Rustic23
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I have been looking for a new desktop. I don't do major graphics work or video work. I don't really need speed, but who does not want it. I have been looking at two machines, an Asus and an HP. Major difference is the main chip, Hard Disk size, and Memory. I am leaning toward the HP. I welcome comments. You don't find Dell on my list as I have not found one from them similar. I have owned everything from Osborne to Kaypro, to IBM's. Mac is out, pleas don't turn this into a Mac is better than PC. It may or may not be, but PC is my choice because of about $3,000 of software I presently have.
I know the I7 is faster than the AMD Phenom X4, but not by a lot. I know Bunny did not like AMD, but I don't know why. They do seem to run hot in laptops. Does anyone have a similar PC and can tell me what the noise level is? Comments welcome on graphics card.
From what I can find the bus speed for the HP is 4000 and Asus 1333. Not sure if that is a true comparison.
Asus refurbished $799
Intel® Core™ i7
2.66GHz
1066MHz
8MB on die Level 2
9GB
24GB
SATA (7200 rpm)
1TB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX260
Up to 896MB (shared)
HP $629
AMD Phenom™ II X4
2.6GHz
4000MHz
2MB on die Level 2
8GB
16GB
SATA (7200 rpm)
750GB
ATI Radeon HD 4200
256MB (shared); up to 3067MB total available as allocated by Windows 7
I know the I7 is faster than the AMD Phenom X4, but not by a lot. I know Bunny did not like AMD, but I don't know why. They do seem to run hot in laptops. Does anyone have a similar PC and can tell me what the noise level is? Comments welcome on graphics card.
From what I can find the bus speed for the HP is 4000 and Asus 1333. Not sure if that is a true comparison.
Asus refurbished $799
Intel® Core™ i7
2.66GHz
1066MHz
8MB on die Level 2
9GB
24GB
- Type of Memory (RAM)
SATA (7200 rpm)
1TB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX260
Up to 896MB (shared)
HP $629
AMD Phenom™ II X4
2.6GHz
4000MHz
2MB on die Level 2
8GB
16GB
- Type of Memory (RAM)
SATA (7200 rpm)
750GB
ATI Radeon HD 4200
256MB (shared); up to 3067MB total available as allocated by Windows 7