Victor Chen van The Tech Report komt met een review van het Soldam's Pandora S barebone systeem. Deze aluminium kubus is 225mm hoog, breed en diep. De kast is beschikbaar in vijf verschillende kleuren: silver-metallic, black-metallic, grand blue-metallic, grand rouge-metallic en white-pearl mica. Binnenin vinden we hetzelfde moederbord als het SV24 barebone systeem heeft, de Shuttle FV24. Hierop kun je een Socket 370 processor (geen Tualatin) en maximaal twee 168-pins SDR-reepjes kwijt. Verder heb je de beschikking over twee externe 5,25" bays, één externe 3,5" bay en nog een 3,5" bay intern. De prestaties van het gehele systeem hangen natuurlijk af van de andere componenten die je erin stopt, maar het basis systeem werkt prettig. Hieronder een gedeelte uit de conclusie::
Overall, the system is a joy to use. It's easy to work with; adding components was a breeze. I use to hide my systems under my desk because it helped to lower the noise. Also, quite simply, a large case on your desk is not cool. Because of its size, I can proudly display the Pandora box on my desk and it only creates a whisper. Even the hard disk access is barely audible (but that's less related to the case than the drive itself). I like being able to access the front USB ports to easily connect items such as joysticks and my NetMD Minidisc player.
[...]I think the Pandora is just the start of even better things to come. I welcome P4 and Athlon versions of this product. I'm sure it's asking a lot for manufacturers to forego the PCI slot and simply put in an AGP slot, but that change alone would enable enthusiasts to create killer mini gaming boxes. Imagine a GeForce3 Ti or ATI Radeon 8500, 1GB of DDR memory, a DVD-RW/R drive, and a high performance Pentium 4 Northwood or Athlon XP in such a small form factor. . .
[...]Like Damage did for the SV24, I must also give the Pandora S top honors. It does everything the SV24 does, but does it with more style and elegance. The Pandora is more expensive, but it's worth every penny.
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Wij danken Verwijderd voor de submit.