HP System - Any good?

[pupsta8910]

As title a friend of myne can get business discount.

THe main - on this system to me is the graphics card. IS this worth the money of £693 ?

LINK : http://h41306.www4.hp.com/itemDetai...8d684fe2d69483bbc:1565&sku=WE169AA#tech_specs



Operating system installed Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Processor type Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q8300
Audio features High Definition Audio 7.1
Optical drives Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe Technology
Chassis Venus2
Chipset Intel® G43 express chipset
External drive bays 2 external optical drive bays, 2 internal HDD bays, 1 Pocket Media Drive bay
Expansion slots 3 PCI-Express 1x (2 free), 1 PCI-Express 16x
Graphic card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 220 with PureVideo® HD technology; up to 4094 MB total available graphics memory, with 1 GB dedicated
Hard drive description 1.5 TB SATA 3G Hard Disk Drive (5400 rpm)
Hard disk drive partition up to 13 GB partition for system recovery
External I/O ports 6 USB 2.0 ports (2 in front), 2 front audio ports, 6 rear analog audio ports, 1 rear digital audio port
Keyboard Wireless keyboard
Memory card device 15-in-1 memory card reader
Memory slots 4 DIMM sockets
Standard memory 8 GB DDR3
Motherboard Eureka3
Optical drive Create silkscreen-quality disc labels direct from your PC with LightScribe: Just burn, flip, burn.
Optical drive driver software HP MediaSmart Suite : Music, Video, DVD, Photo ; Windows Photo Gallery ; Windows Media Player ; Windows Movie Maker, Windows DVD Maker ; Cyberlink DVDSuite ; EasyBits Magic Desktop ; HP Games Console with hours of free game play.
Pointing device Wireless optical mouse
Network interface Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
Software - education / reference / entertainment Windows Media Center
Software included Recovery partition (including possibility to recover system, applications and drivers separately); Optional re-allocation of recovery partition; Recovery CD/DVD creation tool; Symantec™ Norton Internet Security™ 2009 (60 days live update)
Pre-installed software Microsoft® Internet Explorer; Windows Mail
Software - Productivity & finance Microsoft® Works and Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 60-Day Trial Versio
Video connectors DVI port, VGA port, HDMI port
Wireless technologies Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n PCI-Ex1

 

[Alex74]

I'd say no. You can do a lot better for your money, not just in terms of performance, but in features and longevity. That rig is based on old tech and the graphics leave a lot to be desired (really..a lot)..

You'll get a much better system spec'd for you by people on this forum for £700..

 

[pupsta8910]

I'd say no. You can do a lot better for your money, not just in terms of performance, but in features and longevity. That rig is based on old tech. The graphics leave a lot to be desired (really..a lot)..
You'll get a much better system spec'd for you by people on this forum for £700..

Yeah thought so, and i know the g-card is a big no no really. Just it had WIndows 7 OS , pre-built n 8 gig or memory including blueray which is a bonus....

But i think your right that for gaming i could get a better spec. I am ordering 2nite / tomorow a spec in my other thread (waiting for any special offers) as in no real hurry, but a friend suggested this to me.

 

[xJcBx]

775 for £700?

You could make a up v.good i5 or mid range i7 for the same price from OCUK.