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  • Scan Cool Chameleon - A First Look

    28 June 2005, 00:00

    The Chameleon is a product unique not only in Scan's approach to its conception, development and prototyping (they're a new company to creating boutique PCs like this after all), but ...

  • Shuttle XPC ST20G5

    29 May 2005, 00:00

    SurroundView in such a powerful, small space is what really sells this Shuttle XPC to me. If that appeals to you, go forth and purchase. After the disappointment of the ...

  • Shuttle XPC SB86i

    27 May 2005, 00:00

    A very puzzling offering from the Taiwanese SFF giant and one I recommend you stay well away from. There are much better, and highly desirable, Pentium 4-based XPCs elsewhere in ...

  • MV Cubik GamePro SFF PC

    4 May 2005, 00:00

    MV\'s component choice and reasonable asking price makes the GamePro an attractive proposition for the consumer that wants both substance and style in one beautiful package. Just add in a ...

  • Dell Dimension XPS Gen-4

    29 April 2005, 00:00

    Dell is both large enough and savvy enough to engineer and market the best gaming system around. This Dimension XPS Gen-4, however, is overpriced and, from a package's point of ...

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  • SCAN 3XS ISOTOPE System

    23 April 2005, 00:00

    The review model's performance was good. An AMD Athlon 64 4000+ CPU is the second-fastest S939 CPU, so gaming, allied to a GeForce 6800 GT PCI-Express card, will be inevitably ...

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  • TriGem KLOSS KL-I915A

    4 February 2005, 00:00

    It's not as cheap as Shuttle's SB77G5 XPC but for the extra £50 it'll take to snag a KLOSS, you get more than £50 worth of extra value in this ...

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  • Tranquil PC T2.e/MCE2005 EPIA-SP Preview

    31 January 2005, 00:00

    EPIA-SP gives Tranquil\'s MCE2005 product in the T2 chassis the performance boost that it needed, to remove some of the sticking points we found in operation. The chassis\' evolution gives ...

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  • Shuttle XPC SB77G5

    23 January 2005, 00:00

    Overall, a fine product, somewhat soiled by the CPUs you\'d really like to use it with for maximum gaming performance.

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  • Tranquil PC T2.e/MCE2005

    18 January 2005, 00:00

    It\'s a beautifully integrated device with some problems that stop me from recommending it outright. Tranquil are working on things though, and as a company in the market as it ...

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  • VIA Epia MII

    24 December 2004, 00:00

    As the popularity of the \'media centre\' grows, what we have here is a perfect system for anyone requiring basic movie and music playback without using a behemoth of a ...

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  • Scan International's 3XS Cobra SLI Systems

    15 December 2004, 00:00

    We've seen impressive 3XS hardware from Scan in the past and their Cobra SLI systems don't buck that trend. Incredibly well built, paint jobs to put others to shame and ...

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  • Shuttle XPC SN95G5

    30 September 2004, 00:00

    Very highly recommended if you need Socket 939 in a small form factor enclosure and you can afford the asking price. Pester your favourite retailer for a price drop and ...

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  • AOpen EZ18-120 SFF System

    27 September 2004, 00:00

    We\'ve yet to see a perfect SFF system. AOpen does a lot of things right with the EZ18 - it also does a few things, subjectively speaking, wrong. Worth a ...

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  • World Exclusive Preview of IWill's ZMAXdp

    23 September 2004, 00:00

    After we broke those spy shots back in May, a lot of people asked me whether I thought the ZMAXdp would ever get released. It's one thing to work on ...

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  • Zalman TNN500A / Poweroid Silent PC

    20 August 2004, 00:00

    What it all boils down to, really, is if its very select attributes appeal to you. If they do, you'll wonder why nothing like this ever came along before. Cost ...

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  • Shuttle's XPC SB81P

    20 July 2004, 00:00

    It\'s unappealing with the GMA900 on-board video, so wait for PCI Express graphics cards to appear, pick your CPU and GPU poison, then definitely consider the SB81P as the host ...

  • Shuttle XPC SB61G2 v3.0

    22 May 2004, 00:00

    It\'s a tidy, polished implementation of a well trodden concept, with the odd rough edge here and there. But nobody else does a Pentium 4 SFF box quite like Shuttle, ...

  • Shuttle XPC SB75G2 and XPC ST62K Zen

    3 April 2004, 00:00

    Shuttle, it seems, plans to dominate the lucrative SFF market by using a strategy of offering the consumer a cube based on every available chipset. Two newer cubes, reviewed today, ...

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  • Scan 3XS-OC

    26 February 2004, 00:00

    There's more than one method of building of high-performance system. Scan has shown us that. Going down the enthusiasts' route of overclocking the CPU and motherboard has paid dividends for ...

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  • EPoX eX5-300S Mini Me SFF System

    8 February 2004, 00:00

    There's enough here to make the eX5-300S Mini Me SFF system sell on pure merit. We can just see enthusiasts using the highly overclockable Northwood Pentium 4 200MHz CPUs and ...

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  • Evesham Axis 64 3000

    28 January 2004, 00:00

    Multi-use setups like the Axis will always appeal. It's for that reason, it's multi-talented abilities as a games machine, simple video capture and editing box and multimedia TV hub, that ...

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  • Shuttle SB61G2R RefleXion XPC

    24 December 2003, 00:00

    The defining role of any small form-factor system is to thoroughly question the need for a standard beige box. There\'s not much it can\'t do, and it does cause us ...

  • MESH Matrix 64 3200 E-JOY & Evesham Technology Axis 64 3200+

    20 December 2003, 00:00

    This summary may sound like a flow of praise. If it does, it's because both systems deserve it. £1500 goes a hell of a long way right now. Both MESH ...

  • Shuttle ST61G4 XPC

    8 December 2003, 00:00

    Sheer performance isn\'t great with a discrete AGP card. However, the combination of the factors listed above raise it from being a poor system to one that has merit. This ...

  • ABIT AB-2003 DigiDice SFF System

    1 December 2003, 00:00

    Performance and stability were both good. Noise is another subjective issue. ABIT helps the user counter it by supplying an excellent BIOS. The hardware monitoring section allows for some fan-speed ...

  • Time Computers Platina Viper FX

    26 November 2003, 00:00

    In summary, excellent performance that could easily be even better, a meagre software bundle but excellent monitor and speaker system to balance it out. Good features mean you get some ...

  • Shuttle XPC SB62G2 SFF PC

    20 November 2003, 00:00

    Perhaps we\'re being critical here but the XPC line doesn\'t seem to have evolved greatly over the past 18 months. We want it all, all without compromise. That entails Wi-Fi ...

  • Biostar iDEQ 200T SFF

    17 November 2003, 00:00

    The iDEQ 200T is pretty good, especially if this is your first foray into the SFF world. It's by far the easiest to work with. Performance is adequate, even if ...

  • Shuttle SB65G2 SFF System

    4 November 2003, 00:00

    In summary, the Shuttle SB65G2 is an effortlessly competent barebones unit that\'ll appeal to many potential buyers on the basis of performance, portability, features, stability and overclocking potential. It\'s not ...

  • Soltek EQ3702M mini barebones

    26 October 2003, 00:00

    A decent SFF barebones outfit should question the need for larger desktop or midi-tower boxes, especially for the non-power user. The Soltek does exactly that. Overall, however, the Soltek EQ3702 ...

  • Shuttle XPC SN85G4 SFF PC

    22 October 2003, 00:00

    We\'re trying to pick small faults with what is an excellent addition to the XPC range. Its attractiveness stems from the use of AMD\'s new Athlon 64 Clawhammer CPU. It ...

  • Project Bad Apple

    12 September 2003, 00:00

    "Apple computers have for a long time now led the world in design. They were the first mainstream manufacturer to make a pc look any good. They rewrote the rules ...