Hands-on review: Shuttle XPC Cube SZ170R8
The last few years have seen a variety of form factors emerging. However, it's easy to forget that vendors have been trying to break away from the mould (the beige mid-tower format) for ages. One of...
View ArticleReview: Overclockers Titan Virtual Force VR Gaming PC
Will the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift take the VR headset crown? The jury is still out on that one, but it's guaranteed that you'll need a meaty gaming rig to do either of them justice. And powerful...
View ArticleHands-on review: Computex: MSI Backpack PC
Virtual reality gaming and experience have finally been full realized with headsets like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. However, there are still a few things that can pull you out of the immersive...
View ArticleReview: Intel Skull Canyon NUC
IntroductionWhat if you could build a Steam Machine that's smaller than a console, more capable than the Xbox 360 and PS3 and fully customizable with the operating system (and even some components) of...
View ArticleReview: Updated: Lenovo Ideacentre Y900
Lenovo Ideacentre Y900 reviewBuying a pre-built desktop PC usually means getting something chock full of proprietary hardware that makes it impossible to upgrade. However, Lenovo is bucking that trend...
View ArticleHands-on review: Voyo V3 Mini PC
To say that ultra-small computers are in vogue would be a massive understatement. Pint-sized (or even cup-sized) PCs are probably one of the very few bright spots in an otherwise desolate hardware...
View ArticleReview: Video: Alienware Aurora R5
Alienware Aurora R5 reviewUpdate: We've added a video showing off the Alienware Aurora R5's folding interior in action.Alienware has a long list of memorable gaming PCs in its 20-year history, and...
View ArticleHands-on review: Beelink BT7 Mini PC
If there's something peculiar about the Beelink BT7, it's not the device itself but the box it comes in. You see, the container is highly reminiscent of the box which the Intel NUC (next unit of...
View ArticleHands-on review: Vorke V1
The flood of small form factor personal computers on the market means that it has become increasingly difficult for vendors to differentiate themselves from their competitors. This is particularly true...
View ArticleHands-on review: HP Z1 G3 (2016) Workstation
Workstations with discrete professional graphics cards are a staple of many, many businesses across the UK. The usual combination consists of a monitor and a base unit with a number of organisations...
View ArticleReview: StormForce Tornado
There's rarely a better time to buy a new pre-built gaming PC than following the launch of a new generation of graphics cards. Pascal is Nvidia's most interesting GPU architecture in some time, if not...
View ArticleHands-on review: Nexbox T9 Mini PC
It's safe to say that the mini PC market is, well, very busy at the moment. There are dozens of models currently available with almost the same configuration and almost the same form factor.And we've...
View ArticleReview: Overclockers UK Titan Hadron
Nvidia hasn't so much shaken up mobile gaming with its desktop-grade Pascal notebook GPUs as turned it completely on its head. The company's GTX 10-series graphics card have also made a mark in the...
View ArticleReview: Scan 3XS Z170 Performance GTK4
IntroductionBolton, UK-based Scan's latest machine uses the new AMD Radeon RX 480, which is one of the market's best mid-range cards, and the GPU is paired with an overclocked Core i5 processor.Scan...
View ArticleHands-on review: IFA 2016: XMG Walker
Virtual reality (VR) has inspired a ton of exciting, new PC designs, but the coolest development has to be the backpack PC. We've tried out several already from likes of HP, MSI and even Zotac, but...
View ArticleHands-on review: Jide Remix Mini
The history of alternative operating systems is littered with dead bodies from big and small companies – from the mighty IBM and the mightier Intel to smaller corpses (Lindows anyone?), there have been...
View ArticleHands-on review: IFA 2016: Lenovo Ideacentre Y710 Cube
Gaming PCs that are both crazy powerful and portable enough to carry to LAN parties are growing in numbers. And no, we're not counting luxuries like the 8pack Asteroid, which come with their own flight...
View ArticleReview: In Depth: Origin Millennium
There's been a perfect storm of new computing hardware, thanks to the introduction of Nvidia's Pascal graphics and a new series of Intel Broadwell-E processors. Even having just one of these parts in...
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