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PC World: 4.5/5 Score - Aug 2010

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Edited by Alex - 11 Aug 2010 at 4:50pm
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Why is the 930 only overclocked to 3.2Ghz? Could of stuck an air cooler on that for like $100, overclocked it to around 4Ghz, and blown that $7000 rig out of the water in WorldBench 6. Other than that, great review!

And great price to performance ratio should be in the pros, not the cons lol

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man. seriously. the one thing that ticks me off about some reviews is that the reviewer company always treats DS's computers like pre-built systems. that's not what DS is about. DS is about custom PCs. "We did notice the lack of USB 3.0". Jeeze. it's a custom PC, made from 3rd party components. You want USB 3.0? You ADD a motherboard with USB 3.0 on the configurator, or you ask them yourself. Sheesh. Not that I'm hating on PCWorld, I like the mag, but seriously, I keep seeing this with all these "reviews".
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I agree there are a few typos I would say in the article. The CPU was overclocked to 3.8GHz (they are working on fixing that) and the 'Con' of 'Great price-to-perofmrnace ratio' appears to be in the wrong category too!
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Oh geeze. A 3.2GHz to 3.8GHz is kind of a big freaking difference. And ditto to what ablahblah said about how they treat the things like pre-builts.

Big thumbs down to the review as a whole, but thumbs up to DS for having an affordable monster PC reviewed for once instead of some overkill $7000+ rig.
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We've been focusing on more affordable systems now. There are more reviews coming up.
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anyone that would buy that 7000+ rig over 2 of these is CrazyCrazyCrazy
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WTF, how is a Sony Viao All in one comparable to the DS rig.
Also 3.2 is sort of a weenie overclockDisappointed
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Its actually oced to 3.8, alex said they made a mistake
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Ha, didn't see that, also con:great price/preformance
Is that site run by stoners or something?
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Originally posted by sirsiddius

Is that site run by stoners or something?


Probably.
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