There's a bit of a typo in there - the Soprano is made by Thermaltake, not ThermalTek. Thermaltek make high temperature industrial furnace equipment: http://www.thermaltek.com/ :)

Charles/Anyone
Where is the BTX form factor in your calculations? Coming to the mass market soon or still far off? I'm about to buy a new box. Is it worth waiting a few months for BTX to grab some market share, or should I just get on with it?

I have read your lastest "Workhorse PC" article - as usual, very helpful and informative. However, I noticed that you put forward the LG for those wanting an LCD - what about their dead pixel policy and the alternate CMV brand you put forward in your last article?

LG's LCD policy is the same as practically every other major manufacturer: refund within seven days for three or more dead pixels. CMV's policy is better: 1 dead pixel within 30 days.

But Australian consumer legislation means you can demand a refund for faulty merchandise. I'd say a bright or dead pixel constitutes a fault. I don't believe the manufacturers can get around that, whatever their policy is. The only drawback: it takes time and messing around.

I am looking at buying a new PC, and have followed your last few recommendations with interest. I wonder whether you would still recommend the AMD processor for a home computer which is likely to be used with photoshop for photo editing and also DV video editing and DVD production, a few articles suggest that whilst the AMD is more powerful ( and better for gaming) the p4 provides better performance for video and image editing?

cheers for any advice you can offer.