Gigabyte MB Series MB71 VB1 - no CPU

Advantages: top of the range
Disadvantages: price

...the sony vaio is top of the range desktop computer it might be pricy but it is worth every penny because it has everything such as PC - All-in-one - DVD-Writer - CPU: Pentium 4 - 3.2 GHz - 512 MB - HDD: 250 GB - VGC-V3M. this computer is quiet fast at processing information with its 3.2 ghz processor, it has 512 ram memory and also it has a huge space of 250 gb harddrive u can store alot of information on this like important documents, music, pictures and also videos. If you ever feel you have to back up your vidoes, pictures, music and also important documents you have a dvd-rw. dvd-rw is the latest and you can store many things on to a cd and never lose your images, videos, important documents, and also favorite music.... Read review

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Advantages: Good value for money
Disadvantages: The heatsink and fan

...Versatile computer, long lasting, reliable. Bought from John Lewis and came with a 2 year guarantee. I paid £400 for this computer 2 years ago. It contained Windows XP home edition now that is likely to be sold using the new Vista Operating System. Type: Value Processor Family: Intel 5 Series (Pentium 4) RAM: 256 MB Storage Capacity: 80 GB RAID: No Graphics Card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 GM Primary Optical Drive: DVD-ROM/CD-RW Secondary Optical Drive: None Monitor Type: CRT Screen Size: 17 inches The time it takes to boot up and load the computer from the power switch is very fast. It takes less than 30 seconds from power on, until the start screen can be seen. With time if adding files and other game programs the memory will become slower. 256mb ram is not enough i would suggest as I have done at additional... Read review

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Advantages: Satisfactory performance, efficiency, great quality for low budget
Disadvantages: Minor problems installing, problems recognising different RAM types

...The Gigabyte GA-7VT880 is indubitably the fastest socket-A platform still available on the market. It was designed for Athlons mainly, but Semprons work with just as efficiently. It supports 400 MHz DDR-SDRAM sticks; with two identical 256 MB sticks working in Dual Channel, Windows XP runs smoothly with all the visual effects on. Since it is not a 64-bit platform, executing a large amount of applications at once can cause the system to freeze, but that is quite obvious anyway. The motherboard works very efficiently with IDE and SATA hard drives - copying 4.7 gigabytes from one drive to the other takes no more than 8 minutes - that is about 10 MB per second. The SATA RAID configuration has its own Graphical User Interface; therefore manipulating the drives' settings could not be easier. The AGP 8X slot is a budget gaming solution... Read review

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