Pros
- Attractive silver-and-white design
Cons
- Untidy interior hampers upgrades
At A Glance
Clean-looking system for home media and general computing tasks; includes LightScribe for labeling discs.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 24362 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Pentium 4 560 |
| Processor speed | 3600.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 512.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 19.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | HP Vs19c |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | Nvidia GeForce 6600 |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | none |
| Drive size | 160.0 GB |
| Other storage | Four-in-one media-card reader |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 0.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 0.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 3.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 1.0 |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 0.0 |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 4.0 |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD+R DL/DVD±RW |
| Second Optical Drive Speed | 48.0 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | CD-ROM |
| Included Drives | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Home |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) |
| Four-in-one media card reader or Four-in-one media-card reader | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots | 2 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 1 |
| External Drive Bays | 2 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 89 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Very Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 539 |
| Multitasking | 711 |
| WinZip | 374 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 562 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 595 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 321 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 367 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 313 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 360 |
| Ahead Nero | 670 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 463 |
| Adobe Premiere | 497 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 286 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Very Good |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 92.03 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 121.03 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 124.97 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 120.23 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 182.55 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 223.44 Frames per second (higher is better) |
