Altech`s NRG Mist PC

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Altech NRG Mist
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1 Case door — anodised steel chassis door
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with Perspex window and fan to cool and
view your components.
FS-C77- Zalman Fatality — this oversized
120mm CPU fan uses its huge blades to move
the same amount of air as a smaller fan, but
at half the operating volume.
CPU — Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 GHz Clock
Speed, FSB 1066MHz, 2MB L2 Cache, Socket
LGA775. Sold overclocked to 2.5GHz.
Sound card — AudioMAX HD 7.1 is an add-in
surround card with support for jack sensing
and S/PDIF in/output.
SLI bridge — used as a physical
interconnect between two graphics cards in
SLI mode, and allows workload balancing for
graphics rendering.
6 Graphics cards — two Xpertvision EV-
7900GS-D3 cards in an SLI configuration
provide advanced graphics performance
comparable to more expensive single
cards and high gaming frame rates, even
at high resolutions.
7 DDR2 memory — Corsair VS2GBKIT667D2
— 2,048MB KIT. The lifeblood of a PC’s
performance, two 1GB memory DIMMs
in dual-channel configuration offer high
performance and free up slots for future
expansion.
8 Power supply — Antec Tru Power Trio TP3650. This 650W power supply features three
+12V rails, each with a dedicated circuit for
power stability and plenty of SATA and Molex
connectors to hook up drives.
9 Motherboard — Abit AW9D MAX. Powered
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by an Intel i975X chipset, this board supports
up to 1066 FSB and dual-channel 800MHz
DDR2 memory. CrossFire and SLI ready, it’s a
proven stable overclocker for enthusiasts.
Case lighting — LED lighting and fan
controller, this light bar shows off your case
and illuminates the hardware inside for
viewing through the Perspex window.
DVD burner — Samsung WriteMaster SHW162. A dual-format DVD “plus” and “minus”
writer; it also supports dual-layer disc
burning for data storage and backup.
Case — Antec Nine Hundred. A standard
ATX case with a focus on cooling through
airflow, it features a top-mounted 200mm
exhaust fan, rear 120mm fan and caged
120mm bays for drives.
Empty drive bay cover — these need to
be removed to add optical drives such as
DVD burners and CD-ROMs. Prevents dust
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entering the system, but does not inhibit
air removal.
Fan — 120mm case fan helps remove heat
from within the case and prolongs the
lifespan of the components in the system.
Drive bay — this caged drive bay removes
to allow users to install drives; fans mounted
within the bay help to cool hard disks and
prevent overheating.
Hard disk drives — Samsung HD080HJ.
Three 80GB 7,200rpm desktop drives provide
capacity and speed, ideal for gamers,
multimedia creators and DV dabblers.
Drive bay — another removable bay for
installation of hard drives, there’s plenty of
room to expand if you want to add more
drives later.
200mm case fan — in the top of the
chassis, this helps draw hot air away from
your system, and works just like the one in
your bathroom.
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Altech’s NRG Mist PC beats the heat with multiple fans.
We exploded it to see how it keeps its cool. . .
Hot in the city: this case fan provides 200mm of
cooling action to keep everything nice and breezy.