Mesh Matrix XP2000+ SB Plus

If you're in the market for a new PC, look no further than this.

Price: £899

Manufacturer: Mesh

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Good points:

Balanced specification
Good soundcard
Three-year warranty

Bad points:
Few to speak of

Nigel Donnelly, Computeract!ve 13 Aug 2002

With Intel leading the performance race, AMD fights well on price, occupying the competitive end of the home PC market around the £1,000 mark. Mesh's Matrix XP 2000+SB Plus is an excellent example of how you can get a fully-featured home PC with plenty of change from £1,000.

The basic specifications of the Mesh are very impressive. Performance freaks may bemoan the fact that the processor isn't the fastest Athlon and the graphics card is a mere GeForce 4 440MX. But astute buyers will look at the bigger picture and see a very sensible system. The AMD Athlon 2000 XP processor is a fantastic performer for the money.

With 80GB of hard disk space available, there's no pressure on storage space.

The CD-RW drive is very fast, writing discs at 40-speed and spitting out a 74-minute music disc in under two minutes. The DVD-Rom drive comes with appropriate decoding software for watching a few films.

The 17in NEC monitor is first-class and the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy is a superb piece of kit for both games and films. With the 5300 Creative speakers, you can make many home hi-fis sound pretty ordinary.

The set-up of the system is kept as simple as possible by Mesh's excellent documentation. If you're in the market for a new PC, look no further than this. Price: £899
Contact: Mesh Computers
www.meshcomputers.com

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