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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

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!

What You Should Know about the Velocity Micro Vector GX Custom

A PC With Little Included RAM Can Do Light Work

This system offers less than 1GB of memory, which is the bare minimum that any full-featured new computer should include. Whether this amount of RAM is optimal for you depends on the PC's operating system: Windows Vista and Apple's Mac OS X don't run well with less than 1GB, Windows XP is fine with 512MB and not too bad with 384MB, and Windows 98 is good with 256MB. Depending on the distribution, Linux can run with as little as 128MB, but most Linux users are better off with at least 512MB--and 1GB is better.

The more installed memory your PC has, the more applications you can run smoothly at once, and the better the system will perform. Upgrading memory in a desktop after you purchase the PC is a snap, but usually it's worthwhile to buy the amount of memory you want preinstalled with the system.

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