Impact M6836 SLI

In my last article, Case Lighting, we saw how one could go about pimping their computer cases using different case lighting products. Modifying and customizing cases is generally enthusiast territory. Another kind of enthusiast is the overclocker. Overclockers push the components of a computer system like the processor, RAM and the graphics card to run at much higher speeds than they are supposed to, at default. There are some who purely do it for the numbers i.e. the benchmarks and others who overclock to extract as much horsepower as possible to get the maximum FPS (frames per second) in games. Whatever the case, it takes a fair bit of learning and experimenting with your hardware to achieve desirable results. As mentioned earlier, overclocking and modding is mostly enthusiast territory. Those who are passionate about it, will go ahead trying and experimenting and figuring their own way out. But there are quite a few who desire custom modified and overclocked systems but don't have the time, inclination or the expertise to go about making one. And just for them we have India's first commercial vendor that sells custom modified and overclocked systems, called 'Exfinity'.

Exfinity has sent us their PC based on the ‘Spiderman’ theme that they had recently sent for a contest organized by Intel and Digit. Exfinity won the first prize for their entry. Please note that custom modified cases based on the ‘Spiderman’ theme are not available for sale, as Exfinity doesn’t possess the rights to the Spiderman brand name. They have used this theme only for the contest to showcase their case modding prowess. You can always get your own custom design made at Exfinity. Now that the legal stance has been made clear, let’s dissect the system to see what lies beneath.

Fuze Media Unveils New HTPC Media System

One of the fastest growing segments of the PC industry today, is the Home Theater PC (HTPC). It is seeing a lot of innovation from hardware manufacturers themselves, in the form of scaled down inexpensive products such as Nvidia’s PureVideo 2 based range of cards like the 8500 GT. In addition to this, many independent companies have sprung that take existing products and mesh them together to try and capture a section of this rapidly growing market. One such firm is FUZE Media Systems, which has just unveiled their first media computer "that promises to address the problems associated with regular home media systems - disparate devices, multiple remotes, complex and confusing interfaces, unreliability, and the lack of true whole-home capability".


Their system is based on a server client concept and with the aid of a primary media server will allow video clients and audio clients that interface with the media server to enjoy a good multimedia experience. For this the media server has been designed with a very beefy specification. The “FuzeBox” as it is called features Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 processor, Nvidia 7600 GT/GS graphics, 4GB RAM, 1.5TB storage, TV Tuner, HDMI, VGA, and Gigabit LAN.

“From a technology standpoint, we’re delivering the industry’s most robust media management system,” said Michael D’Addio, FUZE Chief Executive Officer. “But, at the end of the day, what we’re really delivering is ease-of-use in an elegant design. We designed our solution with the average consumer in mind - not highly skilled technologists. Within seconds of picking up a FUZE remote, the average person will be able to watch and record shows throughout the home, instantly play music anywhere, or pull up a picture slideshow of their favorite memories. In this way, our system will help to sell itself.”