Reviewed on July 18, 2006The budget desktop scene is due for a shake-up with Intel's new chips and AMD's impending price cuts, but the Velocity Micro Vector GX Campus Edition is a strong opening volley. There's not much we'd change about this back-to-school package; it's as capable as it is attractive.TAGS:Velocity Micro, Intel Core 2 Duo, back-to-school, PCI, PCI Express, NVidia, Nvidia GeForce, AMD, speakers, LCD, Intel, PC, games
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, AMD Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon 64, CPU, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, AMD, video card, memory, PC, games
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, power supply, Voodoo, AMD, Dell XPS, CPU, chipset, NVidia, 32-bit, Intel, PC, games