Pros
- Has high-end gaming keyboard and mouse
- Strong gaming performance
Cons
- Expensive
At A Glance
The pricey Area-51 7500 is a stylish, speedy system for those who want top notch performance.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 25497 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 |
| Processor speed | 2670.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 2048.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 20.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | Samsung 204B |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | EVGA e-GeForce 7950 GT |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 800.0 GB |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 2.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 2.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 2.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 5.0 |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 0.0 |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 8.0 |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD±R DL/DVD±RW |
| Included Drives | 3 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots | 5 |
| Parallel Port | No |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower |
| Internal Drive Bays | 4 |
| External Drive Bays | 3 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 161 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Very Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 238 |
| Multitasking | 274 |
| WinZip | 192 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 486 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 336 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 223 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 203 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 215 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 207 |
| Adobe Premiere | 265 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 201 |
| Ahead Nero | 153 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 359 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Very Good |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 113.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 128.93 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 161.33 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 163.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 144.19 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 184.01 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 199.06 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 206.64 Frames per second (higher is better) |
