Pros
- Tremendous performance
- Plenty of expansion room inside case
Cons
- Low-capacity power supply
At A Glance
System outperformed our other value models by a wide margin; it's a great choice for media editing or gaming.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 25417 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 |
| Processor speed | 2400.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 2048.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 17.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | ViewSonic VP720b |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | ATI Radeon X1600 |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR2 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | none |
| Drive size | 250.0 GB |
| Other storage | Four-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 | 4.0 |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 0.0 |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 10.0 |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD±R DL/DVD±RW |
| Included Drives | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Home |
| 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 |
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| Slots | 4 |
| Parallel Port | Yes |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Midsize) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 3 |
| External Drive Bays | 7 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 148 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Superior |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 244 |
| Multitasking | 303 |
| WinZip | 209 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 477 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 360 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 243 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 205 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 227 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 210 |
| Adobe Premiere | 300 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 210 |
| Ahead Nero | 214 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 396 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Very Good |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 41.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 49.17 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 62.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 74.97 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 56.49 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 79.21 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 99.85 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 143.61 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 158.13 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 203.67 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 217.13 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 199.95 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 304.19 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 416.47 Frames per second (higher is better) |
