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A poor choice of components leaves it short on both value and innovation.

Review Date: 24 Mar 2009

Reviewed By: David Bayon

Price when reviewed: £243 (£279 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
2 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
2 stars out of 6

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

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

Hard disk
Capacity	640GB
Internal disk interface	SATA
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

Graphics card
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	N/A
Graphics chipset	Intel GMA 950
DVI-I outputs	0
HDMI outputs	0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	1
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

Rear ports
USB ports (downstream)	6
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Modem

Case
Case format	Mini ITX
Dimensions	65 x 240 x 300mm (WDH)

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	0

Front ports
Front panel USB ports	2
Front panel memory card reader

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	Wired keyboard and mouse

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows XP

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	30W
Peak power consumption	51W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	0.38
Office application benchmark score	0.45
2D graphics application benchmark score	0.33
Encoding application benchmark score	0.37
Multitasking application benchmark score	0.38
3D performance (crysis) low settings	Fail
3D performance setting	N/A