Mesh XGS PII iQ

Mesh has traditionally offered a wide range of AMD systems and, with the launch of Phenom II, the company has revamped its line of standalone desktop towers to use the new processor.

The XGS PII iQ comes with a 26in Iiyama monitor, Hercules 5.1 speakers and a Logitech keyboard and mouse.

AMD’s Phenom II X4 925 quad-core processor runs at its stock speed of 2.8GHz. It comes with 4GB of PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 memory, sitting in an Asus M4A78 Pro motherboard, which uses AMD’s 780G chipset. This isn’t as up-to-date or fast as AMD’s 790FX chipset and DDR3 memory, but its lower cost allows Mesh to price this bundle at £999.

The configuration helps the XGS PII iQ achieve 10,142 in PCmark05, which isn’t one of the highest scores in our PC performance leaderboards, but this PC is no slouch. Inside is a His HD4850 IceQ graphics card, a variant of ATI’s Radeon HD4850 card with improved cooling. The PC manages respectable gaming performance, as the average of 32fps in World in Conflict shows.

The Iiyama Prolite E2607WS-B1 widescreen TFT has a maximum resolution of 1,920x1,200, three inputs including HDMI and a whopping screen size of 26in. This is larger than the majority of PC monitors and should give you an excellent gaming experience.

The XGS Xtreme Gaming case provides plenty of drive bay space. One of the six 5.25in drive bays is occupied by a Blu-ray combo drive, while only one of the four 3.5in drive bays is filled by a 750GB Samsung drive, so there’s plenty of space to upgrade.

The Mesh’s XGS PII iQ is more than capable as an office, multimedia or gaming machine, and the giant screen is a great addition, although you can save some cash by opting for a smaller display.