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Palicomp Alpha Media Blaze review

The Palicomp Alpha Media Blaze is really a standard budget PC with some multimedia components and peripherals added to enable it to function as a Media Centre.

20/06/2012

£549 inc VAT
Palicomp Phoenix Flash review

The Palicomp Phoenix Flash has a powerful specification for the price, but omits a monitor, decent keyboard and Windows 7 Professional.

11/05/2012

£399 inc VAT
Palicomp Phoenix i5 Sonar Advanced review

Palicomp promises a lot for your money in the Phoenix i5 Sonar Advanced budget desktop PC, including a Core i5-2500K processor, 8GB of RAM and a speaker set that…

10/11/2011

£499 inc VAT
Palicomp Phoenix i5 Sonar review

The only desktop PC here to provide a multiplier-unlocked Sandy Bridge processor, Palicomp’s Phoenix i5 Sonar takes a 3.3GHz Intel Core i5-2500K chip that’s designed…

05/05/2011

£499 inc VAT
Palicomp Core i3 Blast 560-22 USB3 review

Palicomp's Core i3 Blast 560-22 USB3 desktop PC offers discrete graphics and plenty of upgrade potential.

03/03/2011

£469 inc VAT
Palicomp Core i5 Blast 760-24 6870 review

With ATI's brand-new Radeon HD 6870 graphics card and 1GB of video RAM under the bonnet, Palicomp's Core i5 Blast 760-24 6870 is an excellent budget PC for gaming.

09/12/2010

£749 inc VAT
Palicomp Core i5 Blast 760-24 USB3 review

With some juicy components listed in the Palicomp Core i5 Blast 760-24 USB3's spec, especially for multimedia use, we were a little disappointed with this budget…

14/10/2010

£749 inc VAT
Palicomp Core i3 Blast 530OC44 review

Witness the Palicomp Core i3 Blast, a desktop PC that comes armed with little more than an Intel Core i3-530 CPU. But Palicomp has bolted on a ThermalTake cooler that…

16/09/2010

£499 inc VAT
Palicomp Core i3 Blast 540-22 USB3 review

Palicomp's great value Core i3 Blast 540-22 USB3 budget desktop PC will make an excellent choice for non-gamers who want a powerful, upgradable machine.

09/09/2010

£499 inc VAT
Palicomp Core i3 Blast 540-19 review

The Palicomp Core i3 Blast 540-19 desktop PC's 3.06GHz Core i3 540 processor is only slightly faster than the Recommended Chillblast's 2.93GHz 530, but the difference…

01/07/2010

£499 inc VAT
Palicomp Core i5 Blast 750-24 Plus review

Palicomp’s Core i5 Blast 750-24 Plus is very similar in its specification to the Chillblast. The Palicomp edges fractionally ahead in Worldbench 6, but misses out on…

27/05/2010

£749 inc VAT
Palicomp Excalibur 630-19 System review

The specification of Palicomp's Excalibur 630-19 System budget desktop PC marks quite a departure from rival systems in the sub-£500 desktop PC chart, with a…

29/04/2010

£499 inc VAT
Palicomp Core i5 Blast 750-24 review

Palicomp's Core i5 Blast 750-24 budget desktop PC takes the lead in a group of similarly specced systems, offering a terabyte hard drive and good value for money.

01/04/2010

£749 inc VAT
Palicomp Excalibur 630OC35 review

The Palicomp Excalibur 630OC35 is an inexpensive and fast desktop PC base unit.

15/02/2010

£599 inc VAT
Palicomp Excalibur Ballistix E85-4670-19 review

Palicomp's Excalibur Ballistix E85-4670-19 delivers enough power to breeze through day-to-day computing tasks without a hitch.

10/09/2009

£499 inc VAT
Palicomp Ballistix Excalibur E85SLI-19 review

With the fastest processor in the chart under the hood, it’s little wonder that Palicomp's Ballistix Excalibur E85SLI-1 tops our WorldBench 6 real-world speed tests.

02/07/2009

£499 inc VAT
Palicomp Excalibur E85-19 review

A newcomer to our Top 5 PC charts, Palicomp has submitted a strong first entry with the Excalibur E81-19.

04/03/2009

£499 inc VAT
Palicomp Carbon TFT-22 review

The Palicomp Carbon TFT-22 is a desktop PC, with peripherals, that retails for less the £400.

17/11/2008

£399 inc VAT