Bill Lake

It's an oldie, but a goody. We take apart a Shuttle XPC Prima P2 4800X, based on Intel's X48 chipset, and test this fully-built system's mettle against XPCs that came before. Our conclusion? You could do better for less if you built your own.

The Vigor iSurf II Hard Drive Cooler battles Sytrin's HD Cooler to see which works better. Both take similar approaches to cooling your HDD. They both work, but which is worth the price?

Silverstone’s Crown CW03 HTPC case is explored and used to build a full system. Various parameters are then measured to assess the case’s functionality when it is used for different HTPC functions.

Powerful Portable Performance: we explore and test Shuttle’s SX38P2 Pro.

Shuttle's KPC is here. It offers cost-effective green computing for the masses. Power users need not apply.

Shuttle's KPC, introduced at CES 2008, will sell for $99 barebones and $199 for a complete system.

Antec's Fusion 430 HTPC case is explored and used to build a full system. Then various parameters are measured to assess the case's functionality when it is use for different HTPC functions.