If you're looking for an ultra compact, ultra quiet new machine to act as your resident
HTPC,
CyberPower might just have an option worth eying. The all new LAN Mini H2o is said to be one of the planet's tiniest water-cooled desktop gaming rigs, and while it's equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo / Core 2 Quad CPUs, NVIDIA or ATI graphics and more hard drive space than you'll initially know what to do with, there's absolutely nothing stopping you from repurposing this is a media center PC. The box checks in at 11.25- x 8.75- x 7-inches and weighs just ten pounds, and there's even room for a WiFi adapter, Blu-ray drive and HDMI socket. Feel free to customize yours now, with the Core 2 Quad Q9550-equipped base rig starting at $965.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
EM1 @ Sep 2nd 2009 3:28PM
Liquid cooled HTPC seems a bit extreme. And that looks like any other gaming rig in a Shuttle case.
Buy a shuttle case and build a nice HTPC for far less. Leave the liquid cooling, large case fans and LEDs for the gamers.
sylinen @ Sep 2nd 2009 3:32PM
Hmm, this will look really inconspicuous sitting in the living room.
Jim @ Sep 3rd 2009 11:04AM
I would recommend everyone STAY AWAY from CyberpowerPC. I purchased a PC from them last year and had a full year's worth of hassles because it wouldn't run properly. It took sending the machine back to them FIVE TIMES for them to finally fix it correctly.
Steve @ Oct 5th 2009 10:32AM
I can second this. I spent over a year fighting them to get my computer working correctly. In the end I had to buy new components myself from Newegg and install them myself. At least they forced me to learn about computers.
I can't believe any remotely credible source would ever recommend Cyberpower. At cyberpower you get what you pay for. Any money you save buying from them will soon be lost in shipping costs to California when you have to send your computer back 2, 3, 4 times because they build junk computers. In the end you'll probably end up like me: frustrated with their customer service, buying the components yourself, and then spending the rest of your days trying to warn people to stay away from them. The BBB even had them graded "F" for a short time. How they weaseled out of that and became "accredited" , I'll never know.
"Complainants allege the company sells defective merchandise, and fails to provide warranty service as agreed. Some complainants allege they receive merchandise which is inoperable or defective at the time of delivery. In other cases customers complain they return defective components two or three times for the same repair, or, repaired items are retuned without the repairs performed, in the same condition as when they were sent in for repair. Complainants are generally dissatisfied with the level of customer service provided, claiming they are unable to reach company personnel by phone, and e-mails are not responded to. Some complainants who request refunds on defective products are dissatisfied with the company's policy of deducting S & H charges from the refund amount. The company has responded to most complaints by issuing RMA's for exchanging defective products, providing refunds, or offering additional repair assistance. In some cases, the responses provided did not address the complainant’s allegations. Some customers disputed the company's responses claiming the company did not follow through on promised resolutions, or that repairs performed did not remedy the original problem."