Pros
- Excellent performance and upgradeability
Cons
- Midrange graphics card slows frame rates
At A Glance
Excellent performance and an upgradeable SLI motherboard make this fast system a good choice for power users.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 24865 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Athlon 64 X2 4200+ |
| Processor speed | 2200.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 2048.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 19.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | LG 1930B |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | Nvidia GeForce 6600 |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR2 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 400.0 GB |
| Other storage | Five-in-one media-card reader |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 1.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 2.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 3.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 4.0 |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 0.0 |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 5.0 |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD+R DL/DVD±RW |
| Second Optical Drive Speed | 16.0 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | DVD-ROM/CD-RW |
| Included Drives | 2 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Professionalfessional |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Five-in-one media-card reader | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots | 4 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 4 |
| External Drive Bays | 6 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 118 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Superior |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 418 |
| Multitasking | 495 |
| WinZip | 291 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 541 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 483 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 297 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 273 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 333 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 307 |
| Adobe Premiere | 349 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 268 |
| Ahead Nero | 174 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 480 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Very Good |
| Overall Graphics Comments | Monitor does not support 1600-by-1200 resolution. |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 19.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 24.07 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 46.13 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 54.03 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 22.98 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 37.44 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 50.59 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 74.57 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 95.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 124.67 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 129.47 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 135.63 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 197.21 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 229.13 Frames per second (higher is better) |
