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  • VIA EPIA CN13000

    8 September 2006, 08:23

    It's been a while since we took a peek at an EPIA, VIA Technology's mini-ITX mainboard model line that integrates everything but memories in terms of building a fully working ...

  • Alienware Area-51 7500 PC

    28 August 2006, 08:35

    There's nothing much intrinsically wrong with the SKU, and other publications reviewing it in isolation may well find it to be a winner. Here at HEXUS, however, we aim to ...

  • Shuttle X100HA Small Form-Factor PC

    16 August 2006, 20:59

    Shuttle's innovative thinking extends to the X100HA. Our final thoughts? Good but not great.

  • ENlight LP791 LCD PC chassis

    10 August 2006, 09:00

    It's about time somebody came up with a PC-in-a-monitor solution that was easy to upgrade, so when ENlight's LCD PC chassis landed in the labs, we were sceptical about the ...

  • Vadim Fusion Cetus Overclocked Core 2 Duo System

    31 July 2006, 14:23

    Wrapping it all up, the Vadim Fusion Cetus is, on balance, the fastest pre-built PC we've ever seen. It's not a quite a dream machine and �3,000 is a lot ...

  • MESH Elite Extreme SLI System - Core 2 Extreme X6800

    14 July 2006, 04:59

    It's quite appropriate then, for us to take a Core 2 based system for a spin on the day of the CPUs launch. MESH is the system builder that's kindly ...

  • Apple Mac mini - Core Duo

    22 June 2006, 02:35

    There's something almost sinfully attractive about Apple's ultra-small Mac mini. This in-depth review - covering Mac OS X and Win XP - makes clear how the mini can indulge your ...

  • SCAN 3XS Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 system - Redux

    5 June 2006, 14:05

    SCAN listened to our recommendations and constructed the most impressive high-end SLI system we've seen to date. Just base it around a Conroe XE and we'd buy one now!

  • Shuttle XPC P 2500 G System

    31 May 2006, 12:58

    Shuttle has seen the popularity of all-inclusive SFF units, pre-built, and taken note. The end result is in the company releasing its own line of pre-built, customisable SFF XPC SKUs. ...

  • Evesham Technology AXIS Asteroid FX62

    23 May 2006, 05:01

    This time, however, the thrills and spills come in the form of a pre-built system from Evesham Technology that's based around AMD's fastest-ever CPU and a new core-logic from NVIDIA, ...

  • SCAN 3XS Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 system

    23 May 2006, 05:01

    SCAN's judicious use of top-quality components leads to an Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2-based system that's tasty from all but the monetary angle. It needs to add a few components and ...

  • MESH Matrix² CrossFire™ 1900/1600/1300 systems

    23 May 2006, 03:45

    MESH has released a base unit that will appeal to the gamer with a healthy budget. Packing in an AMD Athlon 64 FX-60, an ASUS RD580 motherboard and Radeon X1900 ...

  • MESH Titan X1800 FIRE system

    16 January 2006, 11:48

    MESH Computers, purveyors of PCs for nearly 20 years now, has opted to showcase the talents of ATi Technologies' CrossFire with its Titan X1800 FIRE system. Utilising two high-end ATi ...

  • ARMARI Pantheon-FX System

    12 January 2006, 09:10

    Want a super-fast system, presented in a small form-factor that would look good on your desk, but don't have the time or inclination to build it yourself? Could the ARMARI ...

  • Shuttle XPC SD11G5 SFF

    28 October 2005, 00:35

    One stumbling block Shuttle faces in marketing the SD11G5 is price. A search of online retailers shows it to retail at around the £340 mark. That's a lot of wedge ...

  • Scan 3XS AMD Chameleon

    24 October 2005, 10:17

    Mad as a badger, the SCAN 3XS Chameleon SKU has now been finished. Spec lists have been finalised, warranty options cemented and parts options completed on the project and Scan ...

  • Shuttle XPC SD31P

    17 October 2005, 17:47

    Shuttle's been refining the XPC line for a number of years now. In fact, it's an old hand at it now, and that's shown by the number of decent SFF ...

  • HEXUS.snapshot :: Armari Gravistar XRS

    28 September 2005, 21:13

    We've had a look at Armari's Gravistar XR before. Remember when dual-core Opteron launched and I brought our article up using an XR of theirs featuring Opteron 275? I do. ...

  • HEXUS.snapshots :: Scan 3XS Cool Chameleon

    28 September 2005, 18:56

    The Scan 3XS Cool Chameleon married watercooled, overclocked FX-57 power, a pair of 512MiB GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics cards in SLI and a cool fixed disk configuration, all wrapped up ...

  • Shuttle XPC SB95P v2.0

    16 August 2005, 00:00

    For ultimate gaming in a Shuttle XPC, you need to look elsewhere, and in that respect the SB95P v2.0 trips over its own shoelaces in the race to the gaming ...

  • 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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