HI all, no its not wacko jacko...I'm a post graduate from uni of sheffield, now working as an Enviro...
HI all, no its not wacko jacko...I'm a post graduate from uni of sheffield, now working as an Environmental Consultant. Hope you are feeling good today, love tchamone.
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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
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.
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