Samsung U250 All-in-One PC review
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Verdict
Not the most powerful all-in-one, but the gorgeous, discreet design almost justifies the high price
Review Date: 10 May 2010
Reviewed By: David Bayon
Price when reviewed: £851 (£1,000 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
| Details | |
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| Part Code | DP-U250-DSG1UK |
| Review Date | 10 May 2010 |
| Price ex VAT | £851 |
| Price inc VAT | £1,000 |
| Overall rating |
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| Performance |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty | 1yr collect and return |
| Basic specifications | |
|---|---|
| Total hard disk capacity | 500 |
| RAM capacity | 4.00GB |
| Screen size | 23.0in |
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| CPU family | Intel Core 2 Duo |
| CPU nominal frequency | 2.20GHz |
| Motherboard | |
|---|---|
| Motherboard chipset | Intel PM45 |
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| Memory | |
|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory sockets free | 0 |
| Memory sockets total | 2 |
| Hard disk | |
|---|---|
| Hard disk | Samsung SpinPoint M7 |
| Capacity | 500GB |
| Hard disk usable capacity | 450GB |
| Internal disk interface | SATA/300 |
| Spindle speed | 5,400RPM |
| Cache size | 8MB |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Optical drive | TSST TS-T633C |
| Optical disc technology | DVD writer |
| Rear ports | |
|---|---|
| USB ports (downstream) | 6 |
| eSATA ports | 1 |
| PS/2 mouse port |
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| Modem |
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| 3.5mm audio jacks | 2 |
| Graphics card | |
|---|---|
| Graphics card | Nvidia GeForce 310M |
| Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? |
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| 3D performance setting | Low |
| Graphics chipset | Nvdia GeForce 310M |
| Graphics card RAM | 512MB |
| DVI-I outputs | 1 |
| HDMI outputs | 0 |
| VGA (D-SUB) outputs | 0 |
| DisplayPort outputs | 0 |
| Number of graphics cards | 1 |
| Monitor | |
|---|---|
| Resolution screen horizontal | 1,920 |
| Resolution screen vertical | 1,080 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Pixel response time | 5ms |
| Screen brightness | 250cd/m2 |
| Additional Peripherals | |
|---|---|
| Speakers | Integrated 2 x 3W |
| Speaker type | Stereo |
| Sound card | Realtek HD Audio |
| Case | |
|---|---|
| Case format | All-in-one |
| Free drive bays | |
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| Free front panel 5.25in bays | 0 |
| Mouse & Keyboard | |
|---|---|
| Mouse and keyboard | Samsung wireless keyboard and mouse |
| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| OS family | Windows 7 |
| Recovery method | Recovery partition, burn own recovery discs |
| Software supplied | Samsung Play Touch |
| Performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Overall application benchmark score | 1.11 |
| Office application benchmark score | 1.16 |
| 2D graphics application benchmark score | 1.22 |
| Encoding application benchmark score | 0.98 |
| Multitasking application benchmark score | 1.07 |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | 47fps |
| 3D performance setting | Low |
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User comments
Wow, excellent design but I want it as LCD TV...
This is really good. I really like to use this on my desktop but I want more; I want same configuration combined with a big screen lcd TV ! (that is really easy for Samsung to do)
By HopeLESS on 12 May 2010 
Now down to £539exVAT (£646.80)
Is this now a bargain?
By selwe11 on 13 Jan 2011
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