Advent CBE1401

VGA and DVI ports from the motherboard's integrated Radeon 3100 graphics chip are hidden by rubber covers so that less knowledgeable users won't try to connect their monitor to them, as the discrete Radeon video card will actually be taking care of...

Cracking spec sheet, decent connectivity

Bulky, volume varies on DVDs, no Blu-ray

A cheap machine, but one that shows up a few niggles you wouldn't get if you laid out more cash

Good spec for the price

Absolutely massive- looked like something Charles Babbage would use. VGA port had been disabled and then the graphics card failed.

great for gaming & good price for what you get.

size is rather on the large side. 50cm high x 50cm deep approx

Top end graphics card Fast startup/shutdown Intergrated card readers 8 USB ports Value for money

Bulky Only G protocol wireless card installed Only 1 PCI slot free Hard drive noisy Casing light distracting (can be turned off) Initial problems in monitor going black upon logging in, this was fixed by Windows update and installing latest Radeon drivers

no idea - didn't work!

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would not connect to a monitor, tried 3 leads and 2 monitors. Retailer replaced, but had to wait for this one to get back to base before another sent. 2nd one had exact same fault, plus no internal light and something rattling around inside. Doesn't...

the computer does what was advertised for a very good price

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unable to start as unit did not boot up item was returned and refunded

easy to set-up

Desktop PC-to large