Pros
- Case mounts horizontally or vertically
- Reasonable performance for the price
Cons
- Limited internal expansion room
At A Glance
The inexpensive C521 is a solid performer; its compact design makes it a great fit for tight spaces.
Manufacturer’s Description
Make Room for Entertainment .Take back your desk with a PC that is 52% smaller than the E521 and all the AMD power you need.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | DDCWCA21 |
| Inventory Number | 25424 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Athlon 64 X2 3800+ |
| Processor speed | 2000.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 1024.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 17.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | Dell E177FP |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | ATI Radeon X1300 |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | none |
| Drive size | 160.0 GB |
| Other storage | Five-in-one media-card reader |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 0.0 |
| 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 Type | DVD±R DL/DVD±RW |
| Included Drives | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100 Mbps) |
| Five-in-one media-card reader | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
|
| Slots | 2 |
| Parallel Port | No |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Mini) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 1 |
| External Drive Bays | 2 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 95 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Fair |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 424 |
| Multitasking | 513 |
| WinZip | 411 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 559 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 588 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 362 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 305 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 361 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 323 |
| Adobe Premiere | 411 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 286 |
| Ahead Nero | 657 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 531 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Poor |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 13.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 16.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 23.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 30.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 18.69 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 29.74 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 34.44 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 57.51 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 48.13 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 76.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 106.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 90.84 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 140.94 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 183.72 Frames per second (higher is better) |
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