Dave James

Spire is probably better known in the UK for cooling products rather than cases, which might explain why there's more than a little of the Cooler Master HAF series about this X2.6011 chassis.

Not convinced by the necessity of low capacity solid-state storage? Then YOYOTech's latest Fi7epower machine might well be the right rig for you.

With the smart choice of using the GTX 670 as graphics card the Diablo GTX has got some impressive gaming chops, and will throw polygons around a 1080p panel with aplomb.

Attention all you pigeons out there, let me introduce to you the PC-shaped cat from relative system integrator n00b Vibox.

We may not agree with the specs list, but you can't argue with the way its put together or the level of service.

A well balanced gaming PC with no obvious compromises

Housed within the simple, diminutive form of the Corsair Carbide 300R, you'd be forgiven for thinking this Dino PC build doesn't really look like a £1,000 PC. But looks can be deceiving.

Fans of the big green graphics company rejoice, Cyberpower is showing its love of all things Nvidia here with a rig that's ripe for the fanboys.

The very first thing to catch your eye on this AdvanceTec build is the striking XPredator chassis, all stormtrooper white with black grills getting all up in yours.

The Chillblast machine is one big, fat beastie. The chunky Zalman chassis gives it a real sense of presence on your desk, and the internal goodies match that sense of scale.

A specs list longer than Methuselah's beard

The last few months have left me with a rather positive feeling towards AMD. Can this continue with the upgraded AMD FX-4300?

The original FX-6200 impressed us recently with its combination of bargain price, impressive multi-threading performance and serious overclocking chops too. Can the FX-6300 repeat the same trick?

Not long ago this sort of screen would have had to cost well north of £300.

This Transformer-sounding Optimus IV machine features a rather basic, chunky Clevo chassis design. The benefit of that, though, is the ability to drop in whatever components PC Specialist sees fit.

Two cores, four threads, no overclocking. Is Intel missing a trick?

AMD have updated the Piledriver specification to offer some more bang for your buck. Can it go toe-to-toe with Intel this time round?

We've seen our fair share of powerful mini motherboards recently, and although this little G1.Sniper isn't quite as diminutive as its mini-ITX compatriots, it's still one hell of a strong board.

Nvidia graphics cards have recently become a lot like buses. You wait around for one for ages... then you're a little disappointed when it finally arrives and costs a lot more than you'd hoped.

The mini-ITX form factor has been around for a while, but it wasn't until the Sandy Bridge crowd tipped up that we started to see some lovely-looking, teeny-tiny motherboards worth a damn.

And in the Asus corner...

UPDATED This is the top Z77 board from Gigabyte, and has pretty much everything a full-spec mobo should.