The Bottom Line
Polywell's Poly 845GL1 budget desktop computer is a mix of high quality components and low system specs which ends up with an average system for under $500.
Pros
- Includes AGP 4x Slot
- Quality Brand Components
Cons
- Base System Includes Only 128MB Memory
- Lacks CD-RW Drive
- Very Dated Pentium 4 Processor
Description
- Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz Processor
- 128 MB PC2100 DDR Memory
- Western Digital 40 Gigabyte Hard Drive
- Sony 52x CD-ROM Optical Drive
- Integrated AC'97 Audio
- Intel Extreme 3D Graphics with 64MB Shared Memory
- 10/100 Ethernet Port
- Four USB 2.0 Ports
- Three PCI Expansion Slots and an AGP 4x Slot
- Windows XP Home Operating System
Guide Review - Polywell Poly 845GL1
10/16/03 - Polywell is fairly well known as a company that produces well crafted systems from name brand components, but the Poly 845GL1 budget desktop system only makes for an average system. It is powered by an older Pentium 1.8 GHz processor which should provided equivalent performance to many of the newer and higher clocked Celeron processors. The main advantage to the 854GL1 is the name brand components. It ships with a Western Digital hard drive and a Sony CD-ROM. While these are nice, the cost for having them sacrifices other components. It only has 128MB of memory, no CD-RW ability and no modem. The 3 PCI and AGP 4x slot allow one to upgrade it beyond what other budget systems are capable of.
