Systems
Intel's Meteor Lake series of processors has had a drawn-out launch since its details were officially presented in September 2023. The series marks Intel's foray into the consumer market with a tile-based chiplet configuration held together with Foveros packaging. Similar to Tiger Lake, the focus of Meteor Lake has primarily been on the mobile market - ultraportables and notebooks. However, this has not prevented Intel and its partners from introducing it as a follow-up to Raptor Lake-P and Raptor Lake-H in the SFF / UCFF desktop market. ASRock Industrial has consistently been the first to market with ultra-compact form-factor motherboards and mini-PCs, with product announcements coinciding with Intel's launch of its latest and greatest mobile processors. Meteor Lake has not been any different, with the...
A Second Shot: Windows Vista SP1
After much fanfare, SP1 has hit gold. Can SP1 fix all that ails Vista? We take a look and find out.
62 by Ryan Smith on 2/27/2008
Überclok Ion: Midrange Overclocking, with a Warranty
Überclok is a new company building overclocked gaming PCs. Today we're looking at their midrange Ion model to see how it stacks up.
38 by Matt Campbell on 2/12/2008
Shuttle SG33G5: Black Beauty or Black Sheep?
We look at the small form factor SG33G5 with a quad-core CPU, onboard graphics, and an NVIDIA 8800 GT.
16 by Matt Campbell on 12/13/2007HP Blackbird 002 Revisited
Today marks the official launch of HP's Blackbird 002, at least in terms of being able to customize the system configuration, so we decided to take a second look...
33 by Jarred Walton on 10/2/2007HP Blackbird 002: Back in Black
The Blackbird 002 is about to soar into the wild. A beast born from the marriage of VoodooPC and HP, we took an early unit out on a test...
31 by Jarred Walton on 9/12/2007A New Kind of Home Computer: Windows Home Server Preview
Microsoft says it's time for servers in the home, are they right? To find out, we take a look at Windows Home Server
128 by Ryan Smith on 9/4/2007A Messy Transition (Part 3): Vista Buys Some Time
Wrapping up our series on problems with 32bit addressing and the 2GB barrier, we take a look at a promising new hotfix for Windows Vista
35 by Ryan Smith on 8/13/2007Puget Systems and iBUYPOWER: two sides of the system integrator coin
Sometimes you don't have the time or energy to build your own computer, and it might be cheaper and less painful to have someone do it for you. ...
19 by Jarred Walton on 2/15/2007Gateway FX530: Mad Cows and Quad Core Overclocking
Gateway sent us their top-end Gaming PC and it sports an overclocked quad core QX6700 - what will those crazy cow people think of next?
26 by Jarred Walton on 2/9/2007Windows Vista Performance Guide
It has been over five years since Microsoft last launched a major new consumer OS. Windows XP has been doing well for a lot of people in the interim...
105 by Ryan Smith on 2/1/2007Windows Vista Update: RC1/5728 Preview
Windows Vista has reached Release Candidate stage, which means the long period of development is finally drawing to a close. Find out how things are shaping up with...
60 by Ryan Smith on 10/3/2006Following in Dell's Footsteps: HP to Acquire Voodoo Computers
Dell's Alienware acquisition was the first, but definitely not the last in the PC gaming/enthusiast space. Next up is HP and Voodoo...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/28/2006Dell XPS 410: Core 2 Duo for the Masses
The largest computer OEM in the world has sent their XPS 410 for review. We'll see how it stacks up against the competition, and whether or not it's...
50 by Jarred Walton on 9/18/2006PC Club Enpower Sabre Extreme: E6600 Made Easy
Not everyone needs a top-of-the-line system (with the accompanying price). PC Club sent us a nicely equipped midrange system sporting a Core 2 Duo E6600, and those of...
30 by Jarred Walton on 8/29/2006ABS Ultimate X9: Core 2 Extreme Hits a Speed Bump
With the launch of the Core 2 series of processors, Intel has reclaimed the high-end gaming performance sector. If you're debating between buying a system versus building your...
48 by Jarred Walton on 8/18/2006Shuttle SN27P2 SFF: AM2 gets the Tiny Treatment
With the launch of the new AM2 platform, Shuttle has an update to their SFF lineup in the form of the SN27P2. We take a look at what has...
17 by Jarred Walton on 6/30/2006Windows Vista: Beta 2 Preview
Microsoft has made Windows Vista Beta 2 available to the public, and with the OS being feature complete we can now provide a preview of Microsoft's bold new operating system.
75 by Ryan Smith on 6/16/2006Falcon Northwest FragBox SLI: Dare to Dream
So you just won the lotto and are looking for ways to "invest" your prize money - or maybe you just want one of the most extreme...
32 by Jarred Walton on 5/3/2006Exclusive: SLI Head-to-Head: Monarch Micro-ATX vs. Shuttle SFF
We have an exclusive first look at the latest micro-ATX SLI system from Monarch Computers, and we'll be comparing it with Shuttle's SN26P. Read on to find out just...
13 by Jarred Walton on 3/6/2006Updated: AOpen MiniPC – Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
(Update: Noise benchmarks retested.) Was your first thought on seeing the Mac Mini, "I wish it could run Windows"? If so, AOpen might have a product that will...
54 by Jarred Walton on 3/3/2006
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