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The MESH Elite E6600 Express HX is no speed demon, but it's fast enough in most areas for most activities - even high-resolution gaming. It would be most comfortable at 1,280 x 1,024 which is the supplied monitor's native resolution anyway. You will be able to turn on high quality settings, and SLI is a readily available upgrade for the future. With an Intel Core 2 Duo at the helm, the Mesh's general application performance is without question, despite the cheap memory. At least MESH has chosen to include 2GiB of the latter, which arguably has more performance benefit than a faster clock anyway. Our only real reservation is with the lack of discrete soundcard, forcing you to rely on the chipset's AC'97 audio.So, on paper, the MESH looks like a decent balance of components. To see if it really amounted to good value, we tried to put the same specification together ourselves using components bought separately from Scan.co.uk. We arrived at a grand total of around £1,288 including VAT - nearly £200 more than MESH is charging. At this level, the self builder just can't compete with the economies available to the volume manufacturer, and you get a healthy three-year onsite warranty included in MESH's price as well.
In other words, MESH has achieved what it set out to do - build a relatively stylish mid-range PC with a good balance of performance and features. It's not one for the fanatics, but if you need an entire new PC and only have about a grand to spend, the MESH E6600 Express HX will get you a lot more for your money than if you try and put it together yourself, and save you the trouble of building it too.
HEXUS Awards
The MESH Elite E6600 Express PC is awarded the HEXUS Classic Good Value award for integrating a sensible mix of high-end components in a £1,099 PC that you couldn't build cheaper yourself.
MESH Elite E6600 Express
