Dave James

Despite its chunky fan, this is not a high-performance chip cooler in the traditional sense. It's designed to keep your CPU cool, while producing very little noise.

If space is a premium in your build, this GPU may suit you well

Can you really get good gaming frame rates for under £100? In the case of the MSI HD 7770, the answer is an affirmative yes.

The relentless march of time hasn't been kind to the GTX 670

The G710+ is the first keyboard out of Logitech's design-works with those lovely, chunky, noisy mechanical switch keys.

The HD 6990 then was the last beefy multi-GPU card straight out of the state of Texas. Luckily we don't have to rely on the ten-gallon-hatwearers for all our AMD goodies though.

UPDATED While the likes of the Mad Catz STRIKE 7 keyboard are a bit of a guilty pleasure for this here reviewer, I am infinitely more pleased by simpler, more effective keyboard design.

There's a tremendous sense of value when you get this Asus version of AMD's HD 7950 out of the box. It really is rather massive.

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.

UPDATED A specs list longer than Methuselah's beard

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

Updated 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?

UPDATED Can this expensive collaboration between Thermaltake and BMW-owned DesignworksUSA justify its high price tag?

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