17'' DIY Gaming Notebook

With OCZ's DIY 17'' (do it yourself) notebooks you can choos of an AMD/ATI or Intel/nVidia base configuration to finally build your very own high performance or gaming notebook. Your given the possibility to select CPU, memory as well as the hard drive. Regarding the CPU you have the opportunity to choose between different Core 2 Duo models as well as extreme CPUs. If you look at the memory diferent amounts of DDR3 1066 can be added to the base configuration. As a hard drive a 5'400, a 7'200 or a SSD ca be added to your future notebook.

Processor	Supports Intel® Core 2 Duo / Extreme Processors (T7500, T7700, T8100, T8300, T9300, T9400, P8600, P9500, X9100)
Core Logic	Intel® GM45 + ICH9M
Memory	Supports up to Dual Channel DDR3-1066
Disk Storage	2 x 2.5” HDD slots Supports 80-500GB 5400RPM or 7200RPM SATA Hard Disk Drive Supports all OCZ SSD Drives Built-in 4-in-1 Card Reader (MS/MS PRO/SD/MMC/RSMMC)
Display	17” WXGA (16:10)
Graphics Processor	Hybrid NVIDIA® 9600GTS (NVIDIA NB10P-GE1)
Optical Drive	24x CD-R/RW, 8xDVD+/-R, 6x DVD+/-R DL Combo DVD Drive -OR- 16x CD-R, 10x CD-RW, 8x DVD+/-R, 4x DVD+/-RW DL, 2x BD Blu-ray Drive
Audio System	SoundBlaster Compatible Built-in stereo speakers
Slots	1 Express Card 34 / 54 Slot, 1 Media Card Slot
Pointing Device	Integrated Touchpad with Scroll Bar
Keyboard	Full Sized - 85 keys + 21 numeric keys, Intelligent buttons for Hybrid, Internet, and Silent
Interface	3 USB 2.0 ports 1 IEEE1394a 1 HDMI 1 TV Tuner optional 1 eSATA port 1 Headphone jack 1 Microphone jack 1 D-Sub (VGA port) 1 S/PDIF audio jack 1 RJ-45 jack for LAN module 1 DC-In jack Kensington Lock
Power System	1 Lithium-Ion Battery (8 Cell) Full Range Auto-Switching 100V/240V AC Adapter
PhysicalCharacteristic	7.9 lbs with HDD x1 400mm(w) x 299mm(d) x 40.5mm(h)
Other Features	Realtek® 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN or Intel 5300 b/g/Draft-N Bluetooth Built-in 1.3MP Digital Video Camera Phoenix BIOS
Operating System	Compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 (32/64 bit)

NeutrinoION DIY Notebook

Also with the Netbooks you'll find a DIY solution from OCZ. This one is based on nVidias ION platform which has enough performance to even play even 1080p movies. What you also get is a 10.1 inch display, an Intel Atom230 clocked at 1.6 GHz and a nVidia MCP79-ION chipset. If you need longer battery life you also have the possibility to equip your OCZ Netbook with a 5200 mAh battery.

CPU	Intel® Atom™ 230 1.6G/533MHz/512KB L2
Chipset	NVIDIA MCP79-ION
Graphics	GF9400M
Graphic Features	DX10 H.264 1080P Shade Model 4.0 Pure Video HD
Display	10.1” TFT LCD 1024*600 Pixels
Memory	1G DDR2 SO-DIMM (Upgrade to 2G)
HDD	160 SATA-II HDD (Upgrade to 250G)
ODD	Support USB ODD Device
WirelessLAN	Built-in Wireless LAN, 2 Antennas, Support 802.11 B/G
3G SIM	One MiniPCI-E interface (option)
Adapter	AC Input: 100 240V, DC Output: 18.5V @ 40W
Power Management	ACPI 2.0
Audio	HD Audio, Built-In 2 speakers
PC Camera	1.3 Mega Pixels Camera
LAN	10/100M Ethernet Controller
Touch Pad	Integrated Touchpad, Left key, Right key
I/O Port	1 x HDMI Port (15-pin VGA Port option) 2 x USB 2.0 port 1 x Microphone jack 1 x Headphone jack 1 x RJ45 1 x Adapter jack MMC/SD/MS/MS Pro
Dimension	255mm(L) x 185mm(W) x (26mm 32mm)(H)
Weight	1.3 Kg
Battery	3 cell 2200mAh/2600mAh (6 cell 4400mAh/5200mAh option)
OS	Support Windows XP, Vista or Linux
BIOS	AMI

ION HTPC

Based on nVidias ION OCZ also presents a HTPC (Home Theatre PC) solution. Like with the Netbooks the HTPC is based on nVidias ION Chipset paired up with an Atom 230 CPU clocked at 1.6 GHz.

CPU	Intel Atom 230 1.6 GHz
Chipset	nVidia nForce ION
Operating System	Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
Max Memory Size	4 GB DDR2 667
Hard Disk	OCZ 120GB SSD
Optical Drive	Blu-ray DVD Drive BC-5500S
Communication	Modem,Gigabit LAN and WLAN
Card Slot	1 x PCI-Express
Other Features	HDMI Port, Intaisxmcr Internal Media Card Reader

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Authors: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch