Advent Centurion CI 5431

Powerful machine which does everything I need and more

Huge tower, which takes up almost double the space of my last PC.

Refurbished great value

Graphics card stops responding - looks like a common problem with Windows 7 & AMD - no resolution as Microsoft & AMD blame each other.

I use it for recording music and editing videos and it does both with ease. It has never frozen once while rendering large audio or video files. I now feel it was well worth paying a little extra to have this model with the decent video card...

Nothing really bad. I have had to sacrifice some of my older programs and equipment because they are not supported in Windows 7 but overall it does seem to run smoothly and fast, so in the longer term it may prove to be a worthwhile sacrifice.

None.

Failed to start . Your Tech Guys couldn,t get it to start up either. A waste of my time & I wouldn't purchase another Advent product ever again

Excellent gaming machine for son 13 years old

rather too big to fit on ordinary desk - but no major drawbacks

Easy to set up, the internet almost connected itself and although the case seemed enormous at first, it looks very impressive and the size does'nt seem to bother me anymore. All in all very happy with my Advent computer. I love all the USBs, with all...

I don't like "trial versions" of software. This machine came with Microsoft Office and Bullguard, niether of which I wanted. Although I uninstalled them both, traces of both still remain, (Very Annoying). The only other thing that caused me any bother...

Very Fast Can easily play games on near-highest settings lag free Comes with all essistantals needed to use

Its a monster in size You need some room

Very fast (Power Director took 3 minutes to load on my old machine 15 secs on the Advent.. Rendering a 5 minute video took 20 mins on my old machine about 2 mins on the Advent. Great graphics. loads of USB ports and the large size has an upside -...

It's physically on the large size so really needs to be under the desk not on top of it.

The computer was fantastic.. when it worked. I have had it for one day, after it broke down.

It broke down twice.

Good value for the money as a home office/casual gaming machine

The tacky red illumination (but there is an off switch)