Dell Vostro 3400 Laptop Review August 4, 2010
Stylish Dell Vostro 3400 provides not only well balanced hardware configuration and mainstream interfaces, but also excellent performance for office and home entertainment.
Mature Business Style
Champagne matt finish Dell Vostro 3400 top cover and matte screen are consistent with traditional business users’ demands.
Dell Vostro 3400 14.0” Wide High Definition LED anti-glare screen
Dell Vostro 3400 camera and microphone pickups are set on the top of screen.
Dell Vostro 3400 classic keyboard is designed in standard size. And a row of touch-control keys for multimedia functions and status indicators are set above the keyboard.
Matt finish all-in-one dell vostro 3400 touchpad
Dell V3400 left side: D-SUB analog video output, eSATA/USB2.0, HDMI, two independent USB2.0 interfaces.
Dell V3400 right side: Card reader slot, ExpressCard34 reader slot, an independent USB2.0 and 1 RJ-45 interface.
Dell V3400 provides good scalability for users when removing the baffle on the bottom of it, users can expand and upgrade hard drive, memory and wireless cards.
Well Hardware Configuration of Dell V3400
With I3 330M Intel Core processor, 2GB DDR3 1333MHz memory, 320GB hard drive and GeForce 310M high-speed graphics, Dell Vostro 3400 can reflect all the needs of a small business entrepreneur.
Core i3 330M processor specs
Core i3 330M processor supports HT technology and is capable of dual-core four-thread processing, together with 2.13GHz, 32nm technology, Westmere microarchitecture and thermal design power of 35W.
Discrete graphics card specs
Dell Vostro 3400 uses HM57 in Chipsets and single-chip architecture in PCH with memory control unit to be integrated within the processor. Dell V3400 comes with an integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD, but it can be changed with a Nvidia GeforceTM 310M.
System Evaluation and Performance Test
Dell Vostro 3400 system evaluation result
According to the test, though graphic processing got lower points, it has little effect on AERO application or other Windows desktop effects, which will meet the needs of most users. If permitted, it could be an good idea to change a higher speed hard drive.
Dell Vostro 3400 SYSmark2007 Preview test result
According to the test, Dell V3400 can promise great performance in office applications.
Dell Vostro 3400 PCMark Vantage test result
According to the test, Dell V3400 can satisfy the needs of home entertainment.
Dell Vostro 3400 3DMARK test
According to the test, Dell V3400 can deal with SD games well.
Dell Vostro 3400 Battery Life
We used Mobile Mark2007 software to test dell vostro 3400 battery life and got the following results:
Productivity 2007 Battery Life Rating; 247 Minutes (closing screensavers and sleep and sting battery and system in maximum performance condition)
DVD 2007 Battery Life Rating: 181 Minutes (DVD play mode)
Dell Vostro 3400 Heat Test
We used FLUKE Ti25 thermal imaging equipment to test dell vostro 3400 laptop temperature of C side, bottom and vents. (Ambient temperature at 25.5℃)
Dell V3400 C side maximum temperature: 47.2℃
Dell V3400 C side maximum difference in temperature: 21.7℃
Dell V3400 C bottom maximum temperature: 49.2℃
Dell V3400 C bottom maximum difference in temperature: 23.7℃
Dell V3400 air outlet temperature: 57.2℃
Dell V3400 Laptop Specs:
Processor Type: Core i3
Processor Model: i3-330M
Processor Core: Dual-core
Screen Size: 14″
Display Screen Type: Active Matrix TFT Color LCD
Weight: 4.76 lb
Cache: 3 MB
Maximum Memory: 8 GB
Hard Drive Capacity: 320 GB
Optical Drive Type: DVD-Writer
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional
Wi-Fi Standard: IEEE 802.11n
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Optical Media Support: DVD±R/±RW
Ethernet Technology: Gigabit Ethernet
Standard Memory: 2 GB
Graphics Controller Model: Graphics Media Accelerator HD
Memory Technology: DDR3 SDRAM
Memory Standard: DDR3-1066/PC3-8500
Summary:
With large technical specifications and a sophisticated aluminum body, Dell Vostro 3400 is designed specifically for small business.
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