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Wired2Fire Hellspawn in Desktop PCs

Verdict

Record-breaking power in an excellent chassis and with decent peripherals too: a winning debut for Wired2Fire

Review Date: 3 Jun 2009

Price when reviewed: £1,099 (£1,264 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
6 stars out of 6

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
6 stars out of 6

Performance
6 stars out of 6

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Details
Part Code 254542
Review Date 3 Jun 2009
Price ex VAT £1,099
Price inc VAT £1,264
Overall rating 6 stars out of 6
Performance 6 stars out of 6
Features & Design 5 stars out of 6
Value for Money 6 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 1yr collect and return
Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity 1,000
RAM capacity 6.00GB
Screen size 22.0in
Processor
CPU family Intel Core i7
CPU nominal frequency 2.66GHz
CPU overclocked frequency 3.80GHz
Processor socket LGA 1366
HSF (heatsink-fan) Thermalright Ultra 120
Motherboard
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
Motherboard chipset Intel X58
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
Internal SATA connectors 8
Wired adapter speed 1,000Mbits/sec
Memory
Memory type DDR3
Memory sockets free 1
Memory sockets total 4
Hard disk
Capacity 1.00TB
Hard disk usable capacity 931GB
Internal disk interface SATA/300
Spindle speed 7,200RPM
Cache size 32MB
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 DGM L2254WD
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) 10
FireWire ports 1
PS/2 mouse port yes
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports 0
Modem no
3.5mm audio jacks 6
Graphics card
Graphics card ATI Radeon HD 4890
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? no
3D performance setting High
Graphics chipset ATI Radeon HD 4890
Graphics card RAM 1.00GB
DVI-I outputs 2
Number of graphics cards 1
Case
Chassis Antec 300
Case format Full tower
Dimensions 205 x 465 x 458mm (WDH)
Power supply
Power supply rating 600W
Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays 2
Front ports
Front panel USB ports 2
Front panel memory card reader no
Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard Logitech keyboard, Razer Death Adder mouse
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Vista
Noise and power
Idle power consumption 212W
Peak power consumption 320W
Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score 2.58
Office application benchmark score 2.34
2D graphics application benchmark score 2.73
Encoding application benchmark score 2.17
Multitasking application benchmark score 3.10
3D performance (crysis) low settings 49fps
3D performance setting High
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