Digital Storm Eclipse

The Eclipse does have its problems, however. It’s not as small as alternatives like the Syber Vapor, and its chassis can prove difficult to upgrade. Strangely, in spite of its reasonably large case, the Eclipse also comes up short of the Vapor’s...

Nice price. Compact desktop with a full-size, dual-width Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 graphics card. Smooth frame rates at 1080p. 802.11ac and Bluetooth. Dual Ethernet. No bloatware.

Almost no internal expansion room. Difficult to get into the chassis for maintenance or repairs.

The Digital Storm Eclipse is one of the best performers in the field, and it is chock full of features, like a speedy SSD and 802.11ac Wi-Fi. It performs similarly or better than the Cyberpower Zeus Mini, a previous top pick. Though that system has...