Reviewed on July 27, 2006It's not the fastest PC (it's second), nor is it the most competitively priced, but Alienware's Area-51 7500 does have the most innovative case. With a wholly customizable lighting scheme in its new chassis, Alienware makes case lights functional, a trick no one has really pulled off yet. That and its fast performance make it stand above other current high-end PCs.TAGS:Alienware, chassis, Intel Core 2 Duo, Velocity Micro, front, CPU, Intel, PC
Reviewed on August 17, 2006The VidaBox Slim makes no bones about being a dedicated living room system and not a standard desktop PC. While it is overpriced based just on its specs, it boasts an impressive host of media-friendly features--we just wish the hardware and the BIOS weren't locked away.TAGS:chassis, BIOS, CPU, dual-core, multimedia, AMD Athlon, HDMI, Media Center PC, desktop computer, connection, PC, video, hard drive
Reviewed on January 18, 2007It doesn't look like your typical gaming box, but fortunately the Systemax Venture VX2 also carries a price that's atypical of a gaming PC. It's one of the better-outfitted $2,000 PCs we've come across. Gamers and anyone running high-end graphics apps should take notice of this unassuming desktop.TAGS:Radeon, chassis, power supply, NVidia, optical drive, card, PCI, ATI Technologies, DirectX, motherboard, Intel, games, PC