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Polywell Poly 830 700K7

AMD's Duron flexes its budgetary muscle in this Polywell system.

  

WHAT'S HOT: Powered by AMD's new Duron 700-MHz budget processor, this Poly 830 700K7 earned a score of 136 on our PC WorldBench 2000 tests, just a few points below the average for PIII-700MHz systems. The entire case comes off smoothly for interior access. Inside, you'll find abundant expansion room, with five open PCI slots and three open bays.

WHAT'S NOT: The Polywell keyboard is clacky and its Backspace key is annoyingly small. The Optiquest Q71 17-inch monitor displayed deep and rich colors, but text became quite blurry at a resolution of 1280 by 1024.

WHAT ELSE: The software bundle includes Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition, and the system comes with a 10X DVD-ROM drive. A modem provides the only connectivity option.

BEST USE: At a near-budget price of $1299 with midrange speed, this Poly would settle nicely into any small office.


SUMMARY
Polywell Poly 830 700K7


PC WorldBench 2000 score of 136, Duron-700 CPU, 64KB of L2 cache, Windows 98 SE, 20.5GB hard drive, 10X DVD-ROM drive, 8X/4X/32X CD-RW drive, Optiquest Q71 17-inch monitor, Guillemot 3D Prophet graphics card with 32MB of SDRAM, integrated sound, Cambridge SoundWorks CSW100 speakers, V.90 modem, midsize tower case, Lotus SmartSuite Millennium, 3-year parts warranty, 5-year labor warranty, free unlimited 24-hour tech support.

$1299
800/999-1278
www.polywell.com

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