Good when it worked... (Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo T)

Member Name: J.T

Product:	Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo T
Date:	19/08/09 (98 review reads)
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Advantages: Stylish, lots of features

Disadvantages: Design of cooling system, reliability of the CPU

I've had my Scaleo T for a few years, but it seems like I have had endless problems with it. When first purchased, it was fantastic, however after a while the CPU would regularly turn itself off, after a few minutes.
The main issue is that it is poorly designed and has a tendency to overheat and switch itself off. The reason for this is that the heatsink/fan has very few mm of air space, causing dust to build up very easily, causing the fan to provide not enough air to get to the CPU and keep it cool.

Seeing as it is a P4 processor, and they are supposed to keep going around 115 degrees centigrade so when it turns itself off, it's not good.

If you were to purchase one of these, it's a great bit of kit when it's working well, I'd recommend clearing dust from the fan regularly to ensure that the CPU is cooled and running to its best ability.
The design of the Scaleo T is stylish, the blue lights are a cool feature. I would say that the Scaleo T is starting to look slightly dated though, considering I've had mine for the best part of 5 years. So i'd recommend one of Fujitsu Siemens' newer models, and hopefully Fuji would have sorted out the cooling problem with them.

Summary: Wouldn't recommend!

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