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Polywell Poly 790FX

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Pros
Solid performance and design
Plenty of free bays
Cons
Expensive for the performance
Massive power supply blocks bays

Pricing: Very Expensive: $1450 (2/2/2009)
Performance: Good: 78
Features: Superior: 90
Design: Fair: 68

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Expensive: $1450

Performance

Good: 78

WorldBench 6 Tests - Very Good: 95
WorldBench 6 Score	95

WorldBench 6 Component Results (seconds)
Adobe Photoshop CS2	513
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX	388
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering	447
Firefox 2	282
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1	368
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0	253
Multitasking	308
Nero 7 Ultra Edition	341
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5	263
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0	294

Graphics Tests (frames per second)
Overall Graphics Score	Fair
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	128.17
Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	127.37
Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	125.57
Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	121.57
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	143.11
Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	142.4
Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	148.18
Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit	127.85

Features

Superior: 90

Basics
CPU	2.2-GHz Phenom 9500
System Memory	4096MB Memory

Video & Display
Graphics Adapter	ATI HD 3850
Graphics Board Type	PCI Express
Graphics Board RAM (MB)	512
Graphics Board RAM Type	DDR3
Monitor Model	Samsung 226BW
Monitor Type	LCD
Monitor Size	22

Storage
Hard Drives	3
Total HD Size (GB)	650GB Hard Drive
RAID Type	striped
Optical Drive Type	DVD±RW
Optical Drive Speed	8
Second Optical Drive Type	DVD±RW
Second Optical Drive Speed	8

Expansion
PCI Slots	2
PCI Express Slots	5
Open PCI Express X16 Slots	3
Open PCI Express X1 Slots	1
Open Slots	5
External Drive Bays	9
Open External Drive Bays	3
Internal Drive Bays	0
Open Internal Drive Bays	0

Ports
Serial Ports	1
Parallel Ports	0
Front USB Ports	2
Rear USB Ports	6
Front FireWire Ports	1
Rear FireWire Ports	1

Other
Audio Adapter Model	Integrated SoundMAX ADI High Definition Audio
Audio Channels	7.1 surround
Network Adapter	gigabit network adapter
Case Type	Midsize tower
Operating System	Windows Vista Ultimate (64 bit)
Included Software	Nero

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	Five
Parts Warranty (years)	Three
Weekday Support Hours	9
Saturday Support Hours	0
Sunday Support Hours	0
Other Service	After 1 year, lifetime 8-hour daily, 4-hour Saturd
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Design

Fair: 68

Polywell Poly 790FX Desktop Computer Review

by Jon L. Jacobi

- Polywell's Poly 790FX desktop computer is built around AMD's brand new 2.2-GHz Phenom 9500 processor, 790FX chip set and a 512MB ATI HD 3850 graphics board. In general, the system's main components are affordable mainstream parts; but there are some budget-busting highlights, including 4GB of DDR2-1066 system memory and three hard drives: two 10,000-rpm, 74GB Western Digital Raptors paired in a striped array for performance and a 500GB Seagate ST3500630AS for additional capacity.

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