OP3 Europa review Plenty of connectivity options and a high-quality monitor, but performance isn't as good as other £550 PCs.
£550
Palicomp Core i3 Blast 5300C41-22 review Seriously fast application performance, a host of expansion ports and a svelte, LED-backlit Full HD monitor. Only a lack of 3D speed holds it back.
£549
Dino PC Matteodon review Great if gaming is a priority, and the big monitor is a plus. Image quality isn't the best, though, and it's slower than overclocked systems
Aria Proteus Inspire review The budget AMD processor limits performance and it lacks a dedicated graphics card, but this is still one of the cheapest Blu-ray-equipped PCs available
£512
Chillblast Rapier review An underpowered graphics card and average monitor detract from an otherwise very powerful PC with lots of upgrade potential.
£550
Wired2Fire VX-5 review Performance from the heavily overclocked processor is impressive, but the integrated graphics can’t handle games.
£550
Eclipse Matrix i355r577 OC Xfire review The overclocked processor is impressively fast and the graphics card is reasonably powerful, but both the monitor and hard disk are smaller than rivals' at this price.
CyberPower Infinity i3 Apollo Elite A massive overclock makes this a seriously fast machine, which looks the business and has a powerful graphics card
£549
Mesh Inspire CSR review It comes with a decent monitor and has reasonable upgrade potential, but you can get more for your money elsewhere.
£550
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T review AMD’s fastest six-core processor still struggles to compete with Intel’s best four-core designs in our benchmarks.
£204
OP3 Fury review OP3's budget gaming PC is well balanced, but you can get more processor power for only little more cash.
£400
Terratec T5 review It comes with better software than some, but it's still far from perfect and much too expensive to recommend.
£95
HP Omni 100-5030uk review While the absence of a touchscreen isn't a problem, the underpowered processor means that the Omni 100 is for only light computing tasks.
OP3 Europa review Plenty of connectivity options and a high-quality monitor, but performance isn't as good as other £550 PCs.£550
Palicomp Core i3 Blast 5300C41-22 review Seriously fast application performance, a host of expansion ports and a svelte, LED-backlit Full HD monitor. Only a lack of 3D speed holds it back.£549
Dino PC Matteodon review Great if gaming is a priority, and the big monitor is a plus. Image quality isn't the best, though, and it's slower than overclocked systems£550
Aria Proteus Inspire review The budget AMD processor limits performance and it lacks a dedicated graphics card, but this is still one of the cheapest Blu-ray-equipped PCs available£512
Chillblast Rapier review An underpowered graphics card and average monitor detract from an otherwise very powerful PC with lots of upgrade potential.£550
Wired2Fire VX-5 review Performance from the heavily overclocked processor is impressive, but the integrated graphics can’t handle games.£550
Eclipse Matrix i355r577 OC Xfire review The overclocked processor is impressively fast and the graphics card is reasonably powerful, but both the monitor and hard disk are smaller than rivals' at this price.£550
CyberPower Infinity i3 Apollo Elite A massive overclock makes this a seriously fast machine, which looks the business and has a powerful graphics card£549
Mesh Inspire CSR review It comes with a decent monitor and has reasonable upgrade potential, but you can get more for your money elsewhere.£550
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T review AMD’s fastest six-core processor still struggles to compete with Intel’s best four-core designs in our benchmarks.£204
OP3 Fury review OP3's budget gaming PC is well balanced, but you can get more processor power for only little more cash.£400
Terratec T5 review It comes with better software than some, but it's still far from perfect and much too expensive to recommend.£95
HP Omni 100-5030uk review While the absence of a touchscreen isn't a problem, the underpowered processor means that the Omni 100 is for only light computing tasks.£500