Advent MT-22 review
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Verdict
A lot of features for a small price, but this all-in-one looks and feels cheap
Review Date: 15 Jun 2010
Reviewed By: Darien Graham-Smith
Price when reviewed: £494 (£580 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
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| Details | |
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| Part Code | 659919 |
| Review Date | 15 Jun 2010 |
| Price ex VAT | £494 |
| Price inc VAT | £580 |
| Overall rating |
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| Performance |
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| Features & Design |
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| Value for Money |
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| Basic specifications | |
|---|---|
| Total hard disk capacity | 640 |
| Screen size | 21.5in |
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| CPU family | Intel Pentium |
| CPU nominal frequency | 2.20GHz |
| Motherboard | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Memory | |
|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 |
| Memory sockets free | 0 |
| Memory sockets total | 2 |
| Hard disk | |
|---|---|
| Hard disk | Western Digital WD6400AAKS |
| Capacity | 640GB |
| Hard disk usable capacity | 595GB |
| Internal disk interface | SATA/300 |
| Spindle speed | 7,200RPM |
| Cache size | 16MB |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Optical disc technology | DVD writer |
| Rear ports | |
|---|---|
| USB ports (downstream) | 6 |
| eSATA ports | 1 |
| PS/2 mouse port |
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| Electrical S/PDIF audio ports | 0 |
| Optical S/PDIF audio output ports | 1 |
| Modem |
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| 3.5mm audio jacks | 2 |
| Graphics card | |
|---|---|
| Graphics card | Nvidia Ion |
| Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? |
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| 3D performance setting | Low |
| Graphics chipset | Nvidia ION |
| Graphics card RAM | 256MB |
| Monitor | |
|---|---|
| Resolution screen horizontal | 1,920 |
| Resolution screen vertical | 1,080 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 |
| Pixel response time | 5ms |
| Contrast ratio | 1,000:1 |
| HDMI inputs | 1 |
| VGA inputs | 1 |
| Additional Peripherals | |
|---|---|
| Sound card | Realtek HD Audio |
| Case | |
|---|---|
| Case format | All-in-one |
| Dimensions | 554 x 195 x 404mm (WDH) |
| Free drive bays | |
|---|---|
| Free front panel 5.25in bays | 0 |
| Front ports | |
|---|---|
| Front panel memory card reader |
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| Mouse & Keyboard | |
|---|---|
| Mouse and keyboard | Advent ES300MU, ES130 |
| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| OS family | Windows 7 |
| Recovery method | Recovery partition, burn own recovery discs |
| Noise and power | |
|---|---|
| Idle power consumption | 52W |
| Peak power consumption | 72W |
| Performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Overall application benchmark score | 1.01 |
| Office application benchmark score | 0.93 |
| 2D graphics application benchmark score | 1.25 |
| Encoding application benchmark score | 0.97 |
| Multitasking application benchmark score | 0.90 |
| 3D performance (crysis) low settings | 26fps |
| 3D performance setting | Low |
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