Reviewed on February 21, 2008Maingear's Ephex combines aggressive overclocking and a refined sense of what gamers want in a high-end PC. Crysis remains a challenge for even a top-of-the-line PC like this one, but if you can get past that hitch (and the multi-thousand-dollar price tag), we'd recommend this system in a second.TAGS:Maingear, Crysis, Radeon, video card, ATI Technologies, hard drive, Intel, games, PC, Microsoft Windows
Reviewed on November 17, 2006With all the talk of HD video, you might scratch your head when you learn that HP's Digital Entertainment Center z560 only has a standard-definition DVD player. But when you learn what else it has and that its price is pretty reasonable, you might not care. This is a perfect home theater PC for riding out the HD format wars.TAGS:Digital Equipment Corp., home theater PC, HP, HDMI, output, Media Center PC, video card, LCD, DVD, PC, TV, video, Microsoft Windows