Pros

  • Inexpensive price.

Cons

  • LCD screen can't be adjusted
  • No FireWire or surround-sound support

At A Glance

The dx2200 is a good pick if you're looking for a small, no-frills business system, but it lacks media features.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number EN218UT
Inventory Number 25427
Processor
Processor type Pentium 4 524
Processor speed 3060.0 MHz
Memory
Memory size 512.0 MB
Display
Included monitor No
Display size 17.0 inches
Monitor model number HP L1706
Display type LCD
Graphics
Primary Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress X300
Video Bus Integrated
Video Memory Type Using main memory
Storage
Raid type none
Drive size 80.0 GB
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 2.0
Green
Energy Star compliant 0.0
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Speed 16.0
Optical Drive Type DVD-ROM/CD-RW
Included Drives 1
Included Software
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professionalfessional
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type Ethernet (10/100 Mbps)
Available Interfaces
  • Parallel - 25 pin D-shell (IEEE 1284A)
  • Serial Port
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (front) (x2)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (rear) (x4)
Slots 4
Parallel Port Yes
Case
Chassis style Tower (Mini)
Internal Drive Bays 2
External Drive Bays 3

Performance

Overall Rating
World Bench 5 Score 80
World Bench 5 Word Score Poor
Office Productivity
Mozilla 581
Multitasking 799
WinZip 435
Microsoft Office XP 553
Content Creation
ACD Systems ACDSee 631
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL 666
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX 406
Adobe Photoshop 402
Windows Media Encoder 414
Adobe Premiere 589
Roxio VideoWave 322
Ahead Nero 858
Musicmatch Jukebox 539
Gaming
Overall Graphics Score Poor
Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 2.7  Frames per second (higher is better)
Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 3.2  Frames per second (higher is better)
Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 7.3  Frames per second (higher is better)
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 8.8  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 5.97  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 9.45  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 12.68  Frames per second (higher is better)
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 19  Frames per second (higher is better)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 22.9  Frames per second (higher is better)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 33.77  Frames per second (higher is better)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit 42.27  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit 31.65  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit 51.37  Frames per second (higher is better)
Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit 88.95  Frames per second (higher is better)