So I'm getting a new computer during the whole vinter sale thingy and I was hoping for some help since I only know the basics of these things. The products that I'm interested in are: HP A6235 SC - $892 • Windows Vista Home Premium • Athlon 64 X2 (B) 4000+ z • 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM • 320 GB SATA 3G-harddrive (7200 rpm) • NVIDIA® GeForceT 8400 GS. TV-tuner - No Packard Bell iXtreme J9426 $1189 IXTREMEJ9426 Intel Core 2 Duo processor E4500 (2,2 Ghz), 1000 GB harddrive (2x500gb), 2 GB RAM memory NVIDIA GeForce 8600GS with 512 MB dedicated videomemory. Multidrive DVD-burner (8,5 GB). TV-tuner and remote. Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo Li 2642 $892 SCALEOLI2642 Stationary PC with Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 (2,2 Ghz), 2048 MB RAM memory, 500 GB harddrive and 256 MB nVidia GeForce 8400 GS Graphic card with both DVI and VGA-connection. 11-in-1 memory card reader, USB 2 and Firewire connections. Windows Vista Home Premium. HP Pavilion A6226 $967 * AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor * Wirless LAN 802.11 b/g * Windows Vista Home Premium * Weight: 9,6 kg * Measure: 175 x 414 x 387 mm 320GB harddrive, 2GB internal memory, memory card reader. DVD-burner that supports LightScribe-texhnology. Tv card. HP Pavilion S3230 $982 AMD Athlon 64 X2-processor, 2 GB intern memory and 320 GB hard drive. DVD-burner that supports Dual Layer and LightScribe. Is delivered with an 80 GB HP Pocket Media Drive extern hard drive, remote, Windows Vista Home Premium. Please note that I've translated many parts since it was all in Swedish before. If you still think it's easier to read the specs on the site, say so and I'll just post the links.
DONT get amd !!!! get intel more ram at least 3 gb Packard Bell iXtreme J9426 $1189 IXTREMEJ9426 Intel Core 2 Duo processor E4500 (2,2 Ghz), 1000 GB harddrive (2x500gb), 2 GB RAM memory NVIDIA GeForce 8600GS with 512 MB dedicated videomemory. Multidrive DVD-burner (8,5 GB). TV-tuner and remote. i
3 gb mouahahaha ! I guess you haven't taken the time to read the full spec of the computer ??? I'd really like to see 1.5 gb ram ! As for the "don't touch AMD" thing, I'll just post a link to tomshardware.com, one of the best site regarding electronics... trust me, they know what they are doing http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/07/16/cpu_charts_2007/page39.html#cpu_index The faster Core 2 duo 4500 is no match with the AMD 64 x2 4000+ running vista. But let's get back to your 4 choices... I do like the Packard Bell iXtreme J9426. Add a real nice video card in there and you have quite a nice system. Pricy but nice.
The thing is, I have no need for 1000gb, I'm satisfied with only 320gb. Ricky's advice was to get the Fujitsu Siemens Scaleo Li 2642 with 500gb, which is more than I need but still not expensive. I'm not a hardcore gamer, I only play a few times each month. The things I use my computer for are mainly internet, downloading music and videos, do some small photoshop things and for school things. I have no need to watch tv on my computer screen since I often do both at the same time (multitasking ftw). I just got my pay check today and it seems I won't be able to afford the Packard Bell iXtreme J9426 at the moment and I'm really in need of a new computer soon, so I'll have to rule that out unfortunately.
I'd recommend getting the Fujitsu, for sure. As a second choice, probably the HP A6235. Both of them have pretty decent specs for the price, but the Fujitsu looks like a better deal since it comes with a bigger hard drive and those can get kind of expensive unless you catch them on sale. You say you don't need a huge hard drive, but if you download a bunch of music and videos (and keep them), you might find yourself running out of space pretty quickly. As for processors, I don't know much about Intel since I've never used one before, but I can tell you personally that I've never had a problem with AMD (I'm using one right now, actually). If you decide to go with the HP, I doubt you'll be disappointed.
It says the Fujitsu graphics card connects through vga, I thought the best way to go now was through PCI-E? What are you going to be doing with this computer? Gaming....ect..
Bought the Fujitsu-Siemens, and it's like a whole new world. My previous computer was like 80gb hd, a graphic card that doesn't support any 3d at all, and just plain horrible. I don't care what you guys say, I LOVE Vista!