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• Shuttle Pre-Configured P2500g (SN25P) SFF   [Review, xtremeresources]
  The P2500g (also known as the SN25P) was the first small form factor computer to offer HyperTransport and PCI Express. The XPC SN25P uses the new P chassis, a member of Shuttle's fifth generation XPC chassis family. The P makes a number of improvements over the earlier G, G2, G4 and K series chassis which will be mentioned in more detail later in this review. Paraphrasing from Shuttle's press kit, the XPC concept utilizes high performance, industry standard desktop components, using minimum size possible while preserving component compatibility and expandability, and finally Shuttle's continued high focus o­n quality, using best-of-class materials, construction and industrial design.
   Mon, 24 Oct, 2005 | 42 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Apple's 5th Generation iPod and The Renewed iMac G5   [Article, hardwarezone]
  Just last month, Apple revealed the slimmest iPod ever, the iPod nano, but they didn't stop there. Now, Apple has a new iPod with video playback capability and a sleeker iMac G5 that comes with the "Front Row Media Experience" and built-in iSight. Find out more about them in this quick overview.
   Wed, 19 Oct, 2005 | 7 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Beblu Mini Component System   [Preview, TrustedReviews]
  Media Center PCs are all the rage these days. A couple of weeks ago, we published an article on some of the hardware considerations you should think about when building a Media Center PC. With all the caveats and confusion, it's no surprise that many people choose to buy an off-the-shelf system. Enter beblu: stage right. A new, British company, they've come up with an innovative new form factor for the home theatre box. Taking inspiration from the mini HiFi systems that have been so popular with consumers over the last decade, the beblu system comprises of a number of different components that are stacked together. The end result is aesthetically pleasing, but does beblu have what it takes to build a worthy Media Center system? That's what we're here to find out.
   Mon, 17 Oct, 2005 | 7 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Affordable Dual-Core - HP Pavilion d4100e vs d4100y   [Review, PCWorld]
  Have you been lusting after a dual-core processor but are unwilling to pay the premium price? Your wait may be over. New dual-core CPUs from AMD and Intel are showing up in desktop systems priced around $1500, within the budget of mainstream computer users. Our first tests of such systems indicate that dual-core chips provide good value. If you wanted to own one of the first dual-core systems to hit the market, you had to pay the typical cutting-edge premium: Intel's first dual-core chip, the 3.2-GHz Pentium Extreme Edition 840, initially sold for $1100. Now the company's cheapest dual-core processor, the 2.8-GHz Pentium D 820, is about $250 online.
   Thu, 13 Oct, 2005 | 79 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• NEC PowerMate DL T8000 w (Water-Cooled PC)   [Review, hardwarezone]
  NEC brings to the region a first-of-its-kind water-cooled desktop PC. Armed with powerful media capabilities, the PowerMate DL T8000 w aims to merge high performance and high entertainment, all the while humming at an unbelievable whisper.
   Thu, 13 Oct, 2005 | 10 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• First-Look: Dell XPS 600   [Preview, bit-tech]
  Dell aren't a name you might traditionally associate with hardcore gamers, but they've been making a play for the enthusiast market recently. Their XPS Gen 2 laptop is generally recognised as being the best 17" gaming notebook on the market - and that's something, considering the competition from Alienware and VoodooPC and the like. We reported a while back that Dell has been the first to snap up dual x16 nForce 4 SLI boards. The XPS 600 is the first system that integrates this board, and it does so with dual 7800GTX cards. Not only that, but the 7800s sport a dual-slot cooling solution that allows for them to be overclocked further and indeed, Dell ships them clocked up out of the box.
   Tue, 20 Sep, 2005 | 23 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• NEC Water-Cooled Desktop PC Launch Event   [Article, HardwareZone]
  Bringing Asia Pacific's first ever water-cooled PC into the consumer market, NEC launched their new PowerMate DL T8000 w in a cold room fit for this icy king. How do you silence a performance PC into a mere whisper? NEC seems to have the answer.
   Wed, 14 Sep, 2005 | 14 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Fall Extreme Gamer System Shootout begins with Liquid XS from All American Computers   [Review, TomsHardware]
  Our latest SLI gaming system review takes us to All American Computers, which offered up a custom-built, acrylic brushed case packed with a water-cooled AMD Athlon 64 4000+, XFX 7800 GTX graphics cards and other trimmings. For $4321.49, ACC's Liquid XS more than does the job.
   Mon, 12 Sep, 2005 | 66 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Fall Extreme Gamer System Shootout Part 2: ABS M6   [Review, TomsHardware]
  Earlier this summer NVIDIA released its latest and greatest graphics product called the 7800 GTX. After doing our analysis of its latest card, we promised to review the product in a series of high-end systems and compare them against our reference platform. Now as the summer comes to a close, we have been busy looking for the cream of the extreme. What is out there for the hardcore gamer? How about for the IT professional who only wishes to go home at the end of the day and just be able to play instead of monkeying around with his or her system?
   Mon, 12 Sep, 2005 | 19 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Dell Dimension 5100   [Review, Cnet]
  The Dell Dimension 5100, like its predecessor, the Dimension 4700, is a well-priced, decently powered option for family-room computing. In addition to a striking new design, the 5100 adds modern essentials such as a BTX motherboard and a 64-bit CPU that should keep you from having to replace your system for a few years. You can configure a Dell Dimension 5100 for less than $700, but our test system included the Media Center version of Windows XP, dual TV tuners, two-piece speakers, and a 15-inch LCD, among other upgrades, that bring the price to a still reasonable $1,136. Even so, the Dimension 5100's lack of a dual-core CPU makes the trim 5100C a better option. And if you want the expandability of a midtower case, the AMD-based mainstream HP Pavilion d4100e is a better choice.
   Sat, 03 Sep, 2005 | 39 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Hypersonic Cyclone OCX Limited Edition   [Review, Cnet]
  The PC-as-sports-car analogy has never been more fitting than with the $4,585 Hypersonic Cyclone OCX Limited Edition. It has the looks, the horsepower, and the price (relatively speaking) of a sexy, souped-up roadster. Indeed, this machine was practically built for racing--or any other games you fancy. Its dual Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX graphics cards can run the most visually demanding games at their highest resolutions with every available effect enabled. Unfortunately, your $4,585 investment doesn't include a monitor or speakers--or even a marquis game. You can add those and other items when you order your system, but they drive the price tag even higher into the stratosphere.
   Sat, 03 Sep, 2005 | 20 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Next-Generation PCs   [Article, PCWorld]
  The pace of PC innovation continues to quicken, and today's high-end systems contain technologies that few people could have imagined even a handful of years ago. From speedy dual-core desktop processors to 64-bit operating systems and superpowerful graphics that employ a tandem of brawny video cards, if it's computing power you want, you can have it--for a price. As our roundup of super PCs and workstations shows, high performance doesn't come cheap. Nevertheless, even the budget conscious should pay attention to what happens at the top of the proverbial PC food chain. Today's cutting-edge computer will be tomorrow's affordable desktop. All you have to do is wait.
   Fri, 02 Sep, 2005 | 15 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Cube247 Hercules ST2   [Review, PCPro]
  At first glance, it's easy to be sceptical about the Hercules ST2. Who on earth could need three full monitors' worth of Desktop? But, as anyone who's used dual-monitor setups will understand, they soon become indispensable. Visits to the taskbar and Alt-tabbing between windows became a thing of the past as we merrily opened multiple instances of Word, Excel and Internet Explorer, dragging the new windows to one of the three 1,280 x 1,024 TFTs to keep them all in view.
   Mon, 22 Aug, 2005 | 51 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Evesham e-style AX64   [Review, PCPro]
  With the unprecedented leap in performance that dual-core processors offer, we were expecting them to be priced out of the mainstream for some time, but so far we've been pleasantly surprised. And, just days after AMD's announcement of the Athlon 64 3800+, Evesham has built a machine around the new chip, intended to offer an even sweeter spot between price and performance. At £799 the e-style isn't quite what we'd call a budget system, but it certainly packs a hefty punch for the price.
   Mon, 22 Aug, 2005 | 14 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Scan Isotope   [Review, TrustedReviews]
  When I first unboxed the Isotope I was surprised by its futuristic, industrial look. Of course I'd seen pictures of it before, but to be honest they didn't do it justice. Even the images that accompany this review, don't really give you an idea of how cool this machine looks in real life. It didn't take long before Sci-Fi geek Benny was in on the act and, unsurprisingly, he agreed with me when I said that it looked like a prop from Star Trek. You know that something looks good when two technology journalists spend ten minutes just examining it from multiple angles before even switching it on. Of course Jalal had to be contrary and say that he didn't like it, but then he also refuses to use Firefox - need I say more?
   Mon, 22 Aug, 2005 | 16 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• SpaceCenter Katana SLI Review   [Review, AMDZone]
  Overall Space Center's Game PC is a very well put together rig, with a colorful case, excellent video card and motherboard, and other extras like wireless Ethernet and at a $1295 a decent price.. One feature missing is that none of the hardware is covered by an extended warranty by Space Center, but all of the warranties already covered by their respective manufacturers are. Never the less, it still would be nice to see more of a level support. Despite this, it is a very good system and if you aren't comfortable making your own rig or simply don't have the time and want something with a gamer in mind at prices that aren't exorbitant, they are definitely worth checking out.
   Sun, 21 Aug, 2005 | 10 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Dell OptiPlex GX620 Review   [Review, HardwareCentral]
  We're never sure if Dell is the poster child for Intel or if it's the other way around, but IT managers can count on one thing: Whenever Intel introduces a new platform, such as stepping up from the 915 Express chipset to the 945 Express series, Dell will step right along with a new model in its OptiPlex business desktop line -- usually one that's tidy and capable enough to serve as a reference system or benchmark for the new technology. The OptiPlex GX620 is the newest case in point -- and a new case or chassis for us, since we've tested two of the brand's four available designs or form factors before.
   Tue, 16 Aug, 2005 | 78 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• HP DX5150 Business Desktop PC Review   [Review, HardwareCentral]
  Automakers call them fleet sales -- high-volume, low-profit-margin purchases of scores of sedans by rent-a-car companies or government agencies. PC manufacturers' equivalent of the Hertz Taurus or Avis Impala is the enterprise desktop: your average office worker's minitower with adequate power for PowerPoint and Excel, a motherboard-mounted graphics chip with no ambition to play 3D games, and legacy ports for IT departments still using their inventories of serial or parallel peripherals and PS/2 mice and keyboards.
   Tue, 16 Aug, 2005 | 15 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Falcon Northwest Mach V (Pentium EE 840)   [Review, PCMag]
  The Falcon Northwest Mach V (Pentium Extreme Edition 840) ($6,595 as tested, with monitor) features components that will thrill both gamers and graphic artists—a dual-core processor, two overclocked nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics cards in an SLI configuration, twin 300GB SATA hard drives in a RAID 0 array, and 1GB of RAM, all housed in an ICON case. Falcon's Mach V line, which also includes the recently reviewed Mach V (Athlon 64 X2 4800+) aims to please a specific audience: Those who will pay someone a lot of money to build and support a truly unique PC. As configured, the Mach V will certainly give well-heeled gamers and multimedia enthusiasts a lot to play with, but unless those people are also vehemently pro-Intel, there are better choices out there.
   Wed, 10 Aug, 2005 | 12 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• HP's Digital Entertainment Center a Good First Attempt at a Living Room PC   [Review, TomsHardware]
  HP has taken the plunge into living room PCs, and they deserve a lot of credit for taking the initiative. The Digital Entertainment Center (DEC) is a good first attempt at building a PC that really fits into this new environment. HP has jumped in with both feet, bringing their industrial and development capabilities to bear.
   Thu, 04 Aug, 2005 | 12 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail