Pros
- Strong performance; easy upgrades
Cons
- Limited documentation
At A Glance
Strong performance and expandability make this console Media Center PC a good choice for living room or office.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 24740 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Pentium D 830 |
| Processor speed | 3000.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 1024.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 19.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | ViewSonic VX924 |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | Nvidia GeForce 6600 |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | none |
| Drive size | 250.0 GB |
| Other storage | Five-in-one media-card reader |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 0.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 2.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 3.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 3.0 |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 0.0 |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 16.0 |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD±R DL/DVD±RW |
| Second Optical Drive Speed | 16.0 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | DVD-ROM |
| Included Drives | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Five-in-one media-card reader | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots | 2 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Desktop |
| Internal Drive Bays | 5 |
| External Drive Bays | 3 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 89 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Fair |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 571 |
| Multitasking | 657 |
| WinZip | 414 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 566 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 590 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 347 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 325 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 389 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 336 |
| Adobe Premiere | 500 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 278 |
| Ahead Nero | 503 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 548 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Good |
| Overall Graphics Comments | The LCD does not support 1600 x 1200 |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 44.37 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 50.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 45.83 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 52.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 44.44 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 63.96 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 50.67 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 72 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 94 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 115 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 120 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 135 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 198 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 221 Frames per second (higher is better) |
