Reviewed on July 21, 2009We hate to criticize PCs that strive to balance performance and power efficiency, because the goal is noble. But despite its visual charm, Maingear's Pulse requires too many speed compromises to entice PC gamers, and too few benefits over a competing system from HP. Its base configuration may have some appeal as a digital entertainment system, but this higher-end Pulse needs the core technology to catch up to its aspirations.TAGS:Maingear, savings, Blu-ray drive, NVidia, digital media, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce, motherboard, gamer, HDMI, chipset, Intel, games, PC, video