MESH Matrix II 920 desktop system review @ Elite Bastards

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Hi everyone,

 

While AMD's new Phenom II CPUs will undoubtedly, and quite rightly, get a lot of the online column inches today, there's more to today's launch than CPUs alone. Today also sees the begin of a new platform from AMD, which they've codenamed "Dragon", which combines these new Phenom II processors with the company's Radeon HD 4800 series graphics solutions and the 790GX motherboard chipset to create what they hope will be a compelling platform for system builders. To coincide with this launch we've managed to take a look at a system based around the Dragon platform for ourselves courtesy of MESH, who today launch two systems based around this specification. Our focus here is on their Matrix II 920 offering, which sports a Phenom II X4 920 processor together with a Gigabyte 790GX-based motherboard and Radeon HD 4850 graphics board.

 

 

MESH Matrix II 920 desktop system review

 

"As we've already mentioned, the main focus of the Matrix II 920 is AMD's new Dragon platform, with this system bringing us a Phenom II X4 920 processor (rather than the flagship 940 part), a Gigabyte 790GX chipset motherboard, and ASUS' take on the Radeon HD 4850.

 

Rather than simply supplying a base unit, the Matrix II 920 also comes complete with a Creative Labs 5.1 surround sound speaker system, wireless keyboard and mouse, and 22" Iiyama monitor, all of which we'll discuss in a little more detail later in this review. On the software side, Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit is the order of the day, while other bundled software includes Microsoft Works and a Cyberlink Video Editing suite (which includes the likes of PowerDVD for video playback too)."

 

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