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VeryPC Fulwood review

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Verdict

The greenest PC we've ever seen, and a decent media centre to boot, but it's a touch too expensive.

Review Date: 30 Sep 2008

Reviewed By: Mike Jennings

Price when reviewed: £847 (£974 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
4 stars out of 6

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code Fulwood
Review Date 30 Sep 2008
Price ex VAT £847
Price inc VAT £974
Overall rating 4 stars out of 6
Performance 5 stars out of 6
Features & Design 5 stars out of 6
Value for Money 3 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty 3 year(s) return to base
Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity 250
RAM capacity 2.00GB
Screen size N/A
Processor
CPU family Intel Core 2 Duo
CPU nominal frequency 2.53GHz
CPU overclocked frequency N/A
Processor socket Socket P
Motherboard
Conventional PCI slots free 0
Conventional PCI slots total 0
PCI-E x16 slots free 0
PCI-E x16 slots total 0
PCI-E x8 slots free 0
PCI-E x8 slots total 0
PCI-E x4 slots free 0
PCI-E x4 slots total 0
PCI-E x1 slots free 0
PCI-E x1 slots total 0
Wired adapter speed 1,000Mbits/sec
Memory
Memory type DDR2
Memory sockets free 0
Memory sockets total 2
Hard disk
Capacity 250GB
Hard disk usable capacity 250GB
Internal disk interface SATA
Spindle speed 5,400RPM
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 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) 6
eSATA ports 1
PS/2 mouse port no
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports 0
Modem no
3.5mm audio jacks 0
Graphics card
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? no
3D performance setting High
Graphics chipset Intel GMA X4500HD
DVI-I outputs 1
HDMI outputs 0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 0
Number of graphics cards N/A
Monitor
Monitor make and model N/A
Resolution screen horizontal N/A
Resolution screen vertical N/A
Resolution N/A x N/A
Pixel response time N/A
Contrast ratio N/A
Screen brightness N/A
DVI inputs N/A
HDMI inputs N/A
VGA inputs N/A
DisplayPort inputs N/A
Additional Peripherals
Speakers N/A
Speaker type N/A
Sound card N/A
Peripherals N/A
Case
Case format Mini ITX
Dimensions 170 x 170 x 58mm (WDH)
Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays 0
Front ports
Front panel USB ports 2
Front panel memory card reader no
Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard N/A
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Vista
Noise and power
Idle power consumption 17W
Peak power consumption 37W
Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score 1.31
Office application benchmark score 1.33
2D graphics application benchmark score 1.37
Encoding application benchmark score 1.08
Multitasking application benchmark score 1.46
3D performance (crysis) low settings 0fps
3D performance setting High
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