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Advent AIO-101 in Desktop PCs
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Verdict
A good range of media features and better-than-nettop performance, but it's not up to the quality of the competition
Review Date: 16 Jun 2009
Price when reviewed: £590 (£679 inc VAT)
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| Details | |
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| Part Code | AIO-101 |
| Review Date | 16 Jun 2009 |
| Price ex VAT | £590 |
| Price inc VAT | £679 |
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| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty final | 1 yr return to base |
| Basic specifications | |
|---|---|
| Total hard disk capacity | 320 |
| RAM capacity | 4.00GB |
| Screen size | 18.4in |
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| CPU family | AMD |
| CPU nominal frequency | 1.50GHz |
| CPU overclocked frequency | N/A |
| Motherboard | |
|---|---|
| Conventional PCI slots free | 0 |
| PCI-E x16 slots free | 0 |
| PCI-E x8 slots free | 0 |
| PCI-E x4 slots free | 0 |
| PCI-E x1 slots free | 0 |
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| Memory | |
|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 |
| Hard disk | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 320GB |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Optical drive | Samsung TS-L633A |
| Optical disc technology | DVD writer |
| Monitor | |
|---|---|
| Resolution screen horizontal | 1,680 |
| Resolution screen vertical | 945 |
| Resolution | 1680 x 945 |
| DVI inputs | 0 |
| HDMI inputs | 0 |
| VGA inputs | 0 |
| DisplayPort inputs | 0 |
| Rear ports | |
|---|---|
| USB ports (downstream) | 3 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 3D performance setting | Low |
| Graphics chipset | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 |
| DVI-I outputs | 1 |
| HDMI outputs | 0 |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 0 |
| DisplayPort outputs | 0 |
| Additional Peripherals | |
|---|---|
| Speakers | N/A |
| Speaker type | Stereo |
| Case | |
|---|---|
| Case format | All-in-one |
| Dimensions | 446 x 215 x 372mm (WDH) |
| Mouse & Keyboard | |
|---|---|
| Mouse and keyboard | Wired keyboard and mouse |
| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| OS family | Windows Vista |
| Noise and power | |
|---|---|
| Idle power consumption | 41W |
| Peak power consumption | 58W |
| Performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Overall application benchmark score | 0.64 |
| Office application benchmark score | 0.57 |
| 2D graphics application benchmark score | 0.76 |
| Encoding application benchmark score | 0.60 |
| Multitasking application benchmark score | 0.61 |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | 8fps |
| 3D performance setting | Low |
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