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In idle, it sipped 10W, and even at its peak its demands stopped at 100W. Still, this lack of graphical muscle is reflected in the amount of power the system requires. Not only that, but the respectable core count means there’s number-crunching power if you need it, as indicated by a score of 8,050 in Cinebench R23’s multicore test, although anyone after a rendering workhorse would be wise to look elsewhere or dig out their own graphics card. An overall score of 140 in our benchmarks is far from spectacular for a desktop machine, but that’s a fine score for general purpose computing and most people will find this a nippy system in use. The Core i5-10400 is tenth-generation silicon, but with six cores and 12 threads it chews through everyday tasks with ease. Lovers of surround sound should note the solitary optical output for audio, with two USB-A 2 and two USB-A 3.1 ports completing the connections.īy now, you probably aren’t expecting the last word in speed.

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That’s because this PC relies on the Core i5-10400’s integrated graphics, and in Dell’s defence, it does go to the trouble of adding a riser board for a VGA output to accompany the HDMI and DisplayPort on the back of the board. Hopefully storage shouldn’t be an issue though, as the 256GB SSD is supplemented by a 1TB WD Blue hard disk.ĭell is gracious enough to include two PCI Express expansion slots, with one x1 and one x16. Storage expansion is equally limited, with the sole M.2 slot filled and one SATA connector available – but you will have to buy your own caddy or it will hang loose in the case. Despite having room for four DIMM sockets, and spaces for four of them being marked out, Dell only includes two – one of which is filled with a stick of 8GB Samsung memory.

You can almost hear Dell’s accountants hug themselves with joy. Everything here is pared down to the bone to ensure that not a penny is wasted, right down to connectors on the motherboard, which makes a lot of sense when you’re selling millions of them.

If we could pick one system to explain the difference between the PCs sold by multinationals and British PC makers, this would be it.

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