Reviewed on April 8, 2008We've seen too many speedy, sub-$2,000 gaming PCs this year to get excited by Puget's near-$5,000 desktop, as elaborate as its liquid cooling may be. Its performance doesn't separate it enough from the midrange pack, and it's outclassed by its other high-end competition.TAGS:Maingear, Intel Core 2 Duo, overclocking, CPU, 64-bit, 32-bit, pricing, hard drive, Intel, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC
Reviewed on June 4, 2008The Maingear Prelude has the best bang for the buck among midrange gaming PCs. It also has a certain stocky visual appeal. It's missing a few features, and you'll have to jump through a few hoops to make upgrades, but on balance, this system is a great deal.TAGS:Maingear, AMD, Voodoo, power supply, Dell XPS, CPU, 32-bit, NVidia, chipset, Intel, PC, games