Pros
- Plenty of room to upgrade
- Toolless case design
Cons
- Expensive
At A Glance
Though this system is well-built system and offers a range of features, it seems expensive for the performance it provides.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 25275 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Athlon 64 FX-62 |
| Processor speed | 2800.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 2048.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 20.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | ViewSonic VG2021m |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | EVGA e-GeForce 7900 GT |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 300.0 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 | 2.0 |
| 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 | 16.0 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | DVD-ROM |
| 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 | 5 |
| Parallel Port | No |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 6 |
| External Drive Bays | 4 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 147 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Very Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 283 |
| Multitasking | 328 |
| WinZip | 226 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 484 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 373 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 238 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 210 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 268 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 224 |
| Adobe Premiere | 281 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 215 |
| Ahead Nero | 158 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 390 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Good |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 104.73 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 119.17 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 136.97 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 140.93 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 126.53 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 147.64 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 152.28 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 154.71 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 142.17 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 151.13 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 171.17 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 470.72 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 481.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 495.76 Frames per second (higher is better) |
