Photos: White-box choices

Never heard of Systemax? No problem. The company assembles its own PCs and either slaps a Systemax label on them or sells them as "white-box" or no-name computers. You can buy them direct from the company online. Systemax products can be ordered as is, or customized.

Pictured here is the Systemax Venture VX2S, which has an Intel Core2Duo processor, comes loaded with Windows Vista Business edition or Windows XP Professional, has a DVD drive, and a three-year warranty through Systemax.