DIY PC Expo 2009 report! Festival for home-made PCs

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DIY PC Expo 2009 report! Festival for home-made PCs

November 2, 2009 1:45 AM | Contributor:akiba

DIY PC Expo 2009 report! Festival for home-made PCs "DIY PC Expo 2009" overall self-made PC event was held at BELLESALLE AKIHABARA from October 31st to November 1st.

This "DIY PC Expo", which is the 3rd time this time around is an overall self-made PC event hosted by DIY PC Expo operating committee. It featured exhibit/demos of new products of makers distributed by ASK, sessions by partnership makers Microsoft/Intel/AMD/NVIDIA. Also, there were new project such as sales area and special sales area.

The exhibit area was the 1st floor of BELLESALLE AKIHABARA had PC parts of SSDs, video cards, PC cases, and electronic power supplies on display. It also showed a 3 screen simultaneous output using one single Radeon HD 5850 video card attracting attention. The latest info of AMD and NVIDIA was unveiled at the seminar held at B1F. The event was a hit for both PC beginners to specialists.

the following are pics from the booths

(* the details of the session will be posted later)


OCZ. Showed the PCI Express connected SSD "Z-DRIVE" The demo proved its speed. It is excepted to go on sale between November to December


HANA Micron. Displayed SSD disassembly examples and flash memory


SAPPHIRE. Demo played 3 screen simultaneous output using their Radeon HD 5850 video card. They also exhibited their unreleased VAPOR-X models with Radeon HD 5750/5870


ASUS. Demo using USB3.0 corresponding product


COOLERMASTER. Displayed the ATX electronic power supply "Silent Pro M" that is expected to go on sale in November. Models with 1000W 850W capacity, both acquired 80 PLUS BRONZE. The cable is detachable


ZALMAN. Exhibited the CPU cooler "CNPS10X FLEX" that will gone sale November 13th, electronic power supplies, and memory coolers. Demos of 2D/3D displays too


INWIN. PC case for female users "Diva" with the BM639 chassis. With Swarovski on the front, is designed to attract female users. Is set to have a 160W electronic power supply


3RSYSTEM. Showed the fan-less Mini-ITX corresponding PC case "ITX-HTPC" as a referential exhibit. It is said to be made for ION mother board by ZOTAC. The case chassis work as a heatsink. Other products such as ATX electronic power supply "ICEAGE series" and ATX case "R650" with unique heatsinks and its variation models were also on display


APC JAPAN	ECS	ELSA


ENERMAX	G.Skill	MSI


Thermaltake	WesternDigital	CyberLink


EVGA(SYNNEX)	Microsoft area（SYNNEX)