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Mesh Stylus in Desktop PCs

Verdict

Fantastic performance and superb value, but undermined a little by noise and an average monitor.

Review Date: 8 Oct 2008

Price when reviewed: £681 (£783 inc VAT)

Buy it now for: £79.97

Overall Rating
5 stars out of 6

Features & Design
4 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

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Details
Part Code Stylus
Review Date 8 Oct 2008
Price ex VAT £681
Price inc VAT £783
Overall rating 5 stars out of 6
Performance 5 stars out of 6
Features & Design 4 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 500
RAM capacity 4.00GB
Screen size 22.0in
Processor
CPU family Intel Core 2 Duo
CPU nominal frequency 3.16GHz
CPU overclocked frequency N/A
Processor socket LGA 775
HSF (heatsink-fan) Intel low profile cooler
Motherboard
Motherboard Asus P5N-MX
Motherboard chipset Nvidia nForce 610i
Conventional PCI slots free 1
Conventional PCI slots total 1
PCI-E x16 slots free 0
PCI-E x16 slots total 1
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
Internal SATA connectors 4
Wired adapter speed 1,000Mbits/sec
Memory
Memory type DDR2
Memory sockets free 2
Memory sockets total 4
Hard disk
Capacity 500GB
Hard disk usable capacity 500GB
Internal disk interface SATA/300
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 Blu-ray reader
Optical disk 2 make and model N/A
Optical disk 3 make and model N/A
Monitor
Monitor make and model Hanns.G Hi221DP
Resolution screen horizontal 1,680
Resolution screen vertical 1,050
Resolution 1680 x 1050
DVI inputs 1
HDMI inputs 0
VGA inputs 1
DisplayPort inputs 0
Rear ports
USB ports (downstream) 6
FireWire ports 1
PS/2 mouse port no
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports 0
Modem no
Graphics card
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? no
3D performance setting High
Graphics chipset Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX+
Graphics card RAM 512MB
DVI-I outputs 2
HDMI outputs 0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 0
Number of graphics cards N/A
Additional Peripherals
Speakers Logitech S220
Speaker type 2.1
Case
Chassis Silverstone Sugo SST-SG02-F
Case format Micro ATX
Dimensions 270 x 393 x 212mm (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 Logitech Cordless Keyboard and Mouse
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Vista
Noise and power
Idle power consumption 102W
Peak power consumption 205W
Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score 1.61
Office application benchmark score 1.68
2D graphics application benchmark score 1.72
Encoding application benchmark score 1.36
Multitasking application benchmark score 1.69
3D performance (crysis) low settings 35fps
3D performance setting High
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