Value PC winner
Chillblast Fusion Elixir
Verdict
An extremely impressive budget PC that's a jack of all trades - and a master of those that really matter at this price
Review Date: 9 Feb 2012
Price when reviewed: £499
Overall Rating
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Comparison
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Chillblast Fusion Elixir
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Acer Revo 100
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| Part Code | Fusion Elixir | RL100 |
| Review Date | 9 Feb 2012 | 25 Jan 2011 |
| Price ex VAT | £499 | £458 |
| Price inc VAT | £599 | £550 |
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| Warranty | ||
| Warranty | 1 yr return to base | |
| Basic specifications | ||
| Total hard disk capacity | 1,000GB | 500GB |
| RAM capacity | 8.00GB | 2.00GB |
| Processor | ||
| CPU family | Intel Core i5 | AMD Athlon |
| CPU nominal frequency | 3.30GHz | 1.30GHz |
| CPU overclocked frequency | 4.50GHz | |
| Processor socket | LGA 1155 | |
| HSF (heatsink-fan) | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2 | |
| Motherboard | ||
| Motherboard | Asus P8Z68-V LE | |
| Motherboard chipset | Intel Z68 | |
| Conventional PCI slots free | 3 | |
| Conventional PCI slots total | 3 | |
| PCI-E x16 slots free | 1 | |
| PCI-E x16 slots total | 2 | |
| PCI-E x1 slots free | 1 | |
| PCI-E x1 slots total | 2 | |
| Internal SATA connectors | 4 | |
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| Memory | ||
| Memory type | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Memory sockets free | 2 | |
| Memory sockets total | 4 | |
| Hard disk | ||
| Hard disk | Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000.C | Western Digital Caviar Blue |
| Capacity | 1.00TB | 500GB |
| Hard disk usable capacity | 931GB | 450GB |
| Internal disk interface | SATA/300 | |
| Spindle speed | 7,200RPM | |
| Cache size | 32MB | |
| Drives | ||
| Optical drive | Sony Optiarc AD-5280S | HL-DT-ST CT21N |
| Optical disc technology | DVD writer | Blu-ray reader/DVD writer combo |
| Graphics card | ||
| Graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 6850 | Nvidia Ion 2 |
| Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? |
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| 3D performance setting | Low | Low |
| Graphics chipset | AMD Radeon HD 6850 | Nvidia Ion 2 |
| Graphics card RAM | 1.00GB | |
| DVI-I outputs | 2 | 0 |
| HDMI outputs | 1 | 1 |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 0 | 0 |
| DisplayPort outputs | 1 | 0 |
| Number of graphics cards | 1 | |
| Rear ports | ||
| USB ports (downstream) | 7 | 3 |
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| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 1 | 1 |
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| 3.5mm audio jacks | 8 | 2 |
| Case | ||
| Chassis | EZCool A200D | |
| Case format | Full tower | |
| Dimensions | 191 x 475 x 440mm (WDH) | 300 x 182 x 29mm (WDH) |
| Power supply | ||
| Power supply | EZCool JSP-650 | |
| Power supply rating | 650W | |
| Free drive bays | ||
| Free front panel 5.25in bays | 3 | |
| Front ports | ||
| Front panel USB ports | 3 | |
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| Operating system and software | ||
| OS family | Windows 7 | Windows 7 |
| Software supplied | Acer Clear.fi | |
| Noise and power | ||
| Idle power consumption | 102W | 22W |
| Peak power consumption | 357W | 29W |
| Performance tests | ||
| Overall application benchmark score | 0.59 | |
| Office application benchmark score | 0.51 | |
| 2D graphics application benchmark score | 0.75 | |
| Encoding application benchmark score | 0.58 | |
| Multitasking application benchmark score | 0.54 | |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | 197fps | 8fps |
| 3D performance setting | Low | Low |
| Overall Real World Benchmark score | 1.10 | |
| Responsiveness score | 1.05 | |
| Media score | 1.14 | |
| Multitasking score | 1.10 | |
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