ABS ULTIMATE M5-64 Pro Athlon 3500+(2.2GHz) 1GB DDR 200GB NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT Windows XP Professional - Retail

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Reviewed By: Ko5 on 12/3/2005

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: Nice hard drive size

Cons: Mediocre proccessor
AGP slot not PCI-E
Only 1 gig ram (for the price)
No monitor for this price? Outrageous

Other Thoughts: A 6800 GT does not "own" an x700 it slightly outperforms it, and this leaves you no room for upgrading in the future as all cards will soon be PCI-E when the new toshiba / ibm cell processor / mobo combo is released in march. This is an obsolete system worht no more than $xxx.

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Reviewed By: on 11/8/2005

Comments: This is a good computer, the price is a bit high but average and the quality is excellent.

What I do not like though is the AGP slot, for the money they could have given you a mobo with a PCI-E instad of an older board with AGP.

The other problem I have is getting error screens from time to time and when I playing Half Life 2 the game will crash at any given time and give me a read error memory window.

Other than that it runs just fine. The fan could be a bit quieter but I plan to replace it later.

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so - i bought this PC, and:

Reviewed By: Nuttapong on 11/4/2005

Comments: Overall I'd give it a very strong rating. It came setup and ready to go straight out of the box. The included 6800GT card, Corsair RAM, and SATA hard drive are all fully legit and high quality components. HOWEVER -- be aware that this PC is fully "professionally" wired and clamped down tight. So if you're planning to add a sound card or ATA hard drives like me -- be sure you have a plan to undo all those wires which are clamped incredibly tightly with police-style plastic "zip-cuffs." I was at home without any exotic tools and frayed several of the power wires in my attempts to free up extra power and hard drive cables. To give you a mental picture I was using knives (broke a handle) then scissors, eyeglass screwdrivers, nail clippers, etc. and almost completely ruined it the first day i bought it. So, be aware. That is the only reason I gave 4/5 stars. I don't imagine too many people will use this PC as-is and most people will be adding hard drives from old PC's and a new sound-card minimum. Have fun with those plastic zip-cuffs and try not to punch any walls. Once you get the PC up and running, though, you'll really enjoy it. I overclocked mine straight from the BIOS and it runs oh so smooth-and-stable. Also, the fixed the AGP/PCI lock on this motherboard revision so over-clocking the mobo no longer impacts the MhZ of the AGP slot. w00t.

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