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Advent PQG-9002 review

Verdict

Not a bad budget low-power PC, but the roar of the CPU fan makes it a poor choice for the media tasks to which it should be suited

Review Date: 25 Aug 2009

Reviewed By: Mike Jennings

Price when reviewed: £452 (£520 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
2 stars out of 6

Value for Money
4 stars out of 6

Performance
3 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code	PQG-9002
Review Date	25 Aug 2009
Price ex VAT	£452
Price inc VAT	£520
Overall rating
Performance
Features & Design
Value for Money

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity	640
RAM capacity	4.00GB
Screen size	N/A

Processor
CPU family	AMD Phenom
CPU nominal frequency	1.80GHz
CPU overclocked frequency	N/A
Processor socket	AM2
HSF (heatsink-fan)	Cooler Master CM12V

Motherboard
Motherboard	Foxconn A7VMX-K
Motherboard chipset	AMD 780V
Conventional PCI slots free	1
Conventional PCI slots total	2
PCI-E x16 slots free	0
PCI-E x16 slots total	1
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	4
Internal floppy connectors	1
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Memory
Memory type	DDR2
Memory sockets free	0
Memory sockets total	2

Hard disk
Hard disk	Western Digital Caviar Blue
Capacity	640GB
Hard disk usable capacity	598GB
Internal disk interface	SATA/300
Spindle speed	7,200RPM
Cache size	16MB
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	DVD writer
Optical disk 2 make and model	N/A
Optical disk 3 make and model	N/A

Graphics card
Graphics card	ATI Radeon HD 4350
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	Low
Graphics chipset	ATI Radeon HD 4350
Graphics card RAM	512MB
DVI-I outputs	1
HDMI outputs	1
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	1
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)	6
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	3

Additional Peripherals
Speakers	N/A
Speaker type	N/A
Sound card	Realtek HD audio
Peripherals	N/A

Case
Case format	Full tower
Dimensions	180 x 454 x 360mm (WDH)

Power supply
Power supply rating	350W

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	1

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

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	Advent wired keyboard and mouse

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows Vista

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	85W
Peak power consumption	121W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	1.07
Office application benchmark score	0.83
2D graphics application benchmark score	1.28
Encoding application benchmark score	0.89
Multitasking application benchmark score	1.29
3D performance (crysis) low settings	37fps
3D performance setting	Low

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From around the web

I must disagree with the value rating, 4* is far too high. The parts for this, excluding the now obsolete cpu, can be sourced for around £300 including a copy of Vista Home Premium.
A superior Phenom x4 9650 2.3GHz cpu adds £85 to the price.
Socket AM2+ with DDR2 memory is old technology. This must have been a very cheap unit for DSGi/Advent to source and £520 retail is ridiculous.

By nutalpa on 26 Aug 2009

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