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Top-end components from start to finish make this a desirable - but expensive - PC.

Review Date: 23 Apr 2009

Reviewed By: Dave Stevenson

Price when reviewed: £1,413 (£1,625 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
6 stars out of 6

Value for Money
4 stars out of 6

Performance
6 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Memory
Memory type	DDR3
Memory sockets total	4

Hard disk
Capacity	1.00TB
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

Rear ports
USB ports (downstream)	9
FireWire ports	2
eSATA ports	1
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	1
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	1
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	6

Graphics card
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	Low
Graphics chipset	ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2
Graphics card RAM	1.00GB
DVI-I outputs	2
HDMI outputs	0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	0
DisplayPort outputs	0
Number of graphics cards	N/A

Monitor
Monitor make and model	N/A
Resolution screen horizontal	1,920
Resolution screen vertical	1,200
Resolution	1920 x 1200

Additional Peripherals
Speakers	Logitech X-540
Speaker type	5.1

Front ports
Front panel memory card reader

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	Logitech G15 keyboard, Logitech G9 mouse

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows Vista
Software supplied	None

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	216W
Peak power consumption	274W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	1.78
Office application benchmark score	1.47
2D graphics application benchmark score	2.00
Encoding application benchmark score	1.49
Multitasking application benchmark score	2.17
3D performance (crysis) low settings	86fps
3D performance setting	Low