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HP Pavilion Elite HPE-500f PC (Black) review

Here is the first real brand computer review. This HP Pavilion is not exactly a gaming desktop, but it seems to be very popular for some reason. It doesn't have a fancy computer case with led lights or an expensive high-end graphics card like most gaming desktops. HP Pavilion Elite HPE-500f PC (Black) is a solid computer with six-core processor and lots of RAM, that can also handle some less demanding games like The Sims 3, Left 4 Dead 2 and World of Warcraft. Graphics card: This HP has AMD Radeon HD 6450 graphics card with 512MB DDR3 of video memory. HD 6450 is pretty weak, even DDR5 version of this card is more than 2 times slower than...


iBUYPOWER Gamer Extreme AMD AM573D3 Review

Everyone likes to play newest computer games maxed out with high frames per second. But running latest titles at high settings requires something better than a $399 computer with a integrated graphics card. Thankfully, you don't have to buy a $1500-$2000 gaming computer to play high graphic games, $800-$900 gaming desktops with AMD HD 6850 or Nvidia GTX 460 will do the job fine. Obviously you can't get a brand computer (HP, Dell, Alienware) with HD 6850 or any other fast DirectX 11 card for under $900. This is why I review this iBUYPOWER Gamer Extreme AMD AM573D3, which has very decent specifications for a sub-$900 gaming desktop. Graphics card:...

iBUYPOWER Gamer Power AMD AM567D3 Review

This review is about another low-budget gaming desktop, the iBUYPOWER Gamer Power AMD AM567D3. The specs of this computer are pretty good for this price, they are similar to some ~$700 gaming PCs. This doesn't mean it's powerful enough for playing latest games at highest settings. The ATI HD 5570 is an lower end graphics card which has performance similar to HD 4670, this means it can nicely play few year old games with med-high settings at low resolutions. Lets have a closer look at the specifications. For just $569.99 you get an awesome 2.8GHz AMD Phenom II quad-core processor, 1GB ATI Radeon HD5570 video card, large 1TB HDD and 4GB RAM....

Titanium Gamer AM6020 Gaming Computer Review

Titanium Gamer AM6020 is a very interesting gaming computer for $669.99. It is probably the only sub-$700 gaming computer that has both good graphics card and an operating system. Titanium Gamer AM6020 uses the Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 which is significantly faster than ATI's HD 5670 and HD 5570 that are very common in $600-$750 gaming computers. This Titanium Gamer also has a decent AMD quad-core processor - 3.0GHz AMD Athlon II X4 640, rather average 4GB DDR3 RAM and 500GB hard disk. The Titanium Gamer AM6020 Gaming Computer is equipped with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, just like most new computers. It is hard to find better pre-built...


Systemax Gaming PC SG-1010 MMO review

Systemax Gaming PC SG-1010 MMO is a powerful gaming computer that has fairly good specs for the price. Most importantly it has a fast graphics card and a quad-core AMD Athlon II. However this PC doesn't have the fastest quad-core, it's only clocked at 2.6 GHz, a little low for games that doesn't use all 4 cores. But its DirectX 11 graphics card - ATI HD 5770 can play every game with ease, HD 5770 also has relatively low power consumption. Let's take a look at other main specifications of this gaming computer. This Systemax has 500GB hard drive, 4GB...




Microtel AM6025 Gaming Computer review

If you are looking for computer around $700 that plays most games released today, then this Microtel is is worth a look. The Microtel AM6025 Gaming Computer comes with a 3.4GHz AMD Phenom II X4 965 quad-core processor which offers excellent gaming value, and ATI Radeon 5670 1GB graphics card which is sufficient for most today's games. If you want more future-proof gaming computer, then I suggest getting some other desktop. You can't expect playing future games at high settings with a $75 graphics card. Hard drive and RAM are both pretty average for this price range, good enough for most peopl...



iBUYPOWER Gamer Extreme A928i review

iBUYPOWER is pretty famous for budget gaming computers, let's see what this mid-range gaming desktop has to offer. iBUYPOWER Gamer Extreme A928i is equipped with powerful Intel i5 760 (not latest Sandy Bridge architecture) quad-core processor clocked at 2.8GHz, which is paired with reasonably fast 1GB ATI HD 5750 DirectX 11 graphics card. Other specifications are pretty low for this price: 4GB of RAM and 500GB SATA hard drive. One interesting thing about this computer is the 700W power supply, which will give you headroom for future upgrades (if it's...