Reviewed on August 5, 2010The new Asus Essentio CG1330-05 has a more polished appearance than Asus' previous desktop efforts, but that's one of its only selling points. You get reasonable gaming performance for the price, but its overall value falls short compared with competing systems on either end of the price spectrum.TAGS:ASUS, Dell Studio, Gateway Inc., Dell, AMD, 64-bit, Nvidia GeForce, CPU, PC
Reviewed on August 6, 2010The unique-looking Gateway FX6840-03e offers respectable productivity speed, but it's relatively limited in gaming and multimedia, which is ironic considering its flashy appearance. Gateway's FX line offers some strong configurations, but this isn't one of them, and you should look for more-complete PCs in this price range.TAGS:Gateway Inc., Dell Studio, IEEE 802.11n, configuration, DVD burner, 64-bit, ASUS, Blu-ray, Dell, networking, games, AMD, CPU, PC, DVD, hard drive
Reviewed on August 18, 2010Lenovo's C315 all-in-one is not without its flaws, but if you can overlook its comparatively slow day-to-day performance you'll find this a solid budget-priced home entertainment PC. Don't use this system for a home office or general productivity-oriented tasks, but it would work well in a small room for movie watching and game playing.TAGS:Lenovo, touch screen, IEEE 802.11, Windows 7, Gigabit Ethernet, CPU, 64-bit, Ethernet, HP, AMD, Intel, PC, Microsoft Windows, games
Reviewed on November 1, 2006If you thought dual cores were over the top, get ready. Intel presents the Core 2 Extreme QX6700, a single CPU with four distinct processing cores. At $999, the first quad-core CPU will remain an enthusiast part for a while, but as a glimpse of the future, it's clear that clock speed is out and core counts are in.TAGS:Intel Core 2 Extreme, multi-core, quad-core, clock speed, digital media, dual-core, Intel, Intel Core 2 Duo, CPU, AMD, PC
March 14, 2007Even if consumers aren't ready, AMD is pushing ahead with branding campaign for devices designed to work with entertainment PCs.TAGS:AMD Live, Entertainment PC, AMD, set-top box, set-top, PC, TV
January 12, 2007Chipmaker says that quarterly profit and sales will miss targets, blaming falling PC processor prices for the hit.TAGS:PC processor, AMD, chip company, PC