Reviewed on April 25, 2007The Cyberpower Gamer Ultra 8500 SE looks like a great deal, but we question the overall Cyberpower buying experience. Four years of negative reader comments about this company led us to investigate. Cyberpower promises to improve, but you should still proceed with caution.TAGS:Cyberpower, gamer, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon 64, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, CPU, AMD, video card, memory, PC, games
Reviewed on June 20, 2006Falcon Northwest's FragBox might be the best known small-form-factor gaming PC, but Maingear's X-Cube is currently the most up-to-date. With the latest of everything, if you want a gaming desktop for on-the-road fragging, look no further.TAGS:Maingear, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, chipset, card, Intel Core 2 Duo, video card, CPU, AMD, games, PC
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, Intel Core 2 Duo, media card reader, Nvidia GeForce, AMD Athlon, AMD, video card, pricing, Intel, CPU, games
Reviewed on June 21, 2006The bare-bones Shuttle SN25P PC provides a strong foundation for building a midrange, small-form-factor PC, but the overly complicated CPU fan and heat-sink design might annoy you at certain points during installation.TAGS:motherboard, PCI Express, PCI, power supply, AMD, CPU, video card, video, PC