Pros

  • Fast for an inexpensive system
  • Large amount of hard-drive space

Cons

  • No legacy ports
  • No SLI support

At A Glance

This overclocked water-cooled system is reasonably fast and nicely loaded.

The Specs

Pricing
Inventory Number 30279
Processor
Processor type Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800
Processor speed 2930.0 MHz
Memory
Memory size 2048.0 MB
Display
Included monitor No
Display size 22.0 inches
Monitor model number Samsung 225BW
Display type LCD
Graphics
Primary Graphics Chipset Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra
Video Bus PCI Express
Video Memory Type DDR3
Storage
Raid type RAID 0
Drive size 648.0 GB
Expansion slots
Open PCI Express X16 Slots 1.0
Open PCI Express X1 Slots 2.0
Number of PCI slots 2.0
Number of PCI-Express Slots 4.0
Green
Energy Star compliant 0.0
Optical Drive
Optical Drive Speed 8.0
Optical Drive Type DVD±RW
Second Optical Drive Speed 16.0
Second Optical Drive Type DVD-ROM
Included Drives 3
Included Software
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (64 bit)
Ports and Connections
Ethernet Type Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps)
Available Interfaces
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (rear) (x6)
  • USB - Universal Serial Bus (front) (x3)
  • FireWire Port (rear)
Slots 5
Parallel Port No
Case
Chassis style Tower (Midsize)
Internal Drive Bays 4
External Drive Bays 6

Performance

Overall Rating
WorldBench 6 Score 122
WorldBench 6 Rating Very Good
Office Productivity
Web Browsing 187  seconds (lower is better)
Office Suite Use 326  seconds (lower is better)
File Compression 222  seconds (lower is better)
Content Creation
Image Editing 303  seconds (lower is better)
GPU Graphics Rendering 320  seconds (lower is better)
CPU Graphics Rendering 301  seconds (lower is better)
Video Encoding 178  seconds (lower is better)
DVD Burning 556  seconds (lower is better)
Video Editing 193  seconds (lower is better)
Multitasking
World Bench 6 Multitasking 214
Gaming
Overall Graphics Score Superior