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More Bang For Your Buck: I am typically a build your own PC guy. A friend purchased this system and I tried it out. I was amazed at how much capability this computer had for it’s low price. I purchased it myself and have been using it for a couple months now, it handles just about any game on high settings. I was able to play Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4 and Fallout 3 on full settings no problem. The only down side I found with this machine was the video card.

The ATI Radeon HD 3650 might be a capable card; but, it doesn’t even come close to what the top cards out there can do. Luckily I was able to upgrade that easily, to a Radeon HD 4850 and fix that little problem. Also if you plan on having video upgrades, this computer only has a 300Watt power supply; so, you’ll need to upgrade that along with any video upgrades. The power supply is also an easy upgrade with the case being used.

It runs both cool and quiet, so you won’t have to worry about it giving you heat stroke or hearing problems. With the 64-bit Vista you will be getting more out of the 8 Gigs of RAM than you would with 32-Bit Vista or XP. The only down side to this is some older XP compatible software doesn’t acknowledge all that RAM being used and it doesn’t know how to handle more than about 3 Gigs. As long as you stick with recent software it shouldn’t be an issue at all. I’ve personally only had a problem once because of it; but, I quickly found a patch for that program to fix it.

This was the first PC I haven’t built myself in years; so, I can tell you its well worth it, especially if you were having concerns about being able to install upgrades on an HP.

Any other questions about this please feel free to write me.

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