Would this be a good machine to replace my old Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4ghz machine that has 4gb ddr2 ram with? I’d throw a video card in and use it to play games and stream on a TV.
I already have this video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129232 in the old machine and it plays most newer games at pretty high settings, but would I see a performance bump moving up to more and faster ram and a newer chip?
“reliable performance” … this is one of AMD’s APU chips - it’s not exactly a speed demon. Decent for Web Browsing, Word Processing and similar - would not be suggested for gaming.
No, but to many people it won’t make a difference. Having a dedicated audio and video essentially takes a load off of the central processing unit, which is doing all of the work if things are integrated. You’ll only really notice it if you’re using a bunch of CPU on audio/video (i.e. gaming, HD streaming, etc.).
Sorry, I meant in terms of the other computer that’s been popping up on Woot (and what I was waiting to pop up again). It seems like this version has superior integrated audio/graphics compared to that one. This one has .5TB less storage, but that doesn’t make much difference to me.
I bought the rebranded “Famous Maker” (HP) 6 core on Moofi a couple months ago and am super happy with it. Also bought a HP quad core refurb from Woot a few years ago and it’s a great system as well. Ten-fifteen years ago I really disliked HP’s, but they’re serving me well now (I do usually end up upgrading the wimpy power supplies though.)
