Yesterday my main desktop pretty much died. I have successfully gotten it to boot but it’s no longer reliable so I needed to order a new main machine. Here’s what I ended up ordering:
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Hewlett-Packard h8-1234 |
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General Spec |
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Brand |
HP |
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Series |
Pavilion HPE |
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Model |
h8-1234 |
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Form Factor |
Mid Tower |
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Processor |
AMD FX-6120 3.5GHz |
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Processor Main Features |
64 bit Six-Core Processor |
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Cache Per Processor |
8MB L3 Cache |
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Memory |
10GB DDR3-1600 |
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Hard Drive |
1 TB SATA 7200RPM |
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Optical Drive 1 |
SuperMulti DVD Burner drive |
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Graphics |
AMD Radeon HD 7450 1GB |
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Audio |
Integrated IDT 92HD89E Audio |
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Ethernet |
Gigabit Ethernet |
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Wireless Card |
802.11 b/g/n Wireless |
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Power Supply |
200-240V/3A (50-60Hz) |
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Keyboard |
USB keyboard with volume control and Beats key |
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Mouse |
HP USB optical mouse |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit (Which I’ll be upgrading to Win8 immediately.) |
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Motherboard |
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Chipset |
AMD 970 |
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Motherboard Name |
Gigabyte M3970AM-HP (Angelica2) |
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CPU |
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CPU Type |
AMD FX-Series |
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Installed Qty |
1 |
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CPU Speed |
FX-6120(3.5GHz) |
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L2 Cache Per CPU |
6MB |
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L3 Cache Per CPU |
8MB |
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CPU Socket Type |
AM3+ |
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CPU Main Features |
Turbo CORE up to 4.1GHz |
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Graphics |
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GPU/VPU Type |
AMD Radeon HD 7450 |
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Graphics Interface |
PCI Express x16 |
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Memory |
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Memory Capacity |
10GB DDR3 |
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Memory Speed |
DDR3 1600 |
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Form Factor |
DIMM 240-pin |
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Memory Slot (Total) |
4 |
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Optical Drive |
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Optical Drive Type |
DVD Super Multi |
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Audio |
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Audio Chipset |
IDT 92HD89E |
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Audio Features |
Built-in High Definition 7.1 channel |
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Communications |
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LAN Chipset |
Integrated |
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LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
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WLAN |
802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN |
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Bluetooth |
Bluetooth 3.0 |
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Front Panel Ports |
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Front USB |
Top: USB 3.0 x 2 Front: USB x 2 |
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Front Audio Ports |
Top: Microphone x1 Headphone x1 |
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Card Reader |
15-in-1 multimedia card reader |
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Back Panel Ports |
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Video Ports |
1 DVI, 1 HDMI |
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Rear USB |
USB 2.0 x 4 |
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RJ45 |
1 port |
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Rear Audio Ports |
6 ports |
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S/P DIF |
1 port |
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Expansion |
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Internal Bays |
5.25" ODD Bays x2 / 3.5" HDD Bays x2 |
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PCI Slots (Available/Total) |
One PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.0) / Three PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.0) / One PCI Express mini card (for half-length add-in cards) with USB connector |
It’s a refurbished computer but I’ve had good luck with those in the past. And for just $514 from Newegg I’m not sure I could have found a better deal.
