New User- this a good buy? Please Critique

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numistay

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-A HP Pavilion Elite e9237c-b PC Bundle for $1300.
-27" Full HD 1080p LCD Monitor
-Intel Core 2Quad Processor
-8GB DDR3 Memory.
-1TB Hard Drive
-ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB Discrete Graphics
-Plays Blue-Ray, Plays and creates CD's and DVD's
-Wireless keyboard and mouse
-Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Only know very little about what is good but have an old E-Machine which has served me well for about 8-10 years.
Please critique these specs for me keeping in mind that I cannot change them but I want a good machine.
Don't play games but want to edit HD VCHD Movies from my Canon video camera for home use .
 
thats actually not to bad of a deal. that monitor alone is about $400. so yeah, i would say that it is a good deal.

i put together a build using pretty much the cheapest parts possible, and it came out to $1225.
Heres what i put together

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.293931
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106325
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820159025
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109182
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171046
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131166
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824176125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152173
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233061
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151192
 
^^ Junk gpu, ram, and case


OP: You would be better off going with a Phenom II build or atleast an i5 build if you want intel.
 
No its just that a core 2 quad is an older chip. If your doing a new build and budget of $1300 you might as well get the newest and greatest chip.
 
G25r8cer said:
^^ Junk gpu, ram, and case


OP: You would be better off going with a Phenom II build or atleast an i5 build if you want intel.
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i know it is junk, i put the cheapest stuff i could find to campare to the HP, the hp MAY have better stuff in it, but to build one almost identicle to that, it would cost the same.

numistay said:
Is the AMD Phenom better than the intel?
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although i am an amd fan, an i5 would beat a phenom II in terms of performance. If you decide to build a pc yourself(which we can help you with), i would reccomend dropping the 27" moniter, you can get 2 22" asus monitors for $170 each.
 
ganzey said:
although i am an amd fan, an i5 would beat a phenom II in terms of performance. If you decide to build a pc yourself(which we can help you with), i would reccomend dropping the 27" moniter, you can get 2 22" asus monitors for $170 each.
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Agreed 2 22" monitors with even a 4850 or 5770 and an i5 would kick butt
 
ok, i put together an i5 build, if you do want to build your own, it comes out to $1296 and kicks that HP's ass. its got 4gb ram, 1tb hdd, i5, bluray player, dvd burner, win7, wireless keyboard and mouse, 2 22" monitors, ati 4850, and an antec 300 case.

This is everything you would need to build your own computer.

CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

MOBO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131604

PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022

RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220435

BLU RAY http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106325

DVD BURNER http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151192

CASE http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317

GRAPHICS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161296

MONITER X2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236050

KEYBOARD AND MOUSE http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109182

WINDOWS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754
 
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