Pros
- Easy-access to components for upgrading
Cons
- Bundled LCD was too dark for games
At A Glance
Gamers and power users who crave top performance and need easy upgrades will like this system’s design and price.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 24811 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Athlon 64 FX-60 |
| Processor speed | 2600.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 2048.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 19.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | Hyundai L90D+ |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | EVGA e-GeForce 7800 GTX (two cards) |
| Video Bus | PCI Express-SLI |
| Video Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 398.0 GB |
| Other storage | Four-in-one media-card reader |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 1.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 1.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 1.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 2.0 |
| 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 | 16.0 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | DVD-ROM/CD-RW |
| Included Drives | 3 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Professionalfessional |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Four-in-one media card reader or Four-in-one media-card reader | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
|
| Slots | 2 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 4 |
| External Drive Bays | 6 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 140 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 283 |
| Multitasking | 345 |
| WinZip | 240 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 513 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 417 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 255 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 230 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 282 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 241 |
| Adobe Premiere | 295 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 236 |
| Ahead Nero | 159 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 409 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Good |
| Overall Graphics Comments | Monitor does not support 1600-by-1200 resolution |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 98.97 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 111.97 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 114.23 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 111.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 129.24 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 129.87 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 130.34 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 130.12 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 149.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 150.33 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 157 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 404.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 411.77 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 421.58 Frames per second (higher is better) |
