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AVADirect Core 2 Duo SLI Gaming System (Intel Core 2 Duo E6700): AVADirect's newly updated Core 2 Duo SLI system comes with a $3,600 price tag and a lot to like for a gaming PC. This particular configuration also has a few problems with it, mainly a dual-core rather than a quad-core CPU, as well as a seizure-inducing front-panel fan controller. You...; Tags: Games, Processors, Consumer electronics, DVD, Intel Core 2 Duo, AVADirect, game, Velocity Micro, Velocity, hard drive, Intel Corp.; Product reviews 2007-08-10

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AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System: If you consider this upper midrange $3,220 AVADirect's Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System representative of the value and build quality available from this small custom builder, we can report that we were mostly happy with this PC, even if we found it loud and its gaming performance a bit...; Tags: Games, AVADirect Core 2 SLI DDR3 Gaming System; Product reviews 2008-07-02
AVADirect D900C: If the last few weeks at CNET Labs were any indication, it would seem that laptops stocked with desktop processors are coming back in vogue. Hot on the heels of the quad-core 917V Accelerator, the massive AVADirect D900C brought an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 processor, 800MHz memory, and two...; Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Games, AVADirect D900C, laptop computer, Intel Core 2 Duo; Product reviews 2007-12-10
Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week: Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including an overclocked Velocity Micro PC for students, a camera backpack and a phone so good it made the list twice.Here''s our weekly roundup of the new products CNET reviewers liked best. 1. Velocity Micro Vector GX Campus Edition...; Tags: photograph, camera, Motorola Razr2 V9, Toyota Highlander Ltd., Read CNET', Velocity Micro, Velocity, Motorola Inc., overclocking, music player, Bluetooth, speakerphone, backpack, crossover, keypad, HSDPA, grip, train, video card, adapter, Intel Core 2 Duo, motherboard, speaker; Image galleries 2007-08-18
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
Sony VAIO XL3 Digital Living System: Sony's VAIO XL3 Digital Living System is a welcome improvement to previous versions of Sony's high-end home theater PC. The multidisc DVD changer is thankfully absent, and the PC itself comes with almost all the features we expect from a modern, living room-style computer. Similar to its older Digital Living...; Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, DVR, Desktops, Blu-ray, Sony Vaio, Sony VAIO XL3 Digital Living System, XL3, Sony Corp., Velocity, home theater; Product reviews 2007-05-01
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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