Sony VGC-RA820G

Liquid cooling means no fan noise. Space and cabling for extra hard drives. Reasonably priced.

Large tower case still looks more like a PC than a piece of home-entertainment equipment. Wired mouse and keyboard.

Compared with other multimedia PCs, the RA820G isn't a speed demon, but it offers a good price-to-features ratio, especially if you already have a large monitor or if you are planning on hooking it up to a TV. HP's Digital Entertainment Center z545 has...

Near-silent operation; powerful P4 processor; double-layer DVD burner; large hard drive; big software bundle.

Large case won't fit in every living room; cheap plastic drive and port covers on front panel.

Sony figured out a way to keep an Intel Pentium 4 processor cool without using an army of cooling fans, giving the nearly silent VAIO VGC-RA820G living-room appeal.

This computer is honestly the best PC I have ever bought! It does everythinh I need fromk surfing the web to gaming in full 1080P HD! I love the Pentium 4 and the ATI Readon

It is somewhat difficult to work on. And I also wish it had more RAM