Falcon Northwest revamps its small form factor desktop PC with the FragBox 2, a portable gaming system with a bargain price that's less than $1,500. But does the Fragbox 2's performance stand up?
The commant about the video card being a glaring weakness i think shows one of the objectives of this computer was missed by the reviewer. if you are going to haul this thing out to a lan party you likely arent going to take that 21" CRT monitor that weighs 50lbs. you probably are going to take an LCD monitor. And for most LCD monitors a single video card of the caliber thats in this system will push its resolution just fine. Its just a matter of targeting the likely customer and their likely uses of the system.
What are the system specs for the iBuyPower 1500 that you're testing against? I did a google search and I couldn't find any system by that name. Also, how tolerable is the system noise level? Thanks
What are the system specs for the iBuyPower 1500 that you're testing against? I did a google search and I couldn't find any system by that name. Also, how tolerable is the system noise level? Thanks
I think there's a link to the iBuyPower specs from the original review on Tom's Guide, but here it is just in case:
I have been told that micro-atx motherboards are inferior to standard-atx motherboards as far as performance goes. What i was told is that micro-atx has an on-board gpu that even when disabled and a video card is added, a performance hit is still encored; is this true? The idea of getting a micro-atx motherboard is greatly appealing to me; both for the price and for my love of minimalism. I am a one disc drive, two hard drive kinda guy. I was also planning on getting the cheaper DDR-II ram so the fact that there really isn't DDR-III in m-atx isn't a huge problem. The last consideration is heat, but i am sure that if i get the right case, heat will not be an issue. I want to get the most power for the money, is micro-atx something i should consider?
PS: i suppose the inability to over-clock may also be a problem for best performance/cost ratio.
Message edited by roger smith on 04-11-2008 at 08:26:38 PM
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