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Arbico's latest PC sacrifices elegance and design for raw performance at a good price

Review Date: 10 Jul 2009

Reviewed By: Mike Jennings

Price when reviewed: £695 (£799 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
3 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Motherboard
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
Motherboard chipset	Intel X58
Conventional PCI slots free	3
Conventional PCI slots total	3
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	1
PCI-E x1 slots total	1
Internal SATA connectors	6
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Hard disk
Hard disk	Samsung Spinpoint F1
Capacity	500GB
Hard disk usable capacity	465GB
Internal disk interface	SATA/300
Spindle speed	7,200RPM
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
Graphics card	ATI Radeon HD 4870
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	Low
Graphics chipset	ATi Radeon HD 4870
Graphics card RAM	1.00GB
DVI-I outputs	2
HDMI outputs	0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	0
DisplayPort outputs	0
Number of graphics cards	1

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)	11
FireWire ports	1
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	1
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	6

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	3

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

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	N/A

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows Vista

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	199W
Peak power consumption	329W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	1.96
Office application benchmark score	1.63
2D graphics application benchmark score	2.22
Encoding application benchmark score	1.66
Multitasking application benchmark score	2.35
3D performance (crysis) low settings	44fps
3D performance setting	Low