Yoyotech Water Dragon 3.6 review
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Verdict
AMD's new CPU and GPUs combine with great effect, returning superb benchmark results
Review Date: 1 Apr 2009
Reviewed By: Mike Jennings
Price when reviewed: £756 (£869 inc VAT)
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| Details | |
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| Part Code | Water Dragon 3.6 |
| Review Date | 1 Apr 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £756 |
| Price inc VAT | £869 |
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| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty | 1 yr return to base |
| Basic specifications | |
|---|---|
| Total hard disk capacity | 750 |
| RAM capacity | 4.00GB |
| Screen size | N/A |
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| CPU family | AMD |
| CPU nominal frequency | 2.80GHz |
| CPU overclocked frequency | 3.60GHz |
| Processor socket | Socket AM2+ |
| HSF (heatsink-fan) | CoolIT Domino ALC water-cooling |
| Motherboard | |
|---|---|
| Conventional PCI slots free | 2 |
| Conventional PCI slots total | 2 |
| PCI-E x16 slots free | 1 |
| PCI-E x16 slots total | 2 |
| 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 | 2 |
| PCI-E x1 slots total | 2 |
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| Memory | |
|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory sockets total | 4 |
| Hard disk | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 750GB |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Optical disc technology | Blu-ray reader |
| Rear ports | |
|---|---|
| USB ports (downstream) | 10 |
| FireWire ports | 1 |
| eSATA ports | 1 |
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 1 |
| Modem |
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| Graphics card | |
|---|---|
| Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? |
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| 3D performance setting | Low |
| Graphics chipset | ATI Radeon HD 4890 |
| 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 |
| Additional Peripherals | |
|---|---|
| Speakers | N/A |
| Speaker type | N/A |
| Sound card | N/A |
| Peripherals | None |
| Case | |
|---|---|
| Chassis | Cooler Master 960 |
| Case format | Full tower |
| Dimensions | 213 x 525 x 482mm (WDH) |
| Front ports | |
|---|---|
| Front panel memory card reader |
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| Mouse & Keyboard | |
|---|---|
| Mouse and keyboard | N/A |
| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| OS family | Windows Vista |
| Noise and power | |
|---|---|
| Idle power consumption | 164W |
| Peak power consumption | 358W |
| Performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Overall application benchmark score | 2.08 |
| Office application benchmark score | 1.62 |
| 2D graphics application benchmark score | 2.39 |
| Encoding application benchmark score | 1.75 |
| Multitasking application benchmark score | 2.58 |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | 113fps |
| 3D performance setting | Low |
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