Yoyotech Viper Platinum K review A cramped motherboard and lack of any other features to compensate means that the Viper is eclipsed by several similarly-priced rivals
£450
Arbico eXcel 2568 CS review The eXcel is powerful and upgradeable, and has lots of options for anyone who wants to overclock their PC
£450
Wired2Fire Fury VX-4 review With a Blu-ray drive, a heavily overclocked processor and plenty of upgradability, this PC is let down its lack of 3D performance
£450
Dino PC Ceratops 2500K review With a Blu-ray drive and a hefty overclock, the Ceratops can keep you entertained and is easily upgradable in the future
£450
Ginger6 ND400 review This little AMD system feels underpowered when compared to most Intel-based rivals, but it's also cheaper
£400
CyberPower Ultra Triton CyberPower's overclocked AMD Fusion system with masses of RAM performs well and has plenty of upgrade potential
£450
Palicomp Phoenix i5 Supreme review Palicomp has combined our favourite processor with plenty of RAM and a Blu-ray drive to make a versatile all-rounder
Yoyotech Viper Platinum K review A cramped motherboard and lack of any other features to compensate means that the Viper is eclipsed by several similarly-priced rivals£450
Arbico eXcel 2568 CS review The eXcel is powerful and upgradeable, and has lots of options for anyone who wants to overclock their PC£450
Wired2Fire Fury VX-4 review With a Blu-ray drive, a heavily overclocked processor and plenty of upgradability, this PC is let down its lack of 3D performance£450
Dino PC Ceratops 2500K review With a Blu-ray drive and a hefty overclock, the Ceratops can keep you entertained and is easily upgradable in the future£450
Ginger6 ND400 review This little AMD system feels underpowered when compared to most Intel-based rivals, but it's also cheaper£400
CyberPower Ultra Triton CyberPower's overclocked AMD Fusion system with masses of RAM performs well and has plenty of upgrade potential£450
Palicomp Phoenix i5 Supreme review Palicomp has combined our favourite processor with plenty of RAM and a Blu-ray drive to make a versatile all-rounder£450
Chillblast Fusion Shadow review This powerful, versatile and easily upgradable PC is one of the best deals you can get for £450£450
Chillblast Fusion Thrust review Chillblast has put together an excellent PC, but it's not the perfect graphics station we were hoping for£999
The relative guide to upgrading We benchmark five, three and one-year old PCs and then apply various upgrades to see what makes the most difference
Medion Akoya P7321 D review It's quick in Windows and has a lot of RAM and storage, but you can get quicker computers for less£529