A stunning design backed up by great performance and good value for money.

Not very competitive on price, but there’s plenty of scope for performance

Lacking in some areas, but punches above its weight where it counts.

Dell’s first foray into using AMD processors is a modest performer, but fair value.

Eye-catching and very well designed, the new iMac is an excellent all-in-one PC system.

Fast and good value. Gamers and power users will like it.

We’ve had some great competitors knocking on the mid-range A-Listed door, but TI’s all-rounder wins through.

Some will prefer it to TI’s system, but a few quirks see it finishing in second place.

It’s expensive, but Baddog’s Lanbox comes with personality and outstanding support.

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

Dual-core and FireWire may be missing, but Pacstar’s system offer’s more than we expected from a value PC.

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

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

Here at PC Authority we see a lot of computer systems. Not surprising really, it’s what we do. But it’s not often we see a system this carefully assembled. Every precaution has been taken to ensure the system has clear airflow to help regulate the temperature and keep it cool.

'Absolute consistency' are the words we'd use to describe the performance of the Aspire T310. A solid all-rounder, this machine is just as at home gaming as it is doing 2D tasks, such as productivity applications, anti-virus scanning or media decoding. And, as shown by its impressive 4,271 PCMark04 score, it's not short on horsepower.

While this system may not be the highest performer overall in the group, it still represents very good value for money, as demonstrated by its above average 112 Value score.

Scoring marginally below average in each of the testing criterion, Digitime's AMD Xtream system performed around the middle of the pack.

We were hoping we'd have at least one small form factor system submitted for review, and SATO and Friction came together to supply the Draco-M3.

In the sub-$2,000 category, we thought it would be negligent to leave Apple, and its popular eMac, out of the running. While we can't benchmark it head to head with the PCs, at least we can compare the features and see what alternatives there are to mainstream PCs in the world. Interestingly, the eMac (as its prefix implies) was originally intended for the education market, but it proved to be such a success it was cut loose into the broader retail market.

Locating the sweet spot in the market for well kitted out machines on a budget, Pioneer has come to the party by introducing it's Power PC model, featuring all the tech goodies without the sour aftertaste of a high price ticket. This black futuristic PC looks quite schmick with its front mounted LCD readout displaying up to date temperature information on the system, so you know exactly what's happening with your cooling.