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PC Specialist Fusion 1090T Evo review

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A decent system but it's overshadowed by faster and more affordable Intel-based rivals

Review Date: 5 May 2010

Reviewed By: Mike Jennings

Price when reviewed: £999 (£1,174 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Motherboard
Motherboard	Asus M4A79XTD EVO
Motherboard chipset	AMD 790GX
Conventional PCI slots free	2
Conventional PCI slots total	2
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
Internal SAS connectors	1
Internal PATA connectors	1
Internal floppy connectors	1
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Hard disk
Hard disk	Hitachi TravelStar
Capacity	750GB
Hard disk usable capacity	698GB
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

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

Graphics card
Graphics card	ATI Radeon HD 5870
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	Low
Graphics chipset	ATI Radeon HD 5870
Graphics card RAM	1.00GB
DVI-I outputs	2
HDMI outputs	1
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	0
DisplayPort outputs	1
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

Power supply
Power supply rating	750W

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	3

Front ports
Front panel USB ports	3
Front panel eSATA ports	1
Front panel memory card reader

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	N/A

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows 7

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	107W
Peak power consumption	294W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	2.06
Office application benchmark score	1.51
2D graphics application benchmark score	2.49
Encoding application benchmark score	1.74
Multitasking application benchmark score	2.52
3D performance (crysis) low settings	124fps
3D performance setting	Low