MSI Wind Top AE2020 review
Verdict
A decent specification and good design for the price, but the quality just isn't up to scratch
Review Date: 8 Feb 2010
Reviewed By: Mike Jennings
Price when reviewed: £504 (£592 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
| Part Code |
AE2020 |
| Review Date |
8 Feb 2010 |
| Price ex VAT |
£504
|
| Price inc VAT |
£592
|
| Overall rating |
|
| Performance |
|
| Features & Design |
|
| Value for Money |
|
| Warranty |
2 yr return to base
|
| Total hard disk capacity |
320
|
| RAM capacity |
3.00GB
|
| Screen size |
20.0in
|
| CPU family |
Intel Pentium
|
| CPU nominal frequency |
2.10GHz
|
| CPU overclocked frequency |
N/A
|
| Processor socket |
Socket P
|
| Conventional PCI slots free |
0
|
| Conventional PCI slots total |
0
|
| PCI-E x16 slots free |
0
|
| PCI-E x16 slots total |
0
|
| 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 |
0
|
| PCI-E x1 slots total |
0
|
| Internal SATA connectors |
2
|
| Wired adapter speed |
1,000Mbits/sec
|
| Memory type |
DDR2
|
| Memory sockets free |
0
|
| Memory sockets total |
2
|
| Hard disk |
Western Digital Caviar Blue
|
| Capacity |
320GB
|
| Hard disk usable capacity |
298GB
|
| 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
|
| Optical drive |
LG GT10N
|
| Optical disc technology |
DVD writer
|
| Optical disk 2 make and model |
N/A
|
| Optical disk 3 make and model |
N/A
|
| USB ports (downstream) |
6
|
| eSATA ports |
1
|
| PS/2 mouse port |
|
| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports |
1
|
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports |
0
|
| Modem |
|
| 3.5mm audio jacks |
2
|
| Graphics card |
Nvidia GeForce 9400M
|
| Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? |
|
| 3D performance setting |
Low
|
| Graphics chipset |
Nvidia GeForce 9400M
|
| Graphics card RAM |
256MB
|
| DVI-I outputs |
0
|
| HDMI outputs |
1
|
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs |
1
|
| DisplayPort outputs |
0
|
| Number of graphics cards |
1
|
| Resolution screen horizontal |
1,600
|
| Resolution screen vertical |
900
|
| Resolution |
1600 x 900
|
| Pixel response time |
5ms
|
| Contrast ratio |
1,000:1
|
| Screen brightness |
250cd/m2
|
| DVI inputs |
0
|
| HDMI inputs |
0
|
| VGA inputs |
0
|
| DisplayPort inputs |
0
|
| Speaker type |
2.1
|
| Sound card |
Realtek HD Audio
|
| Peripherals |
Media Center remote control
|
| Case format |
All-in-one
|
| Dimensions |
510 x 252 x 393mm (WDH)
|
| Free front panel 5.25in bays |
0
|
| Front panel USB ports |
2
|
| Front panel memory card reader |
|
| Mouse and keyboard |
Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard
|
| OS family |
Windows 7
|
| Recovery method |
Recovery partition
|
| Software supplied |
MSI WindTouch, WindNotes, WindMatch, Skype, SoftStylus, KidoZ, Magic-i VisualEffects 2, Webcam Companion 3, Microsoft Works 9
|
| Peak noise level |
26.0dB(A)
|
| Overall application benchmark score |
1.34
|
| Office application benchmark score |
1.36
|
| 2D graphics application benchmark score |
1.42
|
| Encoding application benchmark score |
1.21
|
| Multitasking application benchmark score |
1.41
|
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings |
23fps
|
| 3D performance setting |
Low
|
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