Nobody likes the noise generated by desktops, so Antec has released the Sonata Elite. It may contain seven hard drives and an equal number of expansion slots. The desktop has a steel design with two layers and a plastic panels on the side and panels above. Silicone eyelets are used to reduce vibration, while two fans of 1200mm will develop important airflows to generate less noise. Cleaning is easy with removable, washable filters. The Sonata Elite desktop supports motherboards Mini-ITX, MicroATX and standard ATX, including two USB ports on the front, one eSATA port and audio in and out ports with HD compatible. You have a split of three 5.25-inch bays, four 3.5-inch bays and a 5.25-inch to 3.5-inch adapter. The Sonata Elite desktop costs a price around $120.

The Epson ST1XX series is known for offering the smaller Japanese desktop PCs of the manufacturer with a size of only 75×185x195mm. And today, Epson has announced an update to its ST120 now powered by a Core 2 Duo P8400 (2.26GHz), 1GB of RAM, 80 GB hard drive (you can “upgrade” it up to 320 GB of storage space), a GM45 Express chipset.
In any case, it seems that this mini desktop PC is designed to be the perfect HTPC through its digital TV tuner MonsterTV HDUS, HDMI output, and its Blu-Ray drive.

And if you tend to seek power, Epson has also planned to propose Core 2 Duo P8600, T9400 and T9600 CPUs.
Finally, be aware that the basic ST120 with Blu-Ray and HDTV tuner is sold in Japan at an interesting price of only 137,500 Japanese yen ($1,530).

Faith Japan, a well-known store in Tokyo, announced the availability of its Fortission Q96500XN DVR-4S, a desktop powered by a Core 2 Quad Q9650, with an Intel motherboard P45TS chipset, 2 GB of DDR2, 500GB SATA II hard drive, an nVidia GeForce with 512MB VRAM.
This desktop has the Instant Boot S3 mode, which according to the manufacturer, permits to start from standby mode in 4 seconds. And with the S4 mode, Faith provides a startup time in 20-22 seconds.

You can find the Fortission Q96500XN DVR-4S for a price of 119,800 Japanese yen in Japan or online (about $1,330).

Here is the NEXTGEAR A450X1, the last “big” gaming desktop by Mouse Computer Japan. Powered by an AMD Phenom X4 9750 processor (2.4 GHz), our gaming desktop has up to 4 GB of RAM (DDR2 PC2-6400), 640 GB SATA II hard drive, a DVD burner, an ATI Radeon HD4870 with 512 MB of VRAM and is running with Vista or XP for about 119,910 yen ($1,330).

Dell has just released its OptiPlex 160 desktop for all those who have not enough place on or around their desk for a standard desktop. It measures just 4.75 cm in thickness and has all the usual connections plus a built-in power supply but no CD / DVD drive. For a price of $560, it has the following specifications:

• Intel Atom processor
• 80GB Hard Drive
• 1GB of RAM
• Integrated Video Processor
• Windows Vista Home Basic

Intended for the next year, the OptiPlex is powered by a Dual Core Atom, for more power. For those who can afford it, a SSD of 64GB and an external DVD / CD drive are optional.

Shuttle will unveil its new desktop powered by the Core i7 at CES 2009, called Shuttle H7 5800. The model is based on the Shuttle SX58H7 desktop, the new flagship product of Shuttle. In addition, the X Series will also be unveiled at CES next year with a new integrated touch screen version of 10.2″ and 15.6″. In addition, Shuttle has developed a touch screen of 7″ which somewhat resembles to a portable game console, but it promises to do much more than that – would it be a serious competitor to the iPod touch? As for its next generation SDXi Carbon, it will be cooled with I.C.E. liquid cooling technology.

The updated models of the Eee Box desktops, named Eee Box B204 and Eee Box B206 include an HDMI connection, which is a standard for television today. It is not surprising that Asus has also added Eee Cinema, an application that reads the multimedia content, including HD video – thanks to its ATI Radeon HD 3400 graphics processor of 256MB. Note that the Eee B206 has the WiFi-N, the fastest wireless standard in the market. It will be convenient for streaming media files from a remote server.

It will not be long before these desktops record the TV (+ $100) and read Blu-Ray (+ $150). For now, the price is too high, but this is a matter of time.

A new desktop PC was unveiled today in Japan, the ST8 Mini, a compact desktop PC. For just 34,800 yen ($380) you can have an Intel Atom 330 (1.6 GHz), 2 GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive (SATA 7200rpm) and a Intel 945GC Express chipset.

For those who find the Atom processor too low, you can also turn to a Core 2 Duo E7300 or E8400.

Far from the design of an EEE Box, Kourziro KZRX1002, is another of these desktops powered by Atom and which are like the EEE Box.
With the appearance of an IBM case, this desktop has an Atom processor (1.6 GHz), 1GB of RAM, 250GB of hard drive (SATA), and has a DVD Super Multi drive, and a 19-inch LCD display. Our new desktop, with a size of 103 x 288 x 338 mm, uses a 90W power.
Regarding the price of the KZRX1102, you should expect something like 49,800 yen in Japan ($520).

Here is a good news for you, with this new “Traveling Webcam Hub” designed by Earth Trek (Hong Kong). In fact, we said “excellent” but we do not really know what … It seems to be a simple webcam for desktops, but we Earth Trek announcement as the hottest Webcam time…

According to the manufacturer: This new device is “different from a conventional webcam, this version allows Desktop to avoid scratches on your LCD display”. Why not, and it is probably true because we are talking about a webcam destinated for desktops…

In short, our webcam has a sliding metal protection (to cover the lens), an Auto Focus, an Auto Brightness, and a two USB Hub ports.
Finally, you will be entitled to a VGA quality (640×480), and a 1.3-megapixel sensor. Earth Trek announced a price of $ 45-49.