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Zoostorm Core 2 Quad Q6600 Advanced Premium PC in Desktop PCs

Verdict

Certainly favours power over features and comfort, but a quad-core CPU at this price is attractive indeed.

Review Date: 4 Mar 2008

Price when reviewed: £425 (£489 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
4 stars out of 6

Features & Design
3 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
4 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code 3364-2354
Review Date 4 Mar 2008
Price ex VAT £425
Price inc VAT £489
Overall rating 4 stars out of 6
Performance 4 stars out of 6
Features & Design 3 stars out of 6
Value for Money 5 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 1 year(s) return to base
Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity 250
RAM capacity 2.00GB
Screen size 19.0in
Processor
CPU family Intel Core 2 Quad
CPU nominal frequency 2.40GHz
CPU overclocked frequency N/A
Processor socket LGA 775
HSF (heatsink-fan) Akasa
Motherboard
Motherboard ECS G33M-T
Conventional PCI slots free 2
PCI-E x16 slots free 1
PCI-E x1 slots free 1
Internal SATA connectors 2
Memory
Memory type DDR2
Hard disk
Hard disk Western Digital WD2500
Capacity 250GB
Hard disk 2 make and model N/A
Hard disk 2 nominal capacity N/A
Hard disk 2 formatted capacity N/A
Hard disk 2 spindle speed N/A
Hard disk 2 cache size N/A
Hard disk 3 make and model N/A
Hard disk 3 nominal capacity N/A
Hard disk 4 make and model N/A
Hard disk 4 nominal capacity N/A
Drives
Optical drive Toshiba
Optical disc technology DVD writer
Optical disk 2 make and model N/A
Optical disk 3 make and model N/A
Rear ports
USB ports (downstream) 7
PS/2 mouse port yes
Graphics card
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? no
3D performance setting N/A
Graphics chipset Intel GMA X3100
DVI-I outputs 0
HDMI outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 0
Number of graphics cards N/A
Monitor
Monitor make and model Cibox C1905
Resolution screen horizontal 1,440
Resolution screen vertical 900
Resolution 1440 x 900
DVI inputs 0
HDMI inputs 0
VGA inputs 1
DisplayPort inputs 0
Additional Peripherals
Speakers Genius
Speaker type Stereo
Case
Case format Full tower
Front ports
Front panel USB ports 3
Front panel memory card reader yes
Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard Microsoft
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Vista
Noise and power
Idle power consumption 58W
Peak power consumption 117W
Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score 1.29
Office application benchmark score 1.08
2D graphics application benchmark score 1.54
Encoding application benchmark score 1.08
Multitasking application benchmark score 1.46
3D performance (crysis) low settings Fail
3D performance setting N/A
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