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- Velocity Micro Raptor DCX (Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800)
- With Dell and Alienware unveiling exciting new cases recently, we wonder if Velocity Micro is starting to feel a bit of a pinch. We continue to appreciate the clean lines of its high-end desktops, but the company has used the same case for a while now (the same can be...
- Tags: Video cards, Processors, Semiconductors, Intel Corp., Velocity, Velocity Micro, Velocity Micro Raptor DCX, Velocity Micro Raptor, Raptor, DCX, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2006-07-27
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- Maingear Shift
- With its new Shift gaming desktop, Maingear joins the ranks of Alienware, Falcon Northwest, and Velocity Micro in providing its customers a distinctive-looking case you can't get anywhere else. And despite a misstep with the build and a questionable processor choice both of which should be easily remedied, we found...
- Tags: Network technology, Most Unique, Maingear, cable, hard drive
- Product reviews 2009-11-25
- Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770)
- Falcon Northwest's latest Mach V ($6,957, as reviewed) remains true to the company's reputation of high performance and best-of-breed craftsmanship. But for a few exceptions, its parts offerings remain on the cutting edge, and its smart system building philosophy results in outstanding performance. If your goal is to build the...
- Tags: Processors, Memory, Intel Corp., Falcon Northwest, Mach V, Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770, Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2008-05-29
- Quad-core PC project - Windows Experience Index
- Quad-core PC project - Windows Experience IndexI seem to recall your having said you weren't going to tweak.These systems. Or was that someone else? Tweaking the memory seems to be going against that.Please also let us know if ....... S3 and S4 function properly. Not to second guess your...
- Tags: Processors, processor, Wei, Windows eXPerience, Gateway Inc., Quad-core PC, Windows Experience Index, ATI Graphics, motherboard, quad-core, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-09-04
- The view from 10 feet (Using Windows Vista as a home theater hub)
- The view from 10 feet Using Windows Vista as a home theater hubNetwork Speed?Ed, I noticed that you had your machine physically plugged into the network. Did you consider wireless at all? Or is your home hardwired everywhere? Also, what speed network are you running? Thanks.What...
- Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, home theater, cable, card, network
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- 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
- Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800)
- We've stayed away from the $6,000-plus gaming PCs for awhile, largely because the shift to Windows Vista has thrown the high-end PC market into a state of uncertainty. Still, we agreed to review this Mach V from Falcon Northwest because the company sent us a configuration with two long-rumored but...
- Tags: Desktops, Processors, Consumer electronics, DVD, Falcon Northwest, Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Corp., PC, Intel Core 2 Duo
- Product reviews 2007-07-26
- Maingear F131 SLI (Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600)
- Maingear's new F131 SLI gaming PC comes at our recent Velocity Micro Editors' Choice winner strong and hard. Both are equally well-designed, and while the Maingear is a bit more expensive at $4,200, it also includes a few features the Velocity Micro lacks, at least in the PC it sent...
- Tags: Games, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), DVD, Consumer electronics, Processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Maingear, Velocity, Velocity Micro
- Product reviews 2007-06-29
- Gateway FX530XT (Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX)
- With this newest reiteration of its high-end FX530XT, Gateway finally brings it flagship desktop in line with the other enthusiast PCs in its class. And all it took was a graphics card. Our $4,449 build comes with an overclocked GeForce 8800 GTX. Combine that with the system's familiar overclocked Intel...
- Tags: Video cards, Games, Processors, NVidia Corp., Gateway Inc., Gateway FX530XT, Maingear, Nvidia GeForce
- Product reviews 2007-05-31
- 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
- Velocity Micro Raptor DCX (ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT)
- We've given Velocity Micro plenty of good reviews in the past, but this might be the best PC we've ever seen from the midsize vendor. True to its specialty of building powerful, smartly configured gaming desktops, this Raptor DCX comes in at $3,995, but it feels like you're getting a...
- Tags: Games, ATI Radeon, Velocity, Velocity Micro, Raptor, DCX, card, PC, game, ATI Technologies Inc., NVidia Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-05-14
- Falcon Northwest Mach V (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700)
- Of the next-generation game systems we've seen recently, none has performed as well on our game tests as Falcon Northwest's Mach V. Similar PCs are by no means slow, but if your goal is showing off frame rates, Falcon Northwest turned in the fastest scores. Like its competition, the Mach...
- Tags: Games, Processors, Intel Corp., Intel Core 2 Duo, Falcon Northwest, Mach V, game
- Product reviews 2007-01-26
- Dell XPS 710 H2C
- Thanks to dual-graphics-card technologies and the expensive, high-wattage power supplies required to run them, the average price tag of a best-of-the-best PC has ballooned to well over the $7,000 mark. That's why, despite running a still-ridiculous $5,759, the Dell XPS 710 H2C looks like a downright bargain. Dell remains tied...
- Tags: Chipsets, Performance management, Processors, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-01-18
- Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition (Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700)
- The Velocity Micro Raptor Signature Edition is the midsize vendor's elite gaming PC. Company founder and CEO Randy Copeland helps build each unit, and they all come with his signature. This system is supposed to represent the best in modern PC hardware. Our review unit's configuration prices at $7,395, which...
- Tags: Desktops, Video cards, Processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp., Velocity Micro, Velocity, Raptor Signature Edition, Widow PC, PC
- Product reviews 2007-01-05
- Widow PC IX2 SLI
- We've seen a handful of quad-core PCs so far with a single Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX 3D card in them, but we had yet to see any with two of those cards in SLI scalable link interface mode until the Widow PC IX2 SLI. More than simply a high-end game...
- Tags: Performance management, Desktops, Games, Processors, Widow PC IX2 SLI, Widow PC, IX2 SLI, PC
- Product reviews 2007-01-05
- WinBook PowerSpec 9800
- Before we found out that Dell was giving its customers the brush-off, we would have said that the $4,500 WinBook PowerSpec 9800, despite its great benchmark scores, wasn't nearly as attractive a system or a deal as the Dell XPS 700. Since Dell isn't shipping a comparable XPS 700 until...
- Tags: Processors, WinBook, WinBook PowerSpec 9800, WinBook PowerSpec, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2006-08-08
- Alienware Area-51 7500 (Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800)
- Alienware is perhaps the best known of the high-end gaming PC vendors, thanks in large part to its distinctive alien-head chassis. We've never really liked the design; the plastic shell is cumbersome, and simple tasks, such as removing and reattaching the side panel, were a pain because of the sculpted...
- Tags: Alienware, Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Corp.
- Product reviews 2006-07-27
- Shuttle XPC P2 2700
- The WinBook Jiv Mini trumped even the Apple Mac Mini for the number of features you can pack into a tiny media PC, and both models make the traditional bread box-size small-form-factor SFF case look downright gigantic. With Intel and AMD both increasing their chips' power efficiency, we expect this...
- Tags: Processors, Games, Shuttle, XPC P2 2700
- Product reviews 2006-07-20
- Systemax Wildcat
- When the Systemax Wildcat arrived on our doorstep, its $4,500 price raised an eyebrow or two. For one thing, its AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 CPU is a step behind AMD's latest, the FX-62, but a quick trip to other desktop vendors' sites showed us that the cost is right where...
- Tags: Games, Performance management, Network technology, Processors, Systemax Wildcat, Systemax
- Product reviews 2006-06-08
- Polywell Poly 590SLI2-FX62
- If you're looking for blazingly fast performance but care not a whit about aesthetics, then Polywell may have the perfect PC for you. Systems from smaller vendors are often hit or miss, and Polywell is no exception. But when the company nails a concept as with the Poly 590SLI2, you...
- Tags: Processors, Games, Polywell Poly 590SLI2, Poly 590SLI2, AMD Athlon, CPU
- Product reviews 2006-06-05
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