Lenovo ThinkCentre M58 review
in Desktop PCs
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Verdict
Solid engineering, a surprisingly fast specification and a reasonable price - Lenovo strikes gold with its latest business desktop.
Review Date: 28 Jan 2009
Reviewed By: Jonathan Bray
Price when reviewed: £513 (£590 inc VAT)
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Overall Rating
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Part Code | SJDADUK |
| Review Date | 28 Jan 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £513 |
| Price inc VAT | £590 |
| Overall rating |
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| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty | 3 yr return to base |
| Basic specifications | |
|---|---|
| Total hard disk capacity | 500 |
| RAM capacity | 2.00GB |
| Screen size | N/A |
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| CPU family | Intel Core 2 Quad |
| CPU nominal frequency | 2.33GHz |
| CPU overclocked frequency | N/A |
| Processor socket | LGA 775 |
| Motherboard | |
|---|---|
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| Memory | |
|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 |
| Memory sockets free | 3 |
| Memory sockets total | 4 |
| Hard disk | |
|---|---|
| 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 | DVD writer |
| Optical disk 2 make and model | N/A |
| Optical disk 3 make and model | N/A |
| Rear ports | |
|---|---|
| USB ports (downstream) | 8 |
| eSATA ports | 1 |
| PS/2 mouse port |
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| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 0 |
| Graphics card | |
|---|---|
| Graphics card | N/A |
| Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? |
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| Graphics chipset | Intel GMA 4500 |
| DVI-I outputs | 0 |
| HDMI outputs | 0 |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 1 |
| DisplayPort outputs | 0 |
| Number of graphics cards | 0 |
| 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 | Intel HD Audio |
| Case | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 312 x 358 x 101mm (WDH) |
| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| OS family | Windows Vista |
| Performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Overall application benchmark score | 1.30 |
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