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Hy-Tek Tek Panel 300

May 17th, 2004 | by Jeff Fila

Features and Design

The Tek Panel 300 is just about everything a computer enthusiast and gamer would want, integrated into one slick looking piece of equipment. It is an all-in-one unit capable of playing the latest games at aggressive settings and immersing you in any game or movie you choose. With configuration options featuring the fastest Intel processors, up to 2GB of RAM, the fastest ATI video cards and the Creative Labs Audigy sound card, the Tek Panel 300 is not just a high-end computer, it is also quite the conversation piece. Our review sample was configured as follows:

Components:

• Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz Extreme Edition Processor
• Western Digital 200GB SATA Hard Drive
• ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe Motherboard
• 2GB DDR PC3200 RAM
• ATI Radeon 9800XT Video Card
• Toshiba SD-R 1202 DVD/CD-RW
• Creative Labs SB Audigy 2ZS sound card
• Windows XP Pro
• 30” LG Electronics LCD display

The case:

• 31 ½”w x 20 ¾”h x 5 ¼”d
• Custom aluminum case with black powder coat finish
• Included wall mount hardware
• Included tabletop free-standing mounting hardware

 
Additional external accessories:

• Wireless keyboard/mouse/remote by Interlink Electronics
• Bose Media Mate 2.1 channel computer speakers

Hy-Tek does a great job of integrating all of this into a 5 ¼-inch deep custom aluminum case. To fit a full-sized ATX motherboard, power supply, optical drive and two I/O cards into such a confined space — and to keep it properly cooled - was no small feat, and Hy-Tek engineers used some innovative ideas in their configuration.
As you can see from the below pictures, Hy-Tek uses two 90-degree risers to get the AGP graphics card and the PCI sound card into place.