPECIFICATIONS:
Micro-ATX, 400 MHz Front Side Bus, 478-pin socket for Pentium 4, supports 1.7 GHz to 2.6 GHz speeds, SiS 650GL and SiS 962L MuTIOL Media I/O chipsets, supports both DDR
and SDR SDRAM (maximum 2 GB), 3x PCI slots, 2x USB 2.0 ports...

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Mercury HT 5800R Home Theatre 5.1 Channel System Reviews

Though this 5.1 channel system has a 5,800 watts PMPO, it has only 25 watts RMS for the satel-lites and 50 watts RMS for the subwoofer. The RMS power gives you an idea about the actual sound output that the system can achieve without distortion, whereas the PM PO output indicates the maximum out-put achievable by the system, albeit with distortions. The wires are long enough,and speaker stands and wall mountings are provided as well. One shortcoming is the ridiculously short power sup-ply wire. The system provides good performance and at Rs 7,000, it offers good value for money. The subwoofer is quite powerful and you can crank up the volume with-out experiencing too much distortion. If you’re looking to own a 5.1 speaker sys-tem, but are constrained by your budget, the Mercury HT 5800R offers a decent enough solution. How- ever, if you cannot settle for anything less than perfectsound, give this one a miss... SPECIFICATIONS : Four satellites at 25 W RMS, one subwoofer at 50 W RMS, w...

Mercury HT-4500 Reviews

The HT-4500 is a 5.1-chan-nel speaker set and each of the five satellites pumps out 6 watts RMS, while the subwoofer is capable of 20 W RMS power output. The black satellite speakers are compact and subwoofer. Also, the cable for the front channel speakers isn’t long enough for the speakers to be placed suffi-ciently far apart. The cable connecting the woofer to the soundcard is of the same colour, which can cause some confusion. The speakers give a good surround sound effect with reasonable clarity for a good home theatre experience and can also be connected directly to a DVD player. The performance in the low and mid frequencies is also good. However, the speakers are not built to listen at full well-designed, though a tad heavy. The subwoofer has the volume and fade controls on the front, which makes it dif-ficult to access these settings, as subwoofers are generally placed near the feet, with the front face ideally facing a reflecting surface. Another inconvenience is the power swi...

Che-ez Spyz Digital Camera Reviews

Spyz is slightly larger than a matchbox and comes in sil-ver and metallic blue. It bun-dles a dog tag and an USB cable, but oddly, misses the battery. The software bundle comprises the Che-ez manag-er, Arcsoft Photo Studio 2000 and the driver CD. The manual explains fea-tures such as sound beeps, LED and LCD displays very neatly. The device can take up to 26 photos in the high-resolution mode of 640 x 480 pixels, and 107 photos in the low resolu-tion mode of 320 x 240 pixels. Other features include a timer and continuous capture that turns the camera into a cam-corder. The Che-ez Manager also lets you convert frames into a movie in AVI format. The Spyz can also act as a Web camera when used with the Che-ez Manager or MS Netmeeting. However, some-times the manager does not recognise shortcut keys such as the [Alt] + [F4] combination for closing the program. The interface is also very basic and below par. The price tag may justify all the features of the Spyz, but the management software...

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