Pros
- Room for expansion
Cons
- Design not appropriate for living room
At A Glance
The d4100e is a great choice for the multimedia fan who also wants a powerful workhorse PC.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 24691 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Athlon 64 X2 4200+ |
| Processor speed | 2200.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 1024.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 21.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | HP f2105 |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | Asus Extreme N6800 |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | none |
| Drive size | 660.0 GB |
| Other storage | Five-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 | 5.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 1.0 |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 0.0 |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 8.0 |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD+R DL/DVD±RW |
| Second Optical Drive Speed | 16.0 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | DVD-ROM |
| Included Drives | 2 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) |
| Five-in-one media-card reader | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots | 3 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 3 |
| External Drive Bays | 6 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 102 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 431 |
| Multitasking | 508 |
| WinZip | 358 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 533 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 574 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 304 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 354 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 272 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 300 |
| Ahead Nero | 464 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 489 |
| Adobe Premiere | 388 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 274 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Very Good |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 125 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 129 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 134 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 260 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 312 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 330 Frames per second (higher is better) |
