Reviews

The HP Stream 14-cb159nr is a Windows 10 laptop that affirms Microsoft’s resolve to compete with Chromebooks in the budget laptop category. It’s a smart move that unties the conventional wisdom that you have to pay a premium for an ultraportable laptop, and it undercuts most of our recent Chromebook review units.

The LG 27UK850-W is a great choice for any gamer seeking a stylish monitor that’s equipped with the latest technologies, solid connectivity at a reasonable price. It offers a sharp UHD picture, impressive gaming performance, and a raft of future-proof features, including AMD FreeSync anti-tearing technology. The monitor’s out-of-the-box color accuracy is slightly skewed, but it gets plenty of picture settings, including advanced color settings come handy for third-party picture calibration to sort out the accuracy issues.

The CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Xtreme GXiVR8060A8 has all the qualities a gaming desktop might have if you built it yourself and applied lots of TLC, spanning top-notch aftermarket parts to sleek wiring and assembly. You’d normally pay a premium over and above the sum of parts used in this machine, but the premium is nominal if you opt for a pre-built system

The ASUS Cloudbook E406SA is a great budget laptop to carry around, it’s nice in hand and doesn’t take up much room whenever you need to use it. Asus did a remarkable job packing Windows 10 and enough power into a very small chassis, that easily passes for a Chromebook.

The CYBERPOWERPC Gamer Master GMA8980CPG is a pre-built gaming desktop that offers good performance, a strong feature set and a slick, yet spacious case that will accommodate future upgrades with easy. It is reasonably priced relative to assembling one yourself from custom parts, and it’s hard to imagine any DIYer doing a cleaner wiring job, and the component selection is just top-notch.

As a wide-screen entertainment monitor, the Sceptre C275W-1920RN packs a gorgeous 27-inch curved screen that’s a thing of beauty – even when the display...