Reviewed on March 14, 2008HP's Pavilion Elite m9100t is an expensive, fully featured desktop that doesn't quite have enough personality to distinguish it from its competitors at Dell. Between that missing personality and some poor design choices from HP, we can't get too excited about this desktop.TAGS:HP Pavilion, HP, TV Tuner, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, TV, Intel, CPU, hard drive, PC
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, Nvidia GeForce, chipset, card, Intel Core 2 Duo, video card, CPU, AMD, 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, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, AMD, CPU, video card, memory, games, PC
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, Voodoo, power supply, AMD, Dell XPS, CPU, 32-bit, chipset, NVidia, Intel, games, PC
Reviewed on September 25, 2006It's not particularly attractive, and the motherboard limits you to two memory modules, but Polywell's Poly i570SLI PC is a capable gaming box at a fair price. Its CPU is even overclocked to give it that extra edge. We don't recommend it if you anticipate needing strong vendor support, but if you're a confident PC user looking for a good deal, it's a solid, no-frills choice.TAGS:WinBook, Sabre Holdings, Intel Core 2 Duo, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, video card, CPU, games, PC