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A solid, cleverly designed and powerful business machine that's ideal if smaller systems just aren't versatile enough

Review Date: 25 Jun 2010

Reviewed By: Mike Jennings

Price when reviewed: £689 (£810 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
6 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Warranty
Warranty	3yr on-site, 3 yr return to base

Motherboard
Motherboard	Dell E93839
Conventional PCI slots free	2
Conventional PCI slots total	2
PCI-E x16 slots free	2
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	4
Internal SAS connectors	1
Internal PATA connectors	1
Internal floppy connectors	1
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Hard disk
Hard disk	Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS
Capacity	320GB
Hard disk usable capacity	298GB
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)	10
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	3

Graphics card
Graphics card	Intel GMA X4500HD
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	N/A
Graphics chipset	Intel GMA X4500HD
DVI-I outputs	0
HDMI outputs	0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	1
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	350W

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	Dell wired keyboard and mouse

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows 7

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	35W
Peak power consumption	89W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	1.99
Office application benchmark score	1.62
2D graphics application benchmark score	2.10
Encoding application benchmark score	1.88
Multitasking application benchmark score	2.37
3D performance (crysis) low settings	N/A
3D performance setting	N/A