Look what four grand can buy you.

Always the enthusiasts favourite optical drive, Lite-On delivers as expected with its new range.

One new drive, three subtle variations, all the optical drive you'll want from the current generation.

Pioneer’s new DreamBook Power uses the Clevo D900K chassis which offers the size and space required to cool the blisteringly fast components contained within (see the specs box below).

Back in November we wondered just what you could buy for $1500 and Modtech and PC Express showed us two near identical systems (the latter being A-Listed). This month’s submission from PC Market offered few surprises.

A good-value and very powerful system that will appeal to those seeking ultimate performance.

Very fast, but the top-end components offer poor value in the face of competition.

A few quirks can’t detract from the fact that this system is fast and good value

Thou shall not cast the name 'Zeus' around with careless abandon, unlesseth one can backeth up claims of PC godliness.

The system as a whole looks great and we can't find a weak spot.

A very well-built ultraportable that’s great value, but a bit too small.

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AM2 power at this price is a boon. But 3D performance is average and it’s very noisy.

We put out the call to Australia’s white box PC manufacturers for a good high-end $4000 PC and PC Express was the first to respond.

Finishing a point above average overall, Canon's PIXMA iP5000 was unlucky to miss out on our coveted recommended award, pipped at the finishing line by Epson's PictureMate small format printer. Canon's five individual ink cartridges is a great system that allows you to replace only the inks you need without needing to replace a whole colour cartridge as is the case with the HP PhotoSmart 8150 printer.

Fantastic design and highly-configurable power make this XPS useful, desirable and good value.

A powerful and feature-packed notebook. But it can’t match the quality of Dell’s XPS M1710.

The two-and-a-half thousand dollar price point is a popular one for PC systems.

Aztec’s PC is a very different take on our $4000 PC A-List challenge.

A Media Center PC and 32in LCD TV all-in-one.