Buying this Ultrabook made by a lesser-known brand will save you cash, but does it perform as well as its more famous peers?

Does this budget gaming laptop compromise in too many areas?

UK-based Novatech's 17" laptop doesn't make the most of AMD technology

Notebook Nehalem is here, taking names and kicking butt

A mid-sized yet highly portable CULV laptop offering impressive value for money

A powerful all-round laptop that makes an ideal desktop replacement system

Lacks the wow factor of the Alienware M17x, but a good performer nonetheless

Will Novatech's high-performance laptop fit in with your lifestyle?

The Novatech X1 Pro gaming laptop is probably as good as it gets, but you'll pay the price

Novatech's gaming laptop is something out of the ordinary

Power computing, casual gaming; that should make a few people happy

Relatively cheap laptop in quite good graphics shocker

A good quality, well-equipped, lightweight machine, but battery life is poor

Can Novatech beat Alienware at their own game?

Novatech is a UK-based company and offers a wide range of laptops for both consumer and corporate buyers. The X60R Pro (£633 inc. VAT) is an affordable entry-level gaming system, but it's an anonymous product that fails to stand out from the crowd.

One of the most important things to bear in mind when buying a laptop for gaming is display size. Choosing between 17 wonderful inches of screen estate for admiring details in a particularly pretty graphics engine and playing a game in non-blurry native resolution is like being told you can either walk through a major art gallery wearing a blindfold or swim in a vat of whiskey with your mouth sewn shut.

Novatech has been aggressively targeting the laptop market in recent months – it was the first company to offer Intel's Centrino 2 and has also introduced a number of new designs.

Novatech is a relatively new company to the laptop market, but is one of the first to launch an Intel Centrino 2-based system. The X50 (£1045 inc. VAT) is one of the most feature-packed laptops we've seen to date, and its Centrino 2 branding comprises the mid-range P9500 CPU, which runs at 2.53GHz. It's supported by the GM45 chipset and WiFi Link 5300 wireless LAN module.

Novatech is a new name to What Laptop and the X15 (£299 inc. VAT) is the first machine we've reviewed. In many ways, when we think of a budget laptop the X15 is what we'll have in mind – a simple design that meets the basic needs of the user at an affordable price.