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An unusual all-in-one that doesn’t quite hang together, and is a little overpriced too

Review Date: 3 Sep 2010

Reviewed By: Jonathan Bray

Price when reviewed: £764 (£898 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
4 stars out of 6

Value for Money
2 stars out of 6

Performance
4 stars out of 6

Warranty
Warranty	1yr collect and return

Motherboard
Conventional PCI slots free	N/A
Conventional PCI slots total	N/A
PCI-E x16 slots free	N/A
PCI-E x16 slots total	N/A
PCI-E x8 slots free	N/A
PCI-E x8 slots total	N/A
PCI-E x4 slots free	N/A
PCI-E x4 slots total	N/A
PCI-E x1 slots free	N/A
PCI-E x1 slots total	N/A
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Memory
Memory type	DDR3

Hard disk
Hard disk	Seagate Momentus 5400.6
Capacity	500GB
Internal disk interface	SATA/300
Spindle speed	5,400RPM
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

Rear ports
USB ports (downstream)	4
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	1
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	2

Graphics card
Graphics card	N/A
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	Low
Graphics chipset	Inel HD Graphics
DVI-I outputs	0
HDMI outputs	1
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
DVI inputs	0
HDMI inputs	1
VGA inputs	0
DisplayPort inputs	0

Case
Chassis	N/A
Case format	All-in-one

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	N/A

Front ports
Front panel memory card reader

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	Lenovo Bluetooth wireless set

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows 7
Software supplied	Microsoft Office 2010 Starter

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	35W
Peak power consumption	54W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	1.36
Office application benchmark score	1.12
2D graphics application benchmark score	1.47
Encoding application benchmark score	1.25
Multitasking application benchmark score	1.60
3D performance (crysis) low settings	8fps
3D performance setting	Low