Scan 3XS-OC

Around the back, on the other hand, is a veritable plethora of connections. There are six USB ports, FireWire/1394 and eSATA sockets, Gigabit Ethernet, a single PS2 mouse/keyboard port, six analogue jacks and digital optical for audio, plus VGA, DVI,...

While most media centre systems take it easy on the graphics performance to try and keep system noise down, Scan has an option to fit either a GeForce 6600GT or a GeForce 6800GT into the case, and the former was fitted inside my review system. With one...

nVidia's new Balanced PC initiative has certainly paid dividends with this Scan PC. Its balance of components is just right for the gamer on a budget - especially with that warranty-backed overclocked CPU - and in terms of performance and value, we...

The Scan 3XS is ludicrously fast and beautifully built, but you can buy almost as quick for a lot, lot less

Unparalleled rendering performance

Good but not outstanding storage

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The Nanu’s also very quiet and comes at a price that’s affordable even as a home machine – but its performance may not be enough for your needs. In our After Effects, Photoshop and Cinebench tests, the Nanu proved to be much slower than most desktop...

Excellent case ; secure, capacious storage

32-bit OS ; slow processor ; poor test scores

The PVE-930's test results in After Effects were also underwhelming. The unit has a slightly slower clock speed than the Core 2 Quad Extreme and Xeon processors used by single-chip rivals. When combined with 3GB of available RAM, this makes it nearly...