ASUS Terminator T2-P Standard

Author's product rating:   

Speed	Fast
Design	Excellent
Manufacturer Support	Excellent
Ease of use	Easy
Value For Money	Excellent

Advantages:	Small, sleek, push buttons for front panel and floppy drive .
Disadvantages:	Small males it difficult to install the components, eg dvd drive

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

This is a vary classy looking system, finshed in metalic black, the finsh will complement any tft in black and silver. It is small enough to leave on the top of your desk with out looking out of place. The overall build quality of this barbones system is excelent and I'm sure you wont be disappointed, ASUS design some fantastic systems; this is surerly one of the best for under £90.

This is an ideal system for the home user, with enough features and space for everything you need. I have completed my setup with back and silver finish, keyboard, mouse and 17" tft monitor.

The sysytem will obviously vary depending on what componets and drives you install. I put in An intel-4m, 160gb hard drive, dvd rom/ cd-rw, the system comes with floppy, cooling fan and all the following listed below.

Included in the setup is a support cd rom with links to asus online help. The user manual is very useful and gives a step-by-step guide to installing the components you need and upgrades, in a clear and logical order.

*************************************************************************************************************
Positives
~ Small design,
~ Metallic black finish
~ Very quiet cooling fan, can can't hear it at all (not like some laptops i've heard which are forever trying to keep cool)
~ 6 usb s2.0 (2 on the front)
~ front panel with 2 usbs:
1 x audio - SPDIF output
1 x microphone - input
1 x headphones - output
~ 5.1 sound card (with the mic and line-in sockets on the back switching to a 5.1 system)
~ Blue LED power on light, looks good
~ 2 parallel DDR SDRAM, DIMM 184-PIN, so can install 2 1gb rams, totalling 2gb, which is plenty (considering most systems on market total 512mb ram

Negatives
~ Small design makes it difficult to install components, have only installed 1 dvd/rom drive I think that it will be hard when i get round to installing the second, you need 2 sets of small fingers to remove the front panel when installing the drives.

~ When the dvd/rom is ejected you cant reach the button to retract the drive, so have to push the drive to start it going back in
~

The manual also covers the features of the deluxe version, which has an inbuilt fm tuner. Overall fully recomend this system, although i only bought this as the deluxe version was out of stock...after reading the manual you may want to opt for the deluxe verison instead.

*********************************************************************************
support for bios found at
asus.it/support

General
Width 19 cm
Depth 30 cm
Height 31 cm

Processor No cpu supplied, uses intel
Data Bus Speed 800 MHz
Chipset Type Intel 865G

RAM Installed Size 0 MB / 2 GB (max)
Technology DDR SDRAM
Form Factor DIMM 184-PIN

Storage Controller Type 1 x Serial ATA - integrated
Controller Interface Type Serial ATA-150

Storage Controller (2nd) Type 1 x IDE - integrated
Controller Interface Type ATA-133
Channel Qty 2

Storage Hard Drive

Graphics Controller Type Integrated
Graphics Processor / Vendor Intel 865G
Video Memory Shared Video Memory (UMA)

Audio Output Type Sound card - integrated
Sound Output Mode 5.1 channel surround
Compliant Standards AC '97

Networking Networking Network adapter - integrated
Data Link Protocol Ethernet, Fast Ethernet

Interfaces
6 x Hi-Speed USB - four on back 2 on front
1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15)
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
1 x audio - line-In - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - SPDIF output
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x headphones - output - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x keyboard - generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)
1 x mouse - generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)
1 x gameport / MIDI - generic - 15 pin D-Sub (DB-15)
Power Device Type Power supply
Voltage Required AC 110/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
**************************************************************************************
The ratings on specific criteria are for the componets that i have installed and some of these will vary depending on what the user has installed.