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Velocity Micro Velocity Micro Vector GX Custom

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Pros
Good performance for a budget system
Cons
No digital audio outputs
LCD screen is a little dark

Velocity Micro Vector GX Campus Edition Review

by Richard Baguley

- The Velocity Micro Vector GX Campus Edition proves that a system equipped with Intel's new Core 2 processor doesn't have to be expensive. Priced at just $1099 as of July 13, 2006, it provides a lot of processing power. (The regular-edition Vector GX offers more options, but also costs more.) With a 2.13-GHz Core 2 Duo E6300 processor and 1GB of DDR2-800 RAM, the Vector GX scored a respectable 117 in WorldBench 5. That score is significantly below the marks posted by the more expensive 2.93-GHz Core 2 Extreme X6800-based systems we've tested, but it's an impressive score for a system priced under $1200. The Vector GX is also much faster than most similarly priced value PCs that have appeared on our chart in the past. (The system will go on sale on July 27 at the Velocity Micro Web site.)

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User Reviews for Velocity Micro Velocity Micro Vector GX Custom

Reviewed by: auto55

Duration of ownership: 1 Month

Strengths: Once fixed it's great!

Weaknesses: Initial build quality stinks! $249 for a 3-year at home extended warranty proved useless in the first week!

Overall Evaluation: Delivered about a month ago DOA (would not boot)! After I opened the case I found a ram module unseated. After securing module computer booted and ran but with a host of problems and would not shutdown properly (had to manually shutdown). A tech was dispatched promtly but did not perform the task ordered (total restore) so after he left the same problems existed. I could not afford the down time to ship back to Velocity to rebuild so I had a local tech diagnose and perform a XP clean install at my expense ($150). The machine now performs great although it should have out of the box. I was a loyal Dell customer who THOUGHT he was stepping up to a better class computer company but alas I was wrong! Nothing is perfect but when you pay good money ($1,500 for CPU only) and it is DOA and field tech doesn't solve problem I will not purchase from Velocity Micro again!

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