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expiredASeriousMan posted Jul 22, 2022 05:13 PM
expiredASeriousMan posted Jul 22, 2022 05:13 PM

Costco - HP Pavilion Desktop - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F - AMD Radeon RX 550 - Windows 11 $699.99

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Looking for an entry level gaming PC for my 10 year old and came across this:

HP Pavilion Desktop - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F - AMD Radeon RX 550 - Windows 11

Features:

Processor & Memory:
12th Gen Intel® Core i7-12700F (12-Core) Processor
16GB DDR4-3200MHz SDRAM

Drives:
1TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
256GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 Solid State Drive
No Optical Drive

Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows 11 Home (64-bit)

Graphics & Video:
AMD Radeonâ„¢ RX 550 Graphics, 2GB
Monitor not included

Communications:
Wi-Fi 6 (2x2/160) Gig+ and Bluetooth® 5.2
10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN

Audio:
5.1 Surround Sound

***$250 manufacturer's savings is valid 7/22/22 through 8/5/22. While supplies last. Limit 5 per member.***

https://www.costco.com/.product.1...22_PCFocus
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Looking for an entry level gaming PC for my 10 year old and came across this:

HP Pavilion Desktop - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F - AMD Radeon RX 550 - Windows 11

Features:

Processor & Memory:
12th Gen Intel® Core i7-12700F (12-Core) Processor
16GB DDR4-3200MHz SDRAM

Drives:
1TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
256GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 Solid State Drive
No Optical Drive

Operating System:
Microsoft® Windows 11 Home (64-bit)

Graphics & Video:
AMD Radeonâ„¢ RX 550 Graphics, 2GB
Monitor not included

Communications:
Wi-Fi 6 (2x2/160) Gig+ and Bluetooth® 5.2
10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN

Audio:
5.1 Surround Sound

***$250 manufacturer's savings is valid 7/22/22 through 8/5/22. While supplies last. Limit 5 per member.***

https://www.costco.com/.product.1...22_PCFocus

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Jul 22, 2022 05:35 PM
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ElatedHarrier8961Jul 22, 2022 05:35 PM
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Wow that is a garbage card and only a 300w power supply for an otherwise great processor
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Jul 22, 2022 06:24 PM
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MerryHill5356Jul 22, 2022 06:24 PM
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Good for hackintosh
Jul 22, 2022 06:55 PM
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jungleJul 22, 2022 06:55 PM
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is it good enough for coding and student?
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Jul 22, 2022 10:24 PM
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Jul 22, 2022 10:24 PM
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Quote from jungle :
is it good enough for coding and student?
Absolutely. Although the SSD is annoyingly small to my taste. I would rather have 512GB. But with the included 1TB hard drive, it may not be a deal breaker.
Jul 23, 2022 04:17 AM
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MikeJJJJul 23, 2022 04:17 AM
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Quote from ElatedHarrier8961 :
Wow that is a garbage card and only a 300w power supply for an otherwise great processor
if ur not gaming on it really this is a great deal
Jul 24, 2022 02:05 AM
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ScarletStew3587Jul 24, 2022 02:05 AM
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Quote from MerryHill5356 :
Good for hackintosh
Is there hackintosh for Intel gen 12th ???
Jul 24, 2022 05:35 AM
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User18383921Jul 24, 2022 05:35 AM
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Any way to upgrade the gpu to anything decent? No onboard graphics?

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Jul 24, 2022 05:42 AM
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bjsguessJul 24, 2022 05:42 AM
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Quote from RunningOnEmpty :
Any way to upgrade the gpu to anything decent? No onboard graphics?
Not unless you can upgrade the PSU as well. And to do that, you need to upgrade the MB as the MB uses a proprietary power connector instead of the standard ATX 24 pin connector. There are some creative solutions but it just stops being worth it. A basic RTX 3060 comes with at least 500w as the recommendation.

-- Side note - no personal experience with the Pavillion or the 3060 - just sharing what I've read in numerous places --
Jul 24, 2022 06:01 AM
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BlorgJul 24, 2022 06:01 AM
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Cannot recommend this if you are buying it expecting full performance from the cpu.
Oems are really throttling 12th gen chips everywhere I look.
Expect much slower/shorter boost than this cpu is capable of.
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Jul 24, 2022 02:23 PM
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deelseaker
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Jul 24, 2022 02:23 PM
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Quote from RunningOnEmpty :
Any way to upgrade the gpu to anything decent?
I would wait for a deal on a config with a better graphics card then. You just missed a deal on a better overall config with an RTX 3060 for $950. Was definitely worth the $250 premium for both the graphics and the SSD upgrade.

HP Victus 15L Gaming Desktop: i7-12700, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 1TB HDD, RTX 3060 $950 + Free Shipping
Jul 24, 2022 11:18 PM
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MikeJJJJul 24, 2022 11:18 PM
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Quote from Blorg :
Cannot recommend this if you are buying it expecting full performance from the cpu.
Oems are really throttling 12th gen chips everywhere I look.
Expect much slower/shorter boost than this cpu is capable of.
My I3 still runs great on windows 10. You can't tell me this won't perform much better then that
Jul 24, 2022 11:39 PM
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BlorgJul 24, 2022 11:39 PM
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Quote from MikeJJJ :
My I3 still runs great on windows 10. You can't tell me this won't perform much better then that
For games, this is a much better system

https://slickdeals.net/f/15916321-asus-rog-strix-gl10-gaming-desktop-ryzen-5-3600x-gtx-1660-ti-8gb-ddr4-256gb-ssd-win-10-599-free-shipping-walmart?v=1

6core 12thread cpu and 6gb gtx 1660ti graphics for $100 less
Jul 25, 2022 03:37 PM
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ElatedHarrier8961Jul 25, 2022 03:37 PM
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Quote from MikeJJJ :
if ur not gaming on it really this is a great deal
True, then you could do fine with integrated graphics and it is sold as a gaming PC
Aug 25, 2022 05:26 AM
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mrdude88Aug 25, 2022 05:26 AM
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Quote from Blorg :
For games, this is a much better system

https://slickdeals.net/f/15916321-asus-rog-strix-gl10-gaming-desktop-ryzen-5-3600x-gtx-1660-ti-8gb-ddr4-256gb-ssd-win-10-599-free-shipping-walmart?v=1

6core 12thread cpu and 6gb gtx 1660ti graphics for $100 less

I'm a noob here, but how is this a better deal for gaming other than the graphics card. It's basically the opposite for the processor. Inferior processor and smaller RAM for better graphics card.

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Aug 28, 2022 09:33 PM
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BlorgAug 28, 2022 09:33 PM
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Quote from mrdude88 :
I'm a noob here, but how is this a better deal for gaming other than the graphics card. It's basically the opposite for the processor. Inferior processor and smaller RAM for better graphics card.
The gpu is gonna be doing 98% of the work, the cpu just has to keep up. Modern cpu's are more than capable.
You'll see very little difference in cpu's for most tasks between 3600x and 12700, most things will happen instantly, and load time differences will be maybe a couple seconds. Meanwhile the 1660ti will give you way more fps in games, which is what the whole thing's for right?

For the ram, that's a 20-30$ stick of ram to fix that, and 16gb is all you'll need.

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