[GRLUG] Hardware question

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Sun, 2011-02-20 at 11:10 -0500, Topher wrote: 
> I really suck at hardware.  I don't follow what's new, I have no idea what 
> makes one processor better than another blah blah blah.
> That said, does this look any good?
> http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-p6710f-Desktop-PC/product_918389

For the price point the machine looks pretty nice.

On caveats are that the Athlon II isn't a terribly impressive CPU
<http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html> and the ATI series of
GPUs can be a irritating with regards to compatibility;  Nvidia is
always a safe bet.




-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.