From the September 1997 Issue of PC World
Top 20 Budget Desktops
The star this month is Micro Express's MicroFlex-PR/233. Powered by the AMD K6-PR233 processor, the $1899 MicroFlex shattered the budget desktop performance record. In fact, its PC WorldBench score of 246 is 7 points higher than the average for Top 20 power desktops. Five other PCs on the chart boast non-Intel CPUs. New this month, the $1649 CyberMax Power Max uses AMD's K6-PR166 and posted a solid 223 score on its way to a ninth-place finish. The new Micron Home MPC, meanwhile, uses a Pentium MMX-200 to gain Best Buy distinction, with a strong PC WorldBench score of 230. The polished minitower costs $2249 and comes well appointed with multimedia features. Capsule Reviews Best Buy Dell Dimension XPS M166s Best Buy Dell Dimension M200a Best Buy/New Micron Home MPC Best Buy IBM PC 350 Best Buy Gateway 2000 G5-166 M Dell Optiplex Gs+ 166L Micro Express MicroFlex-K5/5166 Quantex QP5/166 SM-3 New CyberMax Power Max Midwest Micro MWH-200 Polywell Poly 500QX New Micro Express Micro Flex-PR/233 Quantex QP6/200 PD-4 HP Vectra VE 5/133 ProGen Atlas X 200 Kingdom 6x86 P166+ Super Value Quantex QP5/200 M-4 Micro Express MicroFlex-686/P200+LC New Quantex QP5/233 SM-3 Kingdom Pentium MMX 200 Home & Office Beyond the Top 20 We evaluated these systems along with the others, but they didn't score high enough to reach the Top 20 Budget Desktops chart. For write-ups, see PC World Online (www.pcworld.com/t20pcsnaps). AST Advantage 9402 Hertz P200Me Kingdom Pentium 200 MMX Value LEK Professional Royal Computer Synergy Best Buy Tangent Zephyr Toshiba Equium 5160D		Scorecard Features Comparison Performance Capsule Reviews Beyond the Top 20 Top 20 Budget Desktops (6/97) Top 20 Budget Desktops (7/97) Top 20 Budget Desktops (8/97) •  E-Book Piracy •  Palm Virus •  Expertcity Revamped •  Cell Phone Safety •  RAM