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AVADirect Custom Gaming PC

AVADirect Custom Gaming PCAVA Direct Is GarbageThey sell their products at high markup, don't even try to honor shipping dates, constantly get orders wrong, their wiring is crap, the processors are often mounted incorrectly resulting in overheating, their cases generally come damaged and they use cut rate power supplies and...

Tags: AVADirect Custom Gaming PC, AVA Direct

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

AVADirect Core 2 Duo SLI

Unlike many vendors submitting their first system to us for a review, AVA Direct didn't try to blow the doors off our benchmarks. Instead, this $2,747 Core 2 Duo SLI system--while still a powerful, capable gaming machine--is a little more modest. It has a dual-core, overclocked Intel Core 2 Duo...

Tags: Games, Processors, AVA Direct, Intel Core 2 Duo, game

Product reviews 2007-04-12

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Velocity Micro ProMagix E2230

We've already written about Velocity Micro's lower-end Best Buy PC; now we take a look at the ProMagix E2230, a more ambitious $2,100 desktop. Like the less-expensive E2035, the higher-end E2230 combines a dual-core Intel CPU and a Nvidia graphics card to skew toward those looking for a decent gaming...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Games, PCI, Raptor, Velocity, Velocity Micro, ProMagix E2230

Product reviews 2007-05-25

Maingear X-Cube (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800)

Maingear may not have changed its X-Cube's case since we last looked at one about a year ago, but the hardware and software on the 2007 model are entirely brand new. With the latest in everything, this high-end, semiportable gaming system has a comparable price tag, coming in around $4,570...

Tags: Performance management, Processors, Intel Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, Maingear X-Cube, Maingear, performance

Product reviews 2007-05-09