HP Pavilion P6-2155A Desktop Tower 3rd Gen i7 - $794 @ Harvey Norman Online

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  mp3police on 19/10/2012 - 22:05

  -5

  LOL $794 for them "amazing" specs
  i didnt even pay that for my new rig

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  [Deactivated] on 19/10/2012 - 22:26

  +2

  From MSY:

  Intel i7-3770 3.4/3.9GHz $298.00
  AsRock Z77-PRO3 $113.00
  Kingston KVR 4GB SINGLE DDR3 1333 $19.00
  Hitachi 3.5" Desktar 1TB SATA3 HDD 7200rpm $78.00
  A-Power 3.5" Black Internal A-I-O Card Reader $7.00
  LG DVD RW - SATA $19.00
  Sapphire 1GB 6450 PCI-E VGA Card $39.00
  Windows 7 HP 64-bit $92.00
  Antec VSK-2450P Tower Case with PSU $85.00
  Build Fee $70
  Total $820

  I've given them the benefit of the doubt on the mainboard and PSU and included decent ones but have used a slightly worse GPU (no slower but uses more power). So, cheaper than MSY, possibly. At least in the same general ball park.

  That said, this is not a machine I'd recommend for the vast majority of users. It has an overpowered CPU, a slow and relatively low capacity HDD and a crappy graphics card. It'd almost be good as a photo/video editor, but someone who was serious about those wouldn't have that HDD. It's definitely not a gaming machine. It's not a fast day to day machine (you'd get an SSD for that).

  So it's an internet browsing/word document box with a massively overpowered CPU. Which I wouldn't really recommend.

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    [Deactivated] on 19/10/2012 - 22:38

    -1

    If you're looking for a general purpose machine (mostly internet/work with a little bit of gaming/vid editing) around the $800 mark, this is what I'd suggest:

    From MSY:

    Intel i3 3220 $123
    ASRock B75-PRO3-M $70
    Kingston HyperX 8G Kit(4Gx2) DDR3 1600 $43
    Intel SSD-330 Series 120GB SATA3 Solid-State-Drive $95
    Seagate 3.5" Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm $101
    Gigabyte GV-R775OC-2GI 2GB 7750 PCI-E VGA Card (SI) $99
    LG DVD RW - SATA $19
    Windows 7 HP 64-bit $92
    Antec VSK-2450P Tower Case with PSU $85
    Build Fee $70
    Total $797

    And maybe try and find someone who knows what they're doing to give you a hand building it and save that $70 build fee then up the CPU to an i5 3470.

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  leetec on 19/10/2012 - 22:33

  +4

  5400RPM HDD for a desktop? I am sure you will be regret for buying this.

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  miq on 19/10/2012 - 22:38

  -3

  Terrible specs. Not a bargain. HP is unreliable too.

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  skyva on 19/10/2012 - 22:39

  +2

  wack a ssd in it and use the hdd for storage. good for photo editing maybe.

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  Merlict on 19/10/2012 - 23:01

  +4

  Can't really get behind those specs at such a price. Video card and HDD are pretty miserable, and the crappy PSU and MB that prebuilts come with limit upgrades

  I think you'd be better off getting your local computer store to build you something suited to your needs

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  ode1online on 19/10/2012 - 23:13

  For users without the skill to build a PC
  I think this is a great price for an i7.!

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  SrMoure on 20/10/2012 - 01:14

  -3

  you get betters specs in a laptop for the same money

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    [Deactivated] on 20/10/2012 - 09:39

    +1

    Notebook i7's don't perform at the same level as desktop i7s.

    For example in this 15" $798 notebook there's a i7-3610QM.

    ~27% slower in Cinebench
    ~21% slower in SuperPi/wPrime
    2-50% slower in WinRAR

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  Jo3y on 20/10/2012 - 19:22

  +1

  http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&c…

  ^Much better all around system with a faster HDD, 2x4gb ram & a ghz edition GPU that will max out most games on a 1080p monitor & PCCG have good customer service.

  Harvey Norman won't even allow the return of a 2 day old product in original packaging with receipt, so I wouldnt trust them with warranty issues.

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  Candour on 21/10/2012 - 10:42

  great advice on waht is bad and what is better for this novice!