Reviewed on April 3, 2009In a normal economy, we'd expect that Falcon Northwest's new Core i7 FragBox 2 would wow us with fast performance in a compact case. Instead, the price of this system as configured has been severely undercut by a competitor. An improved warranty takes the edge off somewhat, but the new market reality makes it hard to recommend this PC.TAGS:Maingear, Intel Core Microarchitecture, media card reader, Apple Intel Mac Mini, CPU, AMD, Apple Macintosh, hard drive
Reviewed on July 20, 2006You'll want to give Shuttle's new AMD-based, small-form-factor gaming PC a week or two to see how the coming Athlon price drop will affect the price tag. Assuming that Shuttle continues its aggressive pricing, however, the XPC P2 2700 will deliver lots of bang for your buck.TAGS:Maingear, media card reader, Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD, pricing, Nvidia GeForce, AMD Athlon, Intel, games, CPU, video card, PC