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A spacious and upgrade-friendly case, with some powerful components inside. It's a touch too dear, though

Review Date: 4 Sep 2009

Reviewed By: David Bayon

Price when reviewed: £544 (£625 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
4 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

Warranty
Warranty	1yr on-site + 2yrs parts

Motherboard
Motherboard	ECS Q45T-AM
Motherboard chipset	Intel Q45 Express
Conventional PCI slots free	2
Conventional PCI slots total	2
PCI-E x16 slots free	1
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	6
Internal SAS connectors	0
Internal PATA connectors	1
Internal floppy connectors	1
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Hard disk
Hard disk	Seagate Barracuda 7200.11
Capacity	320GB
Hard disk usable capacity	283GB
Internal disk interface	SATA 300
Spindle speed	7,200RPM
Cache size	8MB
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	N/A
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	N/A
Graphics chipset	Intel GMA 4500
DVI-I outputs	1
HDMI outputs	0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	1
DisplayPort outputs	0
Number of graphics cards	0

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)	10
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	6

Case
Case format	Midi tower
Dimensions	180 x 440 x 352mm (WDH)

Power supply
Power supply	Delta DPS-300AB-39
Power supply rating	300W

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	1

Front ports
Front panel USB ports	4
Front panel memory card reader

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	Gateway mouse and keyboard

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows Vista
Recovery method	Recovery partition

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	33W
Peak power consumption	54W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	1.48
Office application benchmark score	1.56
2D graphics application benchmark score	1.58
Encoding application benchmark score	1.31
Multitasking application benchmark score	1.49
3D performance (crysis) low settings	N/A
3D performance setting	N/A