Orange OPC Review

Orange supply the OPC with a relatively heavily customised version of Windows 7 Home Premium compared to most small PC manufacturers out there.  They also bundle a few pieces of software with the OPC which are all pre-installed.

We would usually consider a large amount of pre-installed software and customisation to be a bad thing but we really like what Orange have done with the OPC.

While most manufacturers would just preload a custom desktop background onto the system, Orange has taken it one step further and has replaced all the system sounds with various guitar sounds.  Some might find this a little annoying but we think it is something that most people who purchase this system will appreciate.

The pre-installed programs aren't the usual barrage of ‘free trials' that many larger manufacturers install on their systems.  In fact, all of the included programs go some way to enhancing the functionality of the OPC and enable a number of the features.

These programs include AmpliTube 3+, PreSonus Studio One, Acoustica MixCraft 5 and EZdrummer Lite. If you are budding musician you will already know the software.

As you can see from the screenshot above, the processor is running at 3.1 GHz and the memory is running at 1333 MHz with timings of 9-9-9-24.  Our test system doesn't have the optional discrete graphics card included so the system relies on the integrated Intel HD 1000 Graphics.

Unfortunately there isn't an SSD option with this system and we feel that 500 GB is a little small these days, especially considering this is reduced to around 450 GB when formatted in Windows.  We would like to see Orange offering SSD options and hard drive upgrades to 1 TB or 2 TB with this system.

Testing Methodology

For testing today we will be using a combination of synthetic and real world tests.

Software:

PCMark 7
3DMark Vantage
SiSoft Sandra 2012 SP3
Cinebench R11.5
CrystalDiskMark
Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6.5
VLC Media Player
Performance Monitor
Super Pi 1.5 Mod
CPUID Hardware Monitor
CPU-Z

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