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re: can you tell me if this desktop is decent
Posted on 8/13/14 at 9:54 pm to dallastiger55
Posted on 8/13/14 at 9:54 pm to dallastiger55
Sorry, totally missed the part in the original post where you mentioned his intended use.
The more expensive one is largely the same as the other one except for the video card. The more expensive machine has a sliiightly better performing video card based on older architecture. He should not buy that machine.
It's not a matter of whether the video card is bad or not. It's the fact that it's even there. It won't do him much good or bad. It's just adding to the cost. If he were buying it for gaming, it's garbage. If he were buying it for watching videos, it's unnecessary. The Intel integrated graphics would be fine.
I'm looking for better configurations on the best buy website.
This ASUS is superior in performance to the two lenovos:
LINK
I would consider this HP a very strong contender for its price. It has a pretty decent APU:
LINK
Likewise for this Dell:
LINK
I'll spare you the whole speech about SSDs, but if I were setting up a new system for my dad in this price range, I would have him purchase the Dell or the HP, along with this SSD. I'd add the SSD to the desktop, and use a free migration program to put the OS image to the SSD, boot to SSD, format the 1TB drive and use it as file storage. He would be very, very happy.
The more expensive one is largely the same as the other one except for the video card. The more expensive machine has a sliiightly better performing video card based on older architecture. He should not buy that machine.
It's not a matter of whether the video card is bad or not. It's the fact that it's even there. It won't do him much good or bad. It's just adding to the cost. If he were buying it for gaming, it's garbage. If he were buying it for watching videos, it's unnecessary. The Intel integrated graphics would be fine.
I'm looking for better configurations on the best buy website.
This ASUS is superior in performance to the two lenovos:
LINK
I would consider this HP a very strong contender for its price. It has a pretty decent APU:
LINK
Likewise for this Dell:
LINK
I'll spare you the whole speech about SSDs, but if I were setting up a new system for my dad in this price range, I would have him purchase the Dell or the HP, along with this SSD. I'd add the SSD to the desktop, and use a free migration program to put the OS image to the SSD, boot to SSD, format the 1TB drive and use it as file storage. He would be very, very happy.
This post was edited on 8/13/14 at 9:57 pm
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Posted on 8/13/14 at 10:16 pm to ILikeLSUToo
wow, thanks man
between the ASUS and DELL, why are they much better than the Lenovo?
ive heard mixed things on ASUS. the best buy reviews are bad and so are amazon on it. just curious. im a big fan of the i5 and i7 chips
just curious on the Dell, its $150 cheaper than the Lenovo, why is it better?
TIA
between the ASUS and DELL, why are they much better than the Lenovo?
ive heard mixed things on ASUS. the best buy reviews are bad and so are amazon on it. just curious. im a big fan of the i5 and i7 chips
just curious on the Dell, its $150 cheaper than the Lenovo, why is it better?
TIA
Posted on 8/20/14 at 8:43 pm to ILikeLSUToo
ok you're right dammit, they ordered the wrong one. I knew the dumbass at best buy would do that
we are bringing it back tomorrow but heres the question. it might be a blessing in disquise. He HATES 8.1 after playing with it and wants to go back to windows 7
I looked at best buy and found this Lenovo at BB for $599 but its $549 at newegg and the guy said they would match it. what do you think? looks like the same specs. hopefully I can add a ssd to it.
LINK
we are bringing it back tomorrow but heres the question. it might be a blessing in disquise. He HATES 8.1 after playing with it and wants to go back to windows 7
I looked at best buy and found this Lenovo at BB for $599 but its $549 at newegg and the guy said they would match it. what do you think? looks like the same specs. hopefully I can add a ssd to it.
LINK
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