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expired Posted by Turtile • Aug 15, 2022
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ASUS ROG Desktop: Ryzen 5 3600X, GTX 1660 Ti, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD
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Still thinking that these might fall another little bit on price because retailers are going to have to firesale everything to make way for newer generation systems - which will drive down the price of everything else further down the supply chain. Just on man's opinion.
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The HP is going to be pretty unsupportable outside of your HP/Costco warranty (the Costco warranty might be pretty good though). I'd expect the motherboard and maybe the power supply to be proprietary which will limit your ability to upgrade this system. The I7 12700F is a good CPU but I wouldn't be surprised if the cooling solution in this system didn't cause some thermal throttling. That's only an assumption though and if you compare the CPUs at optimal performance, the HP's Intel would outperform this particular AMD CPU overall.
I believe the Asus uses standard parts so you can more easily upgrade and replace parts yourself. The 1660 TI GPU in the ASUS is also much better than the RX 550. While the AMD 3600X CPU isn't as good as the HP's Intel i7 12700F, it'll probably be a better system overall due to better build quality. Plus you can probably upgrade to the 5000 series AMD without upgrading the motherboard. Though if you did need / want to upgrade the motherboard, that will be an option for this Asus.
Based on teardowns I've seen, I would never recommend a system like the HP one here. Maybe the HP Omen would be ok but I would still avoid those too... unless the only other choice was an Alienware desktop.
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Still thinking that these might fall another little bit on price because retailers are going to have to firesale everything to make way for newer generation systems - which will drive down the price of everything else further down the supply chain. Just on man's opinion.
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HP Pavilion Desktop - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F - AMD Radeon RX 550 - Windows 11
On sale for $699
https://www.costco.com/hp-pavilio...41386
- I'm looking for a simple desktop to replace my ~ 10-year-old computer, which is starting to freeze more and more often. (4th generation i7 - 4770)
HP Pavilion Desktop - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F - AMD Radeon RX 550 - Windows 11
On sale for $699
https://www.costco.com/hp-pavilio...41386
- I'm looking for a simple desktop to replace my ~ 10-year-old computer, which is starting to freeze more and more often. (4th generation i7 - 4770)
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HP Pavilion Desktop - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F - AMD Radeon RX 550 - Windows 11
On sale for $699
https://www.costco.com/hp-pavilio...41386
- I'm looking for a simple desktop to replace my ~ 10-year-old computer, which is starting to freeze more and more often. (4th generation i7 - 4770)
If you need to buy right now and your choices are the Costco HP vs the Asus on this post, I'd recommend the Asus.
The HP is going to be pretty unsupportable outside of your HP/Costco warranty (the Costco warranty might be pretty good though). I'd expect the motherboard and maybe the power supply to be proprietary which will limit your ability to upgrade this system. The I7 12700F is a good CPU but I wouldn't be surprised if the cooling solution in this system didn't cause some thermal throttling. That's only an assumption though and if you compare the CPUs at optimal performance, the HP's Intel would outperform this particular AMD CPU overall.
I believe the Asus uses standard parts so you can more easily upgrade and replace parts yourself. The 1660 TI GPU in the ASUS is also much better than the RX 550. While the AMD 3600X CPU isn't as good as the HP's Intel i7 12700F, it'll probably be a better system overall due to better build quality. Plus you can probably upgrade to the 5000 series AMD without upgrading the motherboard. Though if you did need / want to upgrade the motherboard, that will be an option for this Asus.
Based on teardowns I've seen, I would never recommend a system like the HP one here. Maybe the HP Omen would be ok but I would still avoid those too... unless the only other choice was an Alienware desktop.
HP Pavilion Desktop - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F - AMD Radeon RX 550 - Windows 11
On sale for $699
https://www.costco.com/hp-pavilio...41386
- I'm looking for a simple desktop to replace my ~ 10-year-old computer, which is starting to freeze more and more often. (4th generation i7 - 4770)
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HP Pavilion Desktop - 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F - AMD Radeon RX 550 - Windows 11
On sale for $699
https://www.costco.com/hp-pavilio...41386
- I'm looking for a simple desktop to replace my ~ 10-year-old computer, which is starting to freeze more and more often. (4th generation i7 - 4770)