Systems | PC Perspective

CES 2025: Dell Abandons XPS, Introduces New Branding

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:54:44 +0000

Dell has decided to abandon their XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude brands, adopting a new naming convention that is perhaps more than just a little reminiscent of Apple. Introducing Dell's Dell, Dell Pro,…

Meet The Raspberry Pi 500 And The All New Raspberry Pi Monitor

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:32:21 +0000

The Raspberry Pi 500 is the newest version of the self contained system offered to customers; all it's components hidden inside a ten-keyless keyboard with lots of connectivity. Inside the Pi 500…

An NVIDIA SFF-Ready System Build

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:19:01 +0000

NVIDIA announced their SFF-Ready Enthusiast GeForce Cards rating earlier this year, to help those that love to build high powered small form factor systems. The rating applies to RTX 4070 cards and…

CyberPowerPC Project Zero Infinity And The Zen Of Cable Management

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:39:19 +0000

The cable management capabilities of the Corsair 3500X ARGB TG are on display in CyberPowerPC's Project Zero Infinity system. The look of the system at KitGuru show one of the major benefits…

Geekom XT13 Pro, The Power Of An Intel i9-13900H In A Tiny Box

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:36:33 +0000

The NUC is dead, long live the NUC! Since Intel abandoned the NUC there has been an influx of NUC-like devices from a number of OEMs, including Geekcom. They are known for…

Building A Big System In The Tiny Corsair 2000D ITX

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:50:44 +0000

The Corsair 2000D is a fairly large ITX case, 20 x 26 x 45.8cm (7.9 x 10.2 x 18") but still rather small compared to most cases you'd chose to build a…

Geekom AE7 Mini PC, Ryzen 9 7940HS And 32GB DDR5-5600

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:22:20 +0000

The AE7 Mini PC measures a mere 112.4 x 112.4 x 37 mm (4.4 x 4.4 x 1.5") but Geekom managed to fit a 2.5GbE RJ45 port, two each of HDMI 2.0…

Get A Woody With A Corsair One i500 Prebuilt Gaming Desktop

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 31 May 2024 18:15:57 +0000

The look of the wooden front of the Corsair One i500 will add a great look to any computer room, and to encourage you Corsair are selling it with a complete system…

The Fancy Styling Of The Corsair One i500 Will Cost You

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 06 May 2024 18:11:31 +0000

There is a lot hiding in the Corsair One i500's 391mm x 185mm x 300mm (15.3" x 7.6" x 11.8") system; an RTX 4090 and Core i9-14900K which are both watercooled give…

ECSIPC LIVA Z5 PLUS Mini PC Review

Sebastian Peak — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:56:09 +0000

It has been nearly ten years since I first went hands on with one of the LIVA mini PCs from ECS, with that original LIVA in 2014 the smallest personal computer…

MAINGEAR Does the Unthinkable – Will Ship PCs with Delidded Intel Core i9-14900KS CPUs

Sebastian Peak — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:38:39 +0000

It's not every day that a press release really surprises jaded, long-term hardware editors like me. But today is the exception. MAINGEAR is doing what I thought a system integrator would never…

ECS LIVA Z5 Plus, A Quiet Way To Work

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 22:54:11 +0000

The ECS LIVA Z5 Plus measures a mere 148 x 120 x 38 mm (5.8 x 4.7 x 1.5") and contains a Core i5-1335U, 16GB of non-soldered DDR4-3200 and a PCIe Gen…

The Corsair Vengeance i7500 Is A Beast Of A PC

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:48:09 +0000

If you are a fan of Corsair's iCue and serious gaming then the Vengeance i7500 might be for you. For $4000 you get an entire system, with a Core i9 14900K, RTX…

GEEKOM A5, An Affordable Ryzen Powered Mini Computer

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 20:17:00 +0000

GEEKCOM have been releasing quite a few tiny PCs lately, some very powerful and expensive while others such as the A5 are very affordable. This model is less than $400 and contains…

GEEKOM Mini IT13, Pocket Book Sized I9-13900H System

Jeremy Hellstrom — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:34:26 +0000

The GEEKCOM Mini IT13 measures a mere 50 x 115 x 110mm (2 x 4.5 x 4") contains a Raptor Lake Core i9-13900H, and a 2TB NVMe SSD. Oddly, it uses 2…

Falcon Northwest Talon 2023 Review – Featuring the Intel Core i7-14700K

Sebastian Peak — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:02:35 +0000

It has been a couple of years since we last looked at a Talon desktop, the flagship model in the Falcon Northwest lineup. We were sent a very impressive configuration, as…

It’s Not A NUC, It’s The ACEMAGIC AM20 Pro

Jeremy Hellstrom — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:15:08 +0000

Now that Intel has left the market, we are seeing a number of NUC-like devices for sale. One is the ACEMAGIC AM20 Mini PC, powered by a Ryzen 7 7735H and Radeon…

Falcon Northwest FragBox (2023) Review – Can You Handle It?

Sebastian Peak — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 01:48:27 +0000

What if your desktop PC was as portable as that old Playmate cooler in the garage? A compact box complete with a handle on top, perfect for toting your system anywhere life…

GEEKOM AS 6, A Tiny Ryzen Powered System With A Big Price

Jeremy Hellstrom — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 19:15:34 +0000

The GEEKCOML AS 6 looks just like their Intel offerings, a small 120 x 130 x 58 mm (4.7 x 5.9 x 2.3") case weighing about two pounds with a nice assortment…

ASUS Agrees to Terms to Take NUC Product Line from Intel

Sebastian Peak — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:29:48 +0000

It turns out that even if STH had not broken the Intel NUC story last week, we still would have learned that Intel was ending NUC production with the press…