At A Glance
The Area-51 ALX is a relatively fast, well-designed gaming PC for Intel fans with deep pockets.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 24715 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Pentium D 840 |
| Processor speed | 3200.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 1024.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 19.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | Samsung SyncMaster 930BF |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | EVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX (two cards) |
| Video Bus | PCI Express-SLI |
| Video Memory Type | DDR3-SDRAM |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 149.0 GB |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 0.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 1.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 3.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 4.0 |
| 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 | 4.0 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | DVD+R DL/DVD±RW |
| Included Drives | 2 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Professionalfessional |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Available Interfaces |
|
| Slots | 1 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower |
| Internal Drive Bays | 6 |
| External Drive Bays | 6 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 99 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 499 |
| Multitasking | 579 |
| WinZip | 364 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 527 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 518 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 305 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 361 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 280 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 320 |
| Ahead Nero | 411 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 513 |
| Adobe Premiere | 437 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 266 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Very Good |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 139 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 138 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 146 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 266 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 266 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 280 Frames per second (higher is better) |
