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

Features & Design

Value for Money

Performance


| Details | |
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| Part Code | Stylus |
| Review Date | 8 Oct 2008 |
| Price ex VAT | £681 |
| Price inc VAT | £783 |
| Overall rating |
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| Performance |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| 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 |
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| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 0 |
| Modem |
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| Graphics card | |
|---|---|
| Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? |
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| 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 |
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| 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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