Pros
- Plenty of expansion room
Cons
- Case looks and feels cheap
At A Glance
A gaming system for buyers on a budget, this model provides fairly good performance at a very attractive price.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 25278 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Athlon 64 X2 3800+ |
| Processor speed | 2000.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 1024.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 19.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | Optiquest Q9 |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | EVGA e-GeForce 7600GS |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | none |
| Drive size | 250.0 GB |
| Other storage | Five-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 | 3.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 3.0 |
| 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 | 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 | 5 |
| Parallel Port | No |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 5 |
| External Drive Bays | 5 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 98 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Fair |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 425 |
| Multitasking | 509 |
| WinZip | 430 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 548 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 572 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 328 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 289 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 360 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 317 |
| Adobe Premiere | 389 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 283 |
| Ahead Nero | 499 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 530 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Very Good |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 38.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 47.17 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 75.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 84.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 48.92 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 75.86 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 94.42 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 110.97 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 127.87 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 131.43 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 140.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 283.16 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 330.22 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 344.38 Frames per second (higher is better) |
