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- AVADirect Nano Cube
- AVADirect's $2,266 Nano Cube tries to take on Shuttle's XPC H7 5800 at its own small form factor game. Both systems come with smaller-than-normal SFF cases, and each requires sacrifices, even more than with a standard SFF PC, in exchange for its tiny dimensions. Therein lies our problem with this...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Games, Shuttle XPC, SFF, small form factor, Cube, Shuttle, Nano, DVD burner, PC, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., AVADirect, game
- Product reviews 2009-11-04
- Shuttle XPC H7 5800
- You can find plenty of small form factor gaming systems out there, notably from Falcon Northwest and Maingear, but the Shuttle XPC H7 5800 might be the smallest chassis we know of that still supports multiple graphics cards. As much as we credit Shuttle for loading up its small H7...
- Tags: Video cards, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Shuttle, XPC H7 5800, Shuttle XPC H7 5800, Shuttle XPC, Maingear X-Cube
- Product reviews 2009-06-23
- Shuttle XPC X100
- If the Shuttle XPC X100 had come out back in February when it was first announced, we'd be pretty excited. But finally shuffling into view past the midyear mark, it's a case of too little, too late for what initially seemed like a very promising system. The smallest Shuttle we've...
- Tags: Jiv Mini, Media Center PC, Shuttle, Shuttle XPC, Shuttle XPC X100, WinBook Jiv
- Product reviews 2006-07-31
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- Dell Studio XPS 435 (Intel Core i7 920, 500GB HDD, 3GB)
- Despite our preference for a more purpose-built computer, we actually have a fair opinion of this $1,579 Dell Studio XPS 435 build. It's fast, attractive, and comes with a Blu-ray drive and a reasonably capable graphics card. You could plunk this system in a dorm room or a home office...
- Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Intel Core Microarchitecture, hard drive, Dell Studio XPS 435, Dell Studio XPS, Dell Computer Corp., Studio XPS 435, Studio XPS
- Product reviews 2009-08-10
- Asus Essentio CG5290-BP007
- Editors' note: This review is part of our 2009 Retail Laptop and Desktop Back-to-School roundup, covering specific fixed configurations of popular systems that can be found in retail stores.The $1,199 Asus Essentio CG5290-BP007 stands out from the rest of our back-to-school PCs because of both its price and its intentions....
- Tags: Blu-ray, Desktops, Games, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network technology, Asus Essentio CG5290-BP007, Asus Essentio, ASUS
- Product reviews 2009-08-04
- Is holding out for Windows 7 a gamble worth taking?
- Is holding out for Windows 7 a gamble worth taking?People make easy things complicated.The answer is pretty straight forward: Do you need to buy a new PC right now? If you don't stay with what you're using. If you do buy one with Vista. Once Windows 7 has been released...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, XP SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
- Falcon Northwest FragBox 2 (Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650)
- With Intel's new processors just a few short weeks away, it's hard to get that excited about spending $4,000 or so on a high-end gaming PC now. That doesn't mean that we can't appreciate what Falcon Northwest has done with its highest-end FragBox 2. Thanks to a pair of Radeon...
- Tags: Video cards, Processors, Falcon Northwest, FragBox 2, graphics, Intel Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2008-10-14
- Shuttle XPC P2 4800X
- Shuttle says that the idea of its tiny XPC P2 4800X gaming PC is to compete with the Falcon Northwest FragBox 2. We suggest that Shuttle head back to the lab. The chief hallmark of this $3,200 configuration is its Intel X48 chipset and its Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor....
- Tags: Chipsets, Games, Processors, Shuttle, FragBox 2
- Product reviews 2008-09-18
- Dell Studio Hybrid
- It's hard for us to recommend the Dell Studio Hybrid desktop for any practical purpose. As a desktop for productivity, you can get more bang-for-your-buck from a typical budget-priced midtower PC. And if your goal is either space-saving or using this system as a media PC, we'd instead point you...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, Dell Computer Corp., Studio Hybrid
- Product reviews 2008-07-29
- Google's warehouse-size power problem
- Google's warehouse-size power problemGoogle turned Iowa in the Horrors for electricity.And yes, horrors is misspelled to get past the censor bot.Google may not be able to curb their power appetite but they managed to turn Iowa in a state of *horrors* by making a deal where they pay no taxes...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Tom, tax, Google Inc., WinXP Pro Off, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-28
- eMachines T5226 - Pentium D 925 3GHz
- The only significant difference between the eMachines T5224 we reviewed earlier in the year and the new T5226 is the CPU. The newer $550 T5226 has a 3.0GHz Intel Pentium D 925 dual-core processor, a slight uptick over the older Intel chip in the T5224. And while we like eMachines'...
- Tags: Performance management, Processors, Semiconductors, Desktops, DVD, eMachines T5226, eMachines T5224, eMachines Inc., Intel Pentium
- Product reviews 2007-04-30
- HP Pavilion SlimLine s3020n PC
- Hewlett-Packard's new Pavilion SlimLine s3020n PC comes bearing HP's new glossy black vision for all of its PCs and laptops. We've long complained that HP gray was only a few boring steps removed from old-school desktop beige, and we're glad to see HP took some steps to make its PCs...
- Tags: Desktops, HP Pavilion, Slimline, Hewlett-Packard Co., memory, PC
- Product reviews 2007-04-03
- HP Pavilion Media Center m7780n TV PC
- Like other systems we've reviewed lately, the only feature that distinguishes HP's new $1,599 Pavilion Media Center m7780n TV PC from its older model is that this newer PC comes with Windows Vista. That's fine, as few developments in PC hardware since we reviewed the last model warrant any dramatic...
- Tags: HD DVD, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Media Center PCs, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Vista, TV-PC, HD-DVD, Media Center PC
- Product reviews 2007-02-24
- eMachines T5224
- The eMachines T5224 is the first true budget-class PC we've seen with Windows Vista on it. We mostly like what we've seen so far, but we can't help but wonder what would happen if Gateway/eMachines took better advantage of AMD's aggressive chip pricing. This $580 PC (before $50 rebate) comes...
- Tags: chip, eMachines Inc., eMachines T5224, PC
- Product reviews 2007-02-05
- WinBook PowerSpec T470
- By itself, WinBook's new PowerSpec T470 looks like a strong-enough machine for Windows Vista Home Premium. If it came in around $800 or so, we'd be happy with its overall price performance, too. The problem is that at $999, it's too close in price to the faster Dell Dimension E521....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance management, Processors, WinBook, PowerSpec T470, PowerSpec, Dell Dimension E521, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Dimension, Intel Core 2 Duo, performance
- Product reviews 2007-02-02
- iBuyPower Value 640
- It's not as trim and tidy as the Shuttle XPC X200M, nor does the iBuyPower Value 640 house as many features. This Vista-based home-theater PC provides better performance at a lower price, however, and it allows for easy upgrades--an important fact given the sparse configuration of our $1,001 review unit....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, iBuyPower Value 640, Value 640, Shuttle
- Product reviews 2007-02-01
- Dell Dimension E521
- Most of the hardware behind Dell's midrange Dimension E521 isn't that new. What is exciting is that Dell now offers it with Windows Vista Home Premium. The Dimension E521 in general is a typically customizable Dell PC, and the $1,029 configuration we received demonstrates that if you pick the right...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Dell Computer Corp., Dimension E521, Microsoft Windows Vista, Dell Dimension E521, Dell Dimension
- Product reviews 2007-01-30
- Shuttle XPC X200M
- Shuttle's XPC X100 PC impressed us with its design this past summer, but its feature set lagged behind similar systems', such as Apple's Mac Mini and the WinBook Jiv Mini. With its updated XPC X200M, Shuttle brings the features in-line with what we expect from a smaller PC, adding an...
- Tags: Chipsets, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Semiconductors, Desktops, Shuttle, XPC X200M, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Product reviews 2007-01-22
- Thinking of buying a Shuttle PC? Think again...
- Thinking of buying a Shuttle PC? Think again...I don't understand...you tried getting a 5V card working in a 3V system and thought a downgrade on the BIOS was going to do the trick? That a BIOS flash was going to magically increase the voltage on the bus?wow.no offense, but...
- Tags: BIOS, accountability, Shuttle, Shuttle PC, TigerDirect, shuttle, hardware, PC
- Discussion threads 2006-12-26
- Gateway DX420X - Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 GHz - 19" TFT
- Gateway's DX420X is as strong as any midrange desktop we've seen. Our $1,606 review unit's Core 2 Duo E6600 processor hits the price and performance sweet spot, its GeForce 7900 GT graphics card is a tick faster than what you typically find in a sub-$2,000 PC, and a raft of...
- Tags: Performance management, Processors, Desktops, TFT, Gateway Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Gateway DX420X, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2006-12-20
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