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• How to build a home theater PC   [Guide, corsairmemory]
  Based on the success of our first system build log (How to Build an Ultimate Gaming PC), Corsair has just published another system build log. This time we dive into the details of building a home theater PC. From component selection, system build, software installation, to watching and recording TV - we have every step covered in great details! Over 100 photos to document the process to show your readers how easy it is to put a HTPC together.
   Mon, 03 Apr, 2006 | 0 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• MESH Titan X1800 FIRE system   [Review, Hexus]
  MESH, purveyors of PCs for nearly 20 years now, has opted to showcase the talents of CrossFire with its Titan X1800 FIRE system. Utilising two high-end ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB cards in tandem, the system promises to spectacularly fast in 3D applications. The question is, does it also stack-up in other important areas. Let's find out.
   Thu, 16 Feb, 2006 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• World Exclusive - ARMARI Pantheon-FX   [Review, Hexus]
  The Armari Pantheon FX system is a decidedly niche product. It's designed to appeal to those of you with a large wedge of cash to spend on a PC, yet don't want to splash it on some run-of-the-mill affair. Armari has taken the step of engineering a gaming machine with some of the tastiest components available at the start of 2006 and amalgamated them into a sexy-looking small form-factor unit sourced from the folks at SilverStone. It's clear from the choice of components that performance is of foremost concern.
   Thu, 16 Feb, 2006 | 21 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Building your HTPC- Part 1   [Guide, tbreak]
  In fact, for non-gamers we would recommend an Intel CPU + chipset combo. While we havent had a chance to look at any VIIV platform from Intel yet, we're guessing that it would be an ideal choice for an HTPC. CPU-wise, the 820D which is a dual core CPU, seems like a good buy, however, Intel is also planning on releasing an 805D CPU which is a 533MHz FSB/2.66GHz dual core CPU priced around US$160. These CPUs should handle the multimedia capabilities of your system just fine.
   Tue, 07 Feb, 2006 | 28 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Dell XPS 600 Renegade Quad SLi   [Article, Hexus]
  With Dell delivering this system they are not only showing their size and influence in the market but they have raised the bar and made it harder for the high end system builders, such as Alienware, VoodooPC and Velocity Micro, who were less than impressed with the fact this had launched with Dell.
   Sat, 28 Jan, 2006 | 28 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Dell's Quad nVidia SLI XPS System   [Article, legitreviews]
  Dell's upcoming XPS 600 Renegade gaming PC features the World's first Quad-SLI video card solution with 2GB of memory on board. If you think seeing high end games run smooth on a dual card SLI or CrossFire system is impressive you haven't seen anything now that Quad-SLI is being used!
   Sat, 28 Jan, 2006 | 9 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• NVIDIA and Dell Showcase First-Ever Quad-SLI PC   [News, slizone]
  NVIDIA and Dell unveiled the first-ever Quad-SLI PC at the Consumer Electronics Show 2006. Taking its acclaimed SLI technology to the next level, NVIDIA introduced support for not one, not two, not three, but FOUR GPUs. Delivering the most extreme high definition gaming experience available on the PC, Quad SLI features four of NVIDIA's flagship GeForce® 7800 GTX GPUs with an NVIDIA nForce®4 SLI motherboard.
   Fri, 06 Jan, 2006 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• The M1000 Alternative   [Article, sfftech]
  On the heels of the popular Shuttle M1000 HTPC XPC. We have posted an article titled "The M1000 Alternative" which looks at building up a comparable SFF HTPC for a little less money. Though admitidly, not the complete package the M1000 is, a good look at the HTPC in general.
   Wed, 21 Dec, 2005 | 10 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• The $159 PC (A Linspire PC)   [Review, extremetech]
  One of the fixtures around Silicon Valley is Fry's Electronics. While the chain has spread throughout the west, Fry's started here, and has always had a geeky sort of reputation. It's always a bit surreal to wander through Fry's and see components for building breadboards right alongside PC components. They also offer some spectacular deals occasionally. So when I opened the local Fry's ad circular that was embedded in the San Jose Mercury News, one of the first things I spotted was the ad for a complete PC for $159.
   Sun, 20 Nov, 2005 | 15 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• First Look: Apple's Updated iMac   [Preview, PCWorld]
  Apple has dropped the price, bumped up the speed, and enhanced the features of its 20-inch iMac G5. The result is an all-in-one desktop computer that's more media friendly and affordable than its predecessor; but like that unit, it falls short of being a media PC because it lacks a built-in TV tuner. I tested a shipping version of the new 20-inch iMac. Equipped with a 2.1-GHz processor (up from the prior model's 2.0 GHz), and 512MB of DDR2 RAM, the $1699 system delivered crisp performance, and the 20-inch wide-screen display looked sharp.
   Wed, 09 Nov, 2005 | 4 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Amax Power 660+   [Review, PCWorld]
  Our $3119 Power 660+ review unit came with a 3.6-GHz Pentium 4 660 CPU, 1GB of DDR2-533 SDRAM, an Asus EN6800Ultra graphics card (based on nVidia's GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics chip), and two 200GB hard drives in a striped RAID 0 array. The system produced a very respectable but not chart-topping score of 100 on PC WorldBench 5. More important to gamers, the Power 660 demonstrated the ability to comfortably run 3D programs: Graphics tests on Return to Castle Wolfenstein at 1280-by-1024 resolution returned a frame rate score of 143, the ninth fastest result we've seen. For Unreal Tournament at the same resolution, it achieved 317 frames per second, the eleventh best yet.
   Sat, 05 Nov, 2005 | 3 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• HP dx5150 Business Desktop   [Review, PCWorld]
  The dx5150 configured with a 2.2-GHz Athlon 64 3500+ CPU and 512MB of DDR400 SDRAM posted a WorldBench 5score of 93; that's plenty of processing power for most common business applications. And if your company is looking to switch to 64-bit software applications when they come available, the dx5150 is 64-bit ready. The system we looked at came with Windows XP Professional, but can be configured at purchase with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition at no extra cost.
   Sat, 05 Nov, 2005 | 5 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• HP Pavilion a1130n Desktop PC   [Review, PCWorld]
  If the Pavilion's 250GB hard drive isn't large enough, you can store files on recordable CD and DVD media using the 16X DVD±RW LightScribe drive, which can write up to 8.5GB on a single double-layer DVD. LightScribe is an HP technology that allows you to flip a DVD in the drive and then use the drive's laser to print--or actually burn--a label onto LightScribe-compatible DVD media. A second 16X DVD-ROM drive makes for easy DVD copying.
   Sat, 05 Nov, 2005 | 18 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Polywell Poly 916NF4-SLI   [Review, PCWorld]
  Even at $3999, the Poly 916NF4-SLI is a bargain. If you're a hardcore gamer who just has to have a system with a dual-core CPU and two top-of-the-line SLI graphics cards, you probably won't find a machine for less. Purchasing the parts separately, you would pay almost $3000 just for the 3.2-GHz Pentium Extreme Edition 840 CPU, two EVGA E-GeForce 7800 GTX graphics cards, and the Asus P5ND2-SLI Deluxe motherboard to run them. Throw in three hard drives, including two 10,000-rpm 74GB Western Digital Raptors striped in a RAID 0 array, a 16X rewritable double-layer DVD drive, a 32X CD-RW drive, and a Logitech wireless keyboard, and you're actually getting a great deal.
   Sat, 05 Nov, 2005 | 6 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Scan 3XS AMD Chameleon   [Review, Hexus]
  Now powered by an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (dual core and overclocked) and overclocked NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX SLI, the basic canons of performance that we saw in the development 3XS Chameleon have been cemented and improved. Still wearing coats of paint more expensive than a decent spec PC, the fully-loaded Chameleon has been used and abused by us over the course of the last few days.
   Sat, 05 Nov, 2005 | 10 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Top 15 Desktops   [Roundup, PCWorld]
  New power PCs from Amax and Velocity Micro come with big hard drives.
   Sat, 05 Nov, 2005 | 14 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Velocity Micro Vision 64   [Review, PCWorld]
  This system is fast. Thanks in part to a dual-core, 2.4-GHz Athlon 64 X2 4800+ CPU and 1GB of DDR400 RAM, our Vision 64 review unit posted a WorldBench 5 score of 115, the sixth best we've seen. And it really shines in graphics and gaming performance: Its PCI Express EVGA E-GeForce 6800 GT graphics card with 256MB of on-board RAM helped produce the second-best frame rates yet on our Return to Castle Wolfenstein tests at 1280-by-1024 resolution. The only machine with a better score on that game--the MTower 64 AGE-SLI from Xi Computers--had the same CPU and motherboard, a nearly identical 256MB GeForce 6800 Ultra-based graphics card, and 2GB of system RAM instead of 1GB.
   Sat, 05 Nov, 2005 | 7 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Shuttle XPC M1000 - HTPC Done Right?   [Review, AnandTech]
  Shuttle's XPC M1000 is a system that looks to combine all of the technologies that have been developing over the past several years and finally make the PC a part of your entertainment center. The question of whether or not it succeeds is going to depend on many factors as well as the desires of the individual, and we will cover the capabilities and shortcomings of the M1000 in this review in an attempt to come up with an answer. Before we get into the specifics of the M1000, here's a quick overview of what we think that a good HTPC needs to succeed.
   Thu, 03 Nov, 2005 | 9 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Acer Aspire E300-7NB73   [Review, TrustedReviews]
  Acer is one of the market leaders in notebooks, but when it comes to buying a PC for the home, I must admit that Acer isn’t a brand name that would immediately spring into my mind. However, considering that it makes some of the best value notebooks around that’s probably short sighted. Indeed, is one of the few companies in the world that can make almost every component in the PC, a fact which is bound to lead to cost savings.
   Sun, 30 Oct, 2005 | 18 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Dell XPS 600 Generation 5 desktop system   [Review, hardware-review]
  Companies like Alienware, VoodooPC, and Monarch Computer have been building systems geared toward gamers for years and now Dell is getting into the mix. One system we have from Dell that falls in this category is the XPS 600 Generation 5 desktop system. It's not their best system by far if you read the specs, but we'll still take it for a spin and see where we end up. It should be a wild ride.
   Mon, 24 Oct, 2005 | 21 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail