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HP xw9300 Workstation
Verdict
Expensive, but the money goes into spectacular performance. The fastest desktop PC we've yet seen and a match for any high-end application; the only drawback is the noise
Review Date: 18 Nov 2005
Price when reviewed: (£4,745 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
The final seal of the HP's worthiness is that it's specifically dual-core ready, so if more raw computing power is required there's a clear and simple upgrade path that will give you four cores and at least a 50 per cent speed boost for multithreaded applications. And when you look at the price in comparison to some of the excessively bejewelled overclocked systems around, it isn't completely ludicrous. The xw9300 is a superb machine. To configure it to your needs, go to www.wstore.co.uk, click on the HP Build to Order PCs logo, and scroll down to the HP xw9300
Author: David Fearon
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