Pros
- Nice-looking chassis, lights easily turned off
- Very good performance for the price
Cons
- No BD-RW
- Only 8GB of RAM
Bottom Line
The V3 Convoy performs on a par with the Maingear Shift Super Stock, but for a fraction of the price.
Manufacturer’s Description
V3 GAMING PC is a manufacturer of custom-built desktop and laptop gaming computers. All V3 GAMING PCs are built, tested, and supported by a dedicated team of expert technicians in California, USA.
The Specs
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Processor count | 1 |
| Processor speed | 3584.0 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Cache size | 8.192 KB |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 8192.0 MB |
| Memory speed | 1600.0 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory max | 32.768 GB |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 1150.0 GB |
| Drive type |
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| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 1.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 2.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express x1 slots | 2.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots | 3.0 |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Included Software | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Dimensions | |
| Height | 19.8 inches |
| Width | 9.5 inches |
| Depth | 20.6 inches |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| Worldbench Score | 193 |
| Worldbench Version | 7 |
| Start Up | |
|---|---|
| Start Up | 36.5 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Productivity Suite | 6378 score (higher is better) |
| Web Performance | |
|---|---|
| Web Performance | 25.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Storage Performance | |
|---|---|
| File Compression | 308.7 seconds (lower is better) |
| Hard Drive File Operations | 88.8 seconds (lower is better) |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 129.8 seconds (lower is better) |
| Encoding Audio | 86.5 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 101.7 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| Working power usage | 13.8 Watt hours |
| WorldBench Green Score | 78 |
| Idle power usage | 113.8 Watts |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 97.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 97.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 97.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 220.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 97.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1024x768 | 233.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 215.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 206 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 64.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Ultra Quality, 2560x1600 | 113.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 2560x1600 | 94.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1024x768 | 285 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1680x1050 | 285.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 290 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 2560x1600 | 269.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1024x768 | 96.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1680x1050 | 96.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 95.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Gaming Score | 87 |
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