[GRLUG] Hardware question

[Bob Kline]

I find that far fetched. It's just a collection
of fairly standard parts. But for assembly,
I'm not even sure there's anything in the
system that HP makes.  It probably does
get good quantity discounts on components.

But one reads many things.

   -- Bob


On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Topher <topher at codeventure.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Feb 2011, Casey DuBois wrote:
>
>  Topher,
>> That HP Looks nice and the price is right!
>> The pci-e makes adding graphics a great option (I may even have a
>> spare card lying around).
>> I'm running several HP's and am pretty happy with them.
>>
>
> Yeah, I decided not to go for it for a couple reasons.  One is that I don't
> quite need a machine yet.  The other is that I read some reviews that said
> those particular models tend to only last about a year and then everything
> seems to fall apart.  :(
>
> Topher
>
>
>
>  Casey
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Adam Tauno Williams
>> <awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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