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  • Cube247 Zeta ST4

    It's nice to see Cube247 paying attention to those areas that, in the financially constricted world of sub-£1,000 PCs, tend to get overlooked.

    01/04/2006

    £600 inc VAT

    Score - 7 out of 10

  • Zoostorm 2-3305 Versatile PC

    The run-up to its launch saw all sorts of protests about the price of Windows Vista. But with Vista Home Premium costing £200 in the UK, why not pay an extra £300 and…

    19/02/2007

    £449 inc VAT

    Score - 7 out of 10

  • Chillblast Fusion Vista 6300 OCTV

    This isn't the fastest Vista PC at this price point, but it's a decent performer. Few companies are more adept than Chillblast at wringing that extra bit of power…

    23/02/2007

    £750 inc VAT

    Score - 8 out of 10

  • Zoostorm 4-5404 Versatile PC

    Zoostorm's 4-5404 is a very good Windows Vista PC, but the choice of Vista Home Basic rather than a higher-end version of the OS is disappointing.

    24/02/2007

    £750 inc VAT

    Score - 8 out of 10

  • Arbico CD7950XL

    Because of its 7950 GT graphics card, at £750 Arbico's CD7950XL is an excellent buy.

    26/02/2007

    £750 inc VAT

    Score - 7 out of 10

  • Mesh E6400 Vistra PC

    There's a lot about the E6400 that's right. But the lack of any stand-out components makes it one of the weaker £750 Vista PCs we looked at.

    27/02/2007

    £749 inc VAT

    Score - 7 out of 10

  • Lenovo 3000 J115 desktop PC

    The Lenovo 3000 J115 desktop PC comes only in a tower case with an appealing grey-green, flat plastic front panel that displays colourfully lit buttons; it reminded…

    21/05/2007

    £450 inc VAT

    Score - 7 out of 10

  • Sub-£500 PCs chart: Arbico CD6420XL

    Sub-£500 PCs tend not to be blessed with extraordinary speed, but the Arbico CD6420XL has nothing to be ashamed of.

    29/05/2007

    £499 inc VAT

    Score - 9 out of 10

  • Sub-£500 PCs chart: Eclipse Max i935N79-VSTA

    The Eclipse's Intel Pentium D processor reminds us of the bad old days for Intel enthusiasts - a time when AMD Athlon chips effortlessly won out on both performance…

    29/05/2007

    £500 inc VAT

    Score - 9 out of 10

  • Sub-£500 PCs chart: Arbico CD9600XL

    This time last year, AMD's Athlon processors lay at the heart of almost every PC we championed, yet Intel has now achieved total dominance. Well, almost total. For…

    29/05/2007

    £499 inc VAT

    Score - 8 out of 10

  • Sub-£500 PCs chart: Mesh Elite Value PCA

    Big names such as Mesh don’t produce many PCs in the sub-£500 range, so the Elite Value PCA comes as a pleasant surprise.

    29/05/2007

    £499 inc VAT

    Score - 8 out of 10

  • Sub-£500 PCs chart: Zoostorm 2-3305 Versatile PC

    The Zoostorm 2-3305 impressed us when it first appeared, because it was the first machine that proved you could run Vista without spending lavishly on a PC.…

    29/05/2007

    £449 inc VAT

    Score - 7 out of 10

  • Dell OptiPlex 740 business PC

    The Dell OptiPlex 740, is a business desktop PC. The OptiPlex 740 comes in minitower, desktop (horizontal orientation) and ultracompact versions. The inexpensively…

    13/06/2007

    £316 inc VAT

    Score - 7 out of 10

  • Gateway GM5074b £500 family PC

    The Gateway GM5074b is a typical example of what you can expect should you go with a Gateway PC.

    03/07/2007

    £499 inc VAT

    Score - 8 out of 10

  • Eclipse Ultimate A60N86GT budget PC

    The Eclipse Ultimate A60N86GT budget PC's WorldBench real-world speed score of 89 easily outshone many other PCs at this price point, with their low-end Core 2 Duo…

    19/07/2007

    £500 inc VAT

    Score - 9 out of 10

  • CyberPower £500 PCA Machine budget PC

    When it comes to exterior appearance, few machines at this price point manage to hide their bargain status. Yet the CyberPower £500 PCA Machine comes with a…

    19/07/2007

    £500 inc VAT

    Score - 8 out of 10

  • Zoostorm 2-3305 Versatile PC budget PC

    Ringing the tills at just £449, the Zoostorm 2-3305 Versatile PC budget PC offers an even more appetising price tag than many of its budget-friendly rivals.

    19/07/2007

    £449 inc VAT

    Score - 8 out of 10

  • Arbico CD7460GT budget PC

    A rather strange mixture of old and new, the Arbico CD7460GT still has enough cutting-edge features (for a sub-£500 PC) to make it worthy of consideration, even if it…

    19/07/2007

    £499 inc VAT

    Score - 9 out of 10

  • Eclipse Evolution i685n88s budget PC

    Eclipse once stunned us by putting together an E6700 system for £750 (the Matrix i67N88-VSTA). And now it's gone even further this month, squeezing out the Eclipse…

    16/08/2007

    £750 inc VAT

    Score - 9 out of 10

  • Arbico 807 Pro budget PC

    The Arbico 807 Pro squeaked ahead of the PC Specialist Apollo 675GTS machine in a close-run fight for second place. If anything drew us to the Arbico 807 Pro, it was…

    16/08/2007

    £750 inc VAT

    Score - 8 out of 10

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