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	Some extracts from press comments on our PCs (Honest, these really are extracts. We didn't write them ourselves!) Now that we are not accepting orders for PCs we feel free to share this with you: The truth about PC magazine reviews and why you shouldn't blindly trust them. We disclose some industry secrets that will shock and amuse but will definitely open your eyes and arm you to make the wise choice. Read it now.
	A selection: "the impressively fast Best Price Poweroid" "The obvious winner here is Best Price's (PC)" "Poweroid 2001 is built for speed" "the unstoppable Poweroid" "the highest score comes from (Best Price)" "Once again, the Best Price Poweroid emerged as the clear winner" "the Best Price Value 3000 tops the overall performance league" "Best Price's Poweroid 2001 comes out with the highest score" "Best Price Poweroid Leader was the fastest overall in our tests" "Some review systems make us wonder how they can be sold at such a low price and this... is one of this elite crew" "Best Price's Poweroid powers far ahead of the rest of the pack" Build quality and features are also important, and the Best Price machine scores well here too" "Best Price's (lower spec) Pentium system actually beat(s) Multivision's (higher spec) Athlon" "It came as no surprise then to discover that the first ..ranking went to the Poweroid" "The fastest machine here ...the Poweroid scored an impressive 415" "If you want the fastest PC in this month's group this is probably the one to buy. The Poweroid 2001 is capable in every respect" "The clear winner here was the Best Price Poweroid, which packed a potent combination of components which led the field in all areas" "The Poweroid leads the field in most of the benchmark tests that we ran, and is an obvious choice for anyone" "the results have been skewed somewhat by an impressive looking score from the Best Price Poweroid Expert" "it was really features and performance that decided which machines made it into the final cut. At one end of this range you get the Best Price Poweroid which had the fastest ..." "For a mere £595 + VAT you will get a PC that outperforms some machines costing twice the price" "a healthy dose of raw power does help things along ...(this PC is) an excellent all round performer... more than the sum of its parts "There are a few surprises in the results for this test, not least of which is that Best Price's Splashes 55 system seems to have a hard disk that is much faster than all of the others, despite having the same 30Gb Maxtor drive as several other systems. This persists, even with repeated running of the benchmark, and so doesn't appear to be a glitch" PC Advisor 2004 Spring issue Poweroid 2301 - "...this top cast system from Best Price still muscled its way to the head of the chart with a sizzling 143 points in our WorldBench 4 tests...even more jaw dropping ... the lightning fast Serial ATA interface" "... this is a monumental effort from Best Price and for unrivalled power this PC is the leading contender" PC Advisor Best Buy Award July Poweroid 2203: "... the Poweroid is the fastest PC we've seen yet - notching up a WorldBench 4 score of 149. Every component hits the spot, from the Athlon 64 3400+ processor and 1GB of DDR RAM to the 256MB Radeon 9800 XT graphics card and Audigy 2 ZS sound card." January 2005 2306 - "... Best Price picks up major bonus points for its mixture of quality components and the excellent, if roomy...case." "... it's a tweaker's dream: sound proof, with great heat dissipation and loads of room for upgrading" "... we were hard pushed to find fault with the Poweroid 2306" PC Advisor Recommended Award PC Plus 2004 7209 - "This is one of the most well conceived digital video editing PCs in the group. With its impressive software bundle... it's one of the most serious, semi-professional systems supplied" August 7302 - "...good solid basis for a high-performance machine, and with an nVidia Geforce FX5900 graphics card providing the video platform, it's strong on the 3D side, too. Personal Computer World 2004 February 3302 - "...housing the Athlon 64 and 1GB of RAM at this price is still impressive, and Poweroid should be congratulated." "...low price is bound to attract those wanting a solid Athlon 64 system. Highly Recommended Award Best Buy Award August 3205 - "One of the most admirable things about the 3205 is the attention to detail that has gone into its assembly." "Our performance graphs show that the 3205 was leagues ahead of the competition." "The 3205 is well built and generously specified. If you're after a PC that offers tremendous performance, this is a good option" Editor's Choice Award Best Buy Award Trusted Reviews 2004 March 1204 - "The 1204 is a very fast machine due to the components used." "...a revolution in quiet computing." "...it is truly a ground breaking product." Custom PC 2004 June 1204 - "The Pentium 4c is maturing into a true classic and at 3.2GHz, it tears through our video encoding benchmark. The Poweroid 1204 was faster than the majority of Athlon 64 3200+ systems we've seen, both at video encoding and image editing. It was faster than a lot of other 3.2GHz Pentium 4s, too." "...the fastest silent computer we've seen." "The cooling system is very impressive" ZDNet UK 2004 March 1200 (1204) - "Near-silent operation" "impressive visual presence" "The moment you open the box and haul out this 30kg-plus anodised aluminium beast via its pair of top-mounted handles, you know you're dealing with an extraordinary PC." "...the only sound you'll hear comes when the hard disk or the removable media drives are being accessed" "...state of the art." HEXUS 2004 August 1204 (AMD 64) - "Quietness is generally a subjective issue, yet I feel confident in stating that the (1204) can't be heard above normal background noise. It's nice to hear birds chirp 30 feet away. It's nice not to have to dial the stereo up when listening to music, and it's nice that such quietness can be achieved without having to compromise performance." "...you'll wonder why nothing like this ever came along before." "...excellent engineering."
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The truth about PC magazine reviews and why you shouldn't blindly trust them. We disclose some industry secrets that will shock and amuse but will definitely open your eyes and arm you to make the wise choice. Read it now.

PC Advisor 2004

Feb
2100 - "(The) Poweroid 2100 is a teenager's dream. It has great graphics...."

"... it ate through our video encoding tests in no time at all."

March
2015 - "... Poweroid's impressive WorldBench 4 Score of 128"

July
2303 - "If money wasn't a consideration the Poweroid would be our Best Buy."

October

2304 - "... great components here. It's fast, the 19in Iiyama flat-panel is glorious and this is the only PC to feature a 12-speed DVD writer. The LG drive also boasts five-speed DVD-RAM capabilities. In addition the hard drives are extremely large."

January 2005

"It contains the excellent Athlon 64 3800+ and the memory is top of the range ... even the motherboard is an Asus A8V Deluxe wireless edition so it will support an external Wi-Fi Antenna. "

"The 17in Iiyama E431S flat panel makes a worthy partner for the brilliant 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 GT graphics card, providing excellent frame rates on graphics-intensive applications and games. Add to this a fantastic audio setup and you have a PC built to produce high-quality entertainment"

(older)

"Best Price often wins our highest accolades"

"Best Price is a company to keep an eye on in the future"

"Component for component, the Best Price is the most consistent performer in the Top 10 chart"

"one backup device away from being the best value-for-money machine ever seen in the PC Advisor Top 10 charts"

"one of the best sound systems in the chart"

"The Poweroid's ... produces a crystal-clear image enhanced by a vivid colour scheme"

"Best Price Computers may not be an instantly recognisable brand name, but its irresistible Poweroid 2001 PC spent three months at the head of our Superbudget chart"

"The Poweroid’s graphics setup is first-class"

"If designing the best Superbudget PC is a matter of making the right compromises, then Best Price Computers appears to have thrown the rule book out of the window"

....lots more.

PC Plus
2004

7209 - "... provides plenty of kick and is quick enough to handle full-screen playback."

....lots more.

PCW (Formerly Personal Computer World magazine)
2004

August

"Poweroid has lined the inside of the case with sound deadening material and made use of the low-noise Zalman Flower CPU fan. This makes the 3205 the quietest PC of the group."

"...the nVidia GeForce 5900 XT is certainly no slouch when it comes to playing the latest games."

(Older)

"(The) Poweroid 3006 combines power with an excellent configuration"

"very healthy performance scores"

"Full marks to Poweroid..."

"The quality of components used by Poweroid is almost beyond reproach"

(older)

The Poweroid system completely wipes the floor with the competition...(this company) really knows how to build performance PCs"

....lots more.

Custom PC
2004

June

"There were no problems with stability, so Zalman and Poweroid have obviously done a lot of testing work with the system."

....lots more.

ZDNet
2004

March

"We were impressed by the Poweroid 1200, which does its main job – near-silent operation – very well indeed."

"The PC that Poweroid has built into the TNN 500A case is powerful"

....lots more.

A selection of others

"the performance of the machine as a whole - and the hard drive sub-system in particular - is highly impressive" itreviews.co.uk

"The (Poweroid Leader) is a good system. The components are well matched, it's fast and solidly put together, and the majority of features are well geared towards the business power user. It's just a shame about that name [Oh well, you can't win them all ]" itreviews.co.uk

"There are a few surprises in the results for this test, not least of which is that Best Price's Splashes 55 system seems to have a hard disk that is much faster than all of the others, despite having the same 30Gb Maxtor drive as several other systems. This persists, even with repeated running of the benchmark, and so doesn't appear to be a glitch" ... PC Direct

"The Poweroid system completely wipes the floor with the competition...(this company) really knows how to build performance PCs" PCW, Sept 2002

Component for component, the Best Price is the most consistent performer in the Top 10 chart... PC Advisor

"this is the fastest system on the SYSmark benchmark" … "Bestprice squeezed an extra 7.5% out of all its devices"

Best Price must be like the MG garage when they started, they took a good engine and tune it to get the most out of it….The Poweroid 7003 system uses a 1.33MHz Athlon, already a fast processor, and squeezes a better SYSmark performance out of it than any other PC in the group

PC Plus Issue 181

"Poweroid wins hands down in terms of performance...It just goes to show that you should never judge a book by its cover, as this machine outdid all the others on test here in terms of performance. It topped every single test we did for application performance, 3D graphics and games"

Computer Active

"...Best Price Computers is as well known for building fast PCs as it is for keeping the cost down"

"The Best PC in Britain? If you insist on having the fastest computer in the UK with the sexiest features then you should definitely visit (Poweroid) and look at the Poweroid 9210. This small company combines top of the range components to make scorching systems..."

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