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  • Vadim Fusion Cetus Overclocked Core 2 Duo System

    31 July 2006, 14:23

    Wrapping it all up, the Vadim Fusion Cetus is, on balance, the fastest pre-built PC we've ever seen. It's not a quite a dream machine and �3,000 is a lot ...

  • MESH Elite Extreme SLI System - Core 2 Extreme X6800

    14 July 2006, 04:59

    It's quite appropriate then, for us to take a Core 2 based system for a spin on the day of the CPUs launch. MESH is the system builder that's kindly ...

  • Apple Mac mini - Core Duo

    22 June 2006, 02:35

    There's something almost sinfully attractive about Apple's ultra-small Mac mini. This in-depth review - covering Mac OS X and Win XP - makes clear how the mini can indulge your ...

  • SCAN 3XS Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 system - Redux

    5 June 2006, 14:05

    SCAN listened to our recommendations and constructed the most impressive high-end SLI system we've seen to date. Just base it around a Conroe XE and we'd buy one now!

  • Shuttle XPC P 2500 G System

    31 May 2006, 12:58

    Shuttle has seen the popularity of all-inclusive SFF units, pre-built, and taken note. The end result is in the company releasing its own line of pre-built, customisable SFF XPC SKUs. ...

  • Evesham Technology AXIS Asteroid FX62

    23 May 2006, 05:01

    This time, however, the thrills and spills come in the form of a pre-built system from Evesham Technology that's based around AMD's fastest-ever CPU and a new core-logic from NVIDIA, ...

  • SCAN 3XS Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 system

    23 May 2006, 05:01

    SCAN's judicious use of top-quality components leads to an Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2-based system that's tasty from all but the monetary angle. It needs to add a few components and ...

  • MESH Matrix² CrossFire™ 1900/1600/1300 systems

    23 May 2006, 03:45

    MESH has released a base unit that will appeal to the gamer with a healthy budget. Packing in an AMD Athlon 64 FX-60, an ASUS RD580 motherboard and Radeon X1900 ...

  • MESH Titan X1800 FIRE system

    16 January 2006, 11:48

    MESH Computers, purveyors of PCs for nearly 20 years now, has opted to showcase the talents of ATi Technologies' CrossFire with its Titan X1800 FIRE system. Utilising two high-end ATi ...

  • ARMARI Pantheon-FX System

    12 January 2006, 09:10

    Want a super-fast system, presented in a small form-factor that would look good on your desk, but don't have the time or inclination to build it yourself? Could the ARMARI ...

  • Shuttle XPC SD11G5 SFF

    28 October 2005, 00:35

    One stumbling block Shuttle faces in marketing the SD11G5 is price. A search of online retailers shows it to retail at around the £340 mark. That's a lot of wedge ...

  • Scan 3XS AMD Chameleon

    24 October 2005, 10:17

    Mad as a badger, the SCAN 3XS Chameleon SKU has now been finished. Spec lists have been finalised, warranty options cemented and parts options completed on the project and Scan ...

  • Shuttle XPC SD31P

    17 October 2005, 17:47

    Shuttle's been refining the XPC line for a number of years now. In fact, it's an old hand at it now, and that's shown by the number of decent SFF ...

  • HEXUS.snapshot :: Armari Gravistar XRS

    28 September 2005, 21:13

    We've had a look at Armari's Gravistar XR before. Remember when dual-core Opteron launched and I brought our article up using an XR of theirs featuring Opteron 275? I do. ...

  • HEXUS.snapshots :: Scan 3XS Cool Chameleon

    28 September 2005, 18:56

    The Scan 3XS Cool Chameleon married watercooled, overclocked FX-57 power, a pair of 512MiB GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics cards in SLI and a cool fixed disk configuration, all wrapped up ...

  • Shuttle XPC SB95P v2.0

    16 August 2005, 00:00

    For ultimate gaming in a Shuttle XPC, you need to look elsewhere, and in that respect the SB95P v2.0 trips over its own shoelaces in the race to the gaming ...

  • Scan Cool Chameleon - A First Look

    28 June 2005, 00:00

    The Chameleon is a product unique not only in Scan's approach to its conception, development and prototyping (they're a new company to creating boutique PCs like this after all), but ...

  • Shuttle XPC ST20G5

    29 May 2005, 00:00

    SurroundView in such a powerful, small space is what really sells this Shuttle XPC to me. If that appeals to you, go forth and purchase. After the disappointment of the ...

  • Shuttle XPC SB86i

    27 May 2005, 00:00

    A very puzzling offering from the Taiwanese SFF giant and one I recommend you stay well away from. There are much better, and highly desirable, Pentium 4-based XPCs elsewhere in ...

  • MV Cubik GamePro SFF PC

    4 May 2005, 00:00

    MV\'s component choice and reasonable asking price makes the GamePro an attractive proposition for the consumer that wants both substance and style in one beautiful package. Just add in a ...

  • Dell Dimension XPS Gen-4

    29 April 2005, 00:00

    Dell is both large enough and savvy enough to engineer and market the best gaming system around. This Dimension XPS Gen-4, however, is overpriced and, from a package's point of ...

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  • SCAN 3XS ISOTOPE System

    23 April 2005, 00:00

    The review model's performance was good. An AMD Athlon 64 4000+ CPU is the second-fastest S939 CPU, so gaming, allied to a GeForce 6800 GT PCI-Express card, will be inevitably ...

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  • TriGem KLOSS KL-I915A

    4 February 2005, 00:00

    It's not as cheap as Shuttle's SB77G5 XPC but for the extra £50 it'll take to snag a KLOSS, you get more than £50 worth of extra value in this ...

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  • Tranquil PC T2.e/MCE2005 EPIA-SP Preview

    31 January 2005, 00:00

    EPIA-SP gives Tranquil\'s MCE2005 product in the T2 chassis the performance boost that it needed, to remove some of the sticking points we found in operation. The chassis\' evolution gives ...

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  • Shuttle XPC SB77G5

    23 January 2005, 00:00

    Overall, a fine product, somewhat soiled by the CPUs you\'d really like to use it with for maximum gaming performance.

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  • Tranquil PC T2.e/MCE2005

    18 January 2005, 00:00

    It\'s a beautifully integrated device with some problems that stop me from recommending it outright. Tranquil are working on things though, and as a company in the market as it ...

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  • VIA Epia MII

    24 December 2004, 00:00

    As the popularity of the \'media centre\' grows, what we have here is a perfect system for anyone requiring basic movie and music playback without using a behemoth of a ...

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  • Scan International's 3XS Cobra SLI Systems

    15 December 2004, 00:00

    We've seen impressive 3XS hardware from Scan in the past and their Cobra SLI systems don't buck that trend. Incredibly well built, paint jobs to put others to shame and ...

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  • Shuttle XPC SN95G5

    30 September 2004, 00:00

    Very highly recommended if you need Socket 939 in a small form factor enclosure and you can afford the asking price. Pester your favourite retailer for a price drop and ...

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  • AOpen EZ18-120 SFF System

    27 September 2004, 00:00

    We\'ve yet to see a perfect SFF system. AOpen does a lot of things right with the EZ18 - it also does a few things, subjectively speaking, wrong. Worth a ...

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  • World Exclusive Preview of IWill's ZMAXdp

    23 September 2004, 00:00

    After we broke those spy shots back in May, a lot of people asked me whether I thought the ZMAXdp would ever get released. It's one thing to work on ...

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  • Zalman TNN500A / Poweroid Silent PC

    20 August 2004, 00:00

    What it all boils down to, really, is if its very select attributes appeal to you. If they do, you'll wonder why nothing like this ever came along before. Cost ...

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  • Shuttle's XPC SB81P

    20 July 2004, 00:00

    It\'s unappealing with the GMA900 on-board video, so wait for PCI Express graphics cards to appear, pick your CPU and GPU poison, then definitely consider the SB81P as the host ...