Giada A51 Mini PC Review

The A51 has a lot to offer for a Mini PC and is priced reasonably at $279.

CyberPower Xplorer X6-9200 Gaming Notebook Review

The Xplorer X6-9200 has impressive specifications for a laptop, while remaining quite affordable for its caliber.

Pivos Aios HD Media Center Review

The Pivos Aios HD Media Center aims to make the HTPC experience as simple for the mainstream user as possible.

Sapphire Edge-HD Mini PC Review

Standing just 9 inches tall, Sapphire really brings the "mini" to the Edge-HD Mini PC.

Smooth Creations Neptune System Review

What sort of computer can you get for $8,000? How about water-cooled, triple GTX 280 video cards? And an overclocked, top of the line quad core? Today Smooth Creations aims to impress with the Neptune.

Asus C90S Laptop: The first user upgradable desktop replacement

It's not every day that something as interesting as the C90S laptop comes along. This very upgradable laptop from Asus uses a desktop variety, S775 processor -- how cool is that?

Kloss KL-I915A SFF

Kloss adds a few touches to the traditional small form factor to appeal to the HTPC/convergence crowd. Snazzy front display, 915G and PCIe. The specs sound right, the unit has the looks. Is this the SFF for the living room? Come find out!

Soltek Qbic EQ3501 915G Cube

LGA-775, PCI Express and the ICH6R come to Soltek's Qbic lineup along with a face lift. The EQ3501 has all of the requisite features but does it perform? Come find out.

Soltek Qbic SL-3901a K8T800Pro 939 Cube

Socket 939 comes to the SFF market in Soltek's new offering. See how this compares to past SFFs.

Shuttle SB77G5 SFF Review

Shuttle merges the 875 and the LGA-775 socket to create a hybrid motherboard that resides in Shuttle's SB77G5. For the end user who is not quite ready to adopt PCIe or DDR2, the SB77G5 may just be the ultimate desktop replacement or LAN rig.

Soltek Qbic EQ3801a

The pinnacle of Socket 754 performance and features comes to the Soltek Qbic lineup in the 3801a. Does the Qbic have the horsepower to keep up with full size 250Gb boards and does it manage to keep the noise and heat down? Come find out.

AOpen XC Cube AV Edition

AOpen breaks some new ground with their XC Cube AV Edition. Featuring Instant On for media playback including MP3s, DVDs and VCDs as well as PVR capabilities, AOpen has put together an excellent package for the end user looking for an all in one multimedia solution without the traditional limitations of a PC versus consumer electronics components

FIC Condor

The Condor has landed. This has got to be the coolest looking SFF system on the market and it has the engineering to go with its sexy look. Expansion is more flexible than the average SFF box with an extra PCI slot. See what else FIC and Intel bring to the table to make the Condor a definite winner.

Gigabyte G-Max CA2 SFF System

Size does matter when it comes to the world of Small Form Factors and the G-Max CA2 is one of the smallest. Despite its size it still packs in a great front panel connector with a media card reader as well as an AGP port. Gigabyte seems to have the right ingredients for success but do they have what it takes to challenge the big boys of the SFF world with their first Cube debut

Soltek Qbic 3401A

Soltek's 865G entry into the SFF market is an impressive one with a big power supply, big expansion possibilities and a big case. Take a look at the features of the 3401a and see what it brings to the highly competitive SFF market

AOpen EZ65 XC Cube

It comes with a pristine glossy white coat and it was not because of a premium pet food. It looks like an Apple computer but it is not that either. AOpen's EZ65 XC Cube is a visual delight and has all the right features including an i865G based motherboard. We take this Small Form Factor Cube and put it through its paces and see if it performs as well as it looks

Windows XP Tweaking Guide

I have broken this guide into 6 parts. Networking, file system, memory performance, freeing up memory, startup/shutdown and then the other stuff. I've tried to pack as much performance related tweaking here as I can but there's always more to be uncovered. I will update this article as frequently as possible. I know there's a million tweaks that I'm missing here but I am trying to keep this guide dedicated to tweaks that directly affect your performance.

Small Form Factor Shootout

Since the introduction of barebones pc, the consumer market for pcs couldn’t get anymore competitive. For a while, upgrading your computer is something arcane that only the technicians can do while the regular guy stares blankly at all the different components and blue screens of death. For me, I’ve been watching the barebone pc market for a while, looking for the perfect LAN gaming machine to emerge, one with both features, compact design and power. Today, we have 3 barebones pcs from MSI, Shuttle and FIC.

Casio Cassiopeia Pocket Manager BE-300 Review

Casio has been building its Cassiopeia line for a long period of time now and has since branched its Portable Digital Assistant [PDA] line to cover professionals and students in different environments. The variety can cater to a number of environments and Casio tailors its durability and software to suit those needs.

Neoseeker Server Project 2002

In early 2001, we were caught by surprise when our server started going ballistic. As more and more users became aware of Neoseeker’s existence, our traffic had slowly started to mount up - to the point where we were literally growing too fast for the server to keep up. We had already undergone several painful server transitions, and we were faced with the hard decision of HOW to alleviate the server load.

Casio Cassiopeia EG-800 Review

Casio has been building its Cassiopeia line for a long period of time now and has since branched its Portable Digital Assistant [PDA] line to cover professionals and students in different environments. They have professional models like this EG-800, as well as models to cover price ranges, wants, and needs for all customers.

Ego Sys Wami Box Review

Recording high quality audio on your desktop or workstation is great, but often times it isn’t exactly convenient. At a gig, recording a live performance for instance. Sure a minidisk would be fine, but what if you wanted to put out a decent quality, live CD – you’d need some multi-track capabilities (at least two tracks, for the left and right channels).

Compaq iPAQ H3650 Review

Well first off I would have to say this is one sexy handheld. I personally love the look, very nice polished silver finish. I would say it pretty much looks like brushed metal but the casing is plastic. My first impressions of the size of the iPAQ was that it was of average size compared to other PDAs like the Palm IIIC and the Handspring Prism but then I found out that it was enclosed in a sleeve so I took that off and instantly the words “sexy” flashed in my mind.