Woot Deal - HP Pavilion 500-164 Desktop, AMD A8-6500, 8GB DDR3, 2TB HDD, USB 3.0, 802.11n, Win 8
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that's basically what i've got. it's purdy nice. i got a similar deal a year or so ago.
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Just got permission from the wife to buy one!
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That's a fantastic price, whats the catch though?
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@RAM. said:
That's a fantastic price, whats the catch though?
And only a 90 day warranty.
I'd consider it.. but I'm just not an AMD fan any more. Yeah it's an old bias, one I should probably get over...
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@Dashrender said:
@RAM. said:
That's a fantastic price, whats the catch though?
And only a 90 day warranty.
I'd consider it.. but I'm just not an AMD fan any more. Yeah it's an old bias, one I should probably get over...
Oh I'm a fan of AMD, I love their APU's, the fact an A8 or A10 can run decent games is awesome.
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Refurb is not worth the cost of new, which that pretty much is.
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@Dashrender said:
@RAM. said:
That's a fantastic price, whats the catch though?
And only a 90 day warranty.
I'd consider it.. but I'm just not an AMD fan any more. Yeah it's an old bias, one I should probably get over...
I have the opposite bias. AMD was better than Intel for so long that I rarely think of buying Intel even though they are doing great again.
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You could buy that, sell the parts on Ebay, and come out ahead.
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Going to add a SSD and Max out the memory.
Should make it pretty sick.
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Posting from this bad boy now!
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Cool. Congrats on your new rig.
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So if I wanted to get a Video Card for this bad boy, what should I get?
Just for gaming, nothing killer - minecraft, etc
Want to spend 100, or less, if that makes since?
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That sounds like a question for @Mike-Ralston
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For that much you can pick up a card which should crank out lower end titles at extremely playable framerates with all graphics settings maxed out. I would recommend jumping up to the $200 price bracket, but if on a fixed budget, you can pick up a Radeon HD 7790 or a 7770. I've had experience with both, and I've gotten the 7770 to push 37 FPS on Battlefield 4 on Ultra settings at 1280 x 1024, but a sad 28 FPS at 1920 x 1080. The 7790 is on slightly faster on paper, but is better optimized for modern titles. If you were looking to spend a bit more, I would recommend an EVGA GTX 660 SC at $209, which will run anything but the most demanding games at Ultra settings around 60 FPS in 1920 x 1080P. If you want any further recommendations over price, brand, specific types of Video Plugins, Video Encoding/Decoding, or Chipsets, go ahead and ask!
