Digital Storm Bolt X Review – What makes a “small form factor” system? Surely massive, hulking machines don’t qualify, but is shaving only an inch or two off a standard mid-tower desktop enough to make the cut? That’s the question asked by the Bolt X, the latest iteration of Digital Storm’s “slim and powerful” small form … Read more
Medion Erazer P4408 d review – Medion is a German electronics maker that is now owned by Lenovo, the Chinese manufacturer that took over IBM’s PC hardware business more than a decade ago. You’ll have seen Medion computers (alongside its microwaves and coffee machines) in various supermarkets and chain stores. In fact, after we spotted this … Read more
Zotac Magnus ER51060 review – This is a barebones PC, meaning that it has some of the components pre-installed (it’s not just a ease), but leaves others for you to add. Barebones can be a budget option, but not in this ease: the Magnus ER51060 comes with an AMD Ryzen 5 1400 processor and a GeForce … Read more
Medion Erazer x5361 G review – Life would be much simpler if every PC came with one big processor to do all the work. In reality, tasks are divided between the main processor (CPU) – normally an Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 or AMD Ryzen – and a graphics processor (GPU). Both consist of hundreds of … Read more
As compact as it is capable, this workhorse PC is only letdown by a noisy power supply fan Saying something is “no-frills’’ tends to be damning with faint praise. A bit dull, you might imagine. A nothing kind of object. Yoyotech’s Renatus e-RSi is certainly a no-frills machine, especially compared to the terrific-value Yoyotech Warbird … Read more
Lenovo acquired IBM’s personal computer business in 2005, and the company’s ThinkStation workstations still show the design heritage. The Lenovo Thinkstation P410 Review is a single socket workstation. It may not have quite the custom design of Lenovo’s higher-end models, but components in the expansion slots and drive bays can readily be replaced by pressing … Read more
Zotac offers a silent alternative to the lightweight office PC Not everyone wants to build their own PC from the very ground up or buy pre-built hardware. For them a ‘barebones’ design, like the Zotac ZBOX Cl542 Nano provides an alternative, where you get to decide what memory, storage and OS is used. What you … Read more
Corsair delivers elegant styling and desirable features in the highly affordable Carbide 400c Corsair’s Carbide 600C case that I reviewed recently suffered from being rather big and having a slightly weird inverted layout. Neither of those points are an issue with the 400 Series design. It’s more modestly scaled and also presents a conventional internal … Read more
One thing that we know from spending lots of time at LAN parties and talking to modders and DIY PC builders everywhere: Where PC cases are concerned, one size does not fit all. Certainly there are popular trends in case design, just like in any other product market, and the other Rosewill case we review … Read more
Thermaltake Core P5 Review | Nobody appreciates modded PCs as art better than CPU. Just flip to the Mad Reader Mod in this issue and you’ll see yet another world-class example of a PC that’s pleasing to the eye yet brutal with the benchmarks. But thanks to Thermaltake and the new Core P5, you can … Read more
HP ProLiant Gen8 G1610T Review – Mark likes what HP has done with its MicroServer line Back in 2012, I covered the HP ProLiant N40L MicroServer. It cost less than £200 for the most basic model. The HP ProLiant Gen8 G1610T is a modern equivalent and can be had for an astoundingly low £124.99 after … Read more