VR Zone Reviews Big Roundup, Overdrive PC's ABIT Powered Board is the "Blue Platinum Editors Choice 'Ultimate Power House Smack Down' Gaming Box"

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., October 2nd, 2003- The featured system? - The Overdrive PC™ Corsa http://www.overdrivepc.com/ Powered by the ABIT IC7-G mainboard.

"The system design staff at Overdrive PC™ knows what it takes to build a powerful and reliable gaming platform at an affordable price. Every Overdrive PC™ system is comprised of top quality components and has been specially configured for the specific needs and growing interests of the gaming community. Our innovations and ongoing research into the design of professional level gaming and multimedia platforms keeps Overdrive PC™ well ahead of our competitors in performance, quality & satisfaction.

We are one of very few computer manufacturers with a perfect "10" rating on ResellerRatings.com and we urge you to look into the ratings of our competitors to see why Overdrive PC™ is second to none. Overdrive PC™ works closely with gamers and hardware developers alike, to insure that our products will excite you to own. Hand crafted wiring and strict attention to detail is incorporated into every Overdrive PC™ system regardless of cost or application. We welcome all of your custom builds and have designed a very friendly and functional DreamBuilder! section for those that want to start from ground up in pursuit of their ultimate gaming machine."

The VR Zone recently took a thorough look at some of the best contenders and choose the Overdrive PC™ Corsa machine powered by the ABIT IC7-G motherboard. It won. Here are some highlights:

"Motherboard: Overdrive PC chose the ABIT IC7-G motherboard for their heavy weight computer. This is a great overall motherboard packed with many nice features. The motherboard supports 4 SATA drives which is a great feature and offers great expansion for later upgrades. The motherboards 'tweakability' is by far the most impressive in the round-up of (Intel) boards.

Components Conclusion
"This isn't going to be easy for anyone else including myself. I sit here looking at these machines and think to myself, "They all have high quality components". In the end, due to lack of tweakability and extra features, Alienware could have selected a better motherboard in the end. Although reliable and stable, I miss the small tweaking. If this were an AMD only round-up, I honestly believe Voodoo PC would have won the day because of their advanced cooling system which seemed quite impressive. But, this time around, the Overdrive PC was the best overall, using top components for everything except for an onboard sound adapter used as well by Voodoo PC. Zeus PC has also chosen wisely overall with their system components. If this box were rigged with a 3.2GHZ processor she would seriously fly like an eagle.

Overdrive PC really cut the competition in the end. Being pre-tweaked and overclocked, the system performs amazing in every way possible. Game play is at its best and you never loose a frame in anything. Playing Elite Force 2 on the system was also great as it was the first time ever that I ran with everything on full without a single 'hiccup' in the system. The look and finish on the case is just f'ing amazing and unique in its own way as I believe they have the best overall paint job in the industry on a PC. Dealing with the company is easy and enjoyable and their new website is a treat to anyone's eyes. Shipping a pre-overclocked machine can sometimes bother people, but for those who want every bit of performance for their penny, you can be guaranteed they will do it. With a stock Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHZ CPU, Mario was able to reach the 3780MHZ mark! This isn't the world's record for overclocking a P4 CPU, but when considering it is running an affordable and safe water cooling unit vs. a multi-thousand dollar 'freeze type' system the efforts and end results of their performance gains are top notch for a 'turn key' product carrying a full system warranty. Mario is the gamer's man and I seriously love speaking to him. He can calmly answer any of your questions at any given time. Getting a hold of the company after hours is also great as they are often there to help and answer any questions you might need answered. With great technical minds that can help you from re-tweaking your system after a BIOS update to telling you how to edit a game for better performance, they are there for just about anything. The shear speed, reliability, looks, and support has gone in their favor in the end. In this review I will be fully honest and say nobody did it like Overdrive PC.


Overdrive PC – We truly need a parade for such an event! I would like to offer the first ever "EVER" Blue Platinum Editors Choice "Ultimate Power House Smack Down" Gaming Box. More than justified at the end of the day with the notable craftsmanship. They will also take home the best "Safest Cyber Sex Award" for the use of all those rubbers. :D The usage of the cork backing material custom cut to fit under the motherboard is revolutionary for PC design to prevent Joe "Big Nerd" Bubba from pushing a new system component so hard that it micro fractures the motherboard. It is all of the small things that truly took me by surprise that this company does and it is 100% justified at the end of the day. You can also see their current ResellerRating, which also affirms what I have been saying about the company. Ending with a 99% overall system score, the Overdrive PC is a true winner."

For the full review go here:http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews/gamingrigs/Index.html



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