Good for most games really, at 1080p should be fine. Might have to run at medium or so but good enough. RTS and such will be fine.
One annoying thing vendors do is use 1 stick of memory. Give us dual-channel please. Can't really complain for the price I guess. Another 16GB stick, or matched 32GB set isn't much anyway. Nitpicking
"A gaming computer, also known as a gaming PC, is a specialized personal computer designed for playing PC games at high standards. Gaming PCs typically differ from mainstream personal computers by using high-performance graphics cards, a high core-count CPU with raw performance and higher-performance RAM."
This HP ain't that.
I promise, nobody cares about your core count on your pc but you. You are just arguing in a void space.
Can this be used for NAS? Thinking of running OMV or proxmox. How many 3.5 drives it can take? Thanks for any help.
This CPU and video card are way too much for standard home nas use. And the case probably does not take that many 3 and 1/2-in drives. If you were solely using this as a NAS you'd be better off buying a $400 dedicated purpose-built NAS box.
With 16gb RAM AND 8GB of dedicated vram this will serve a casual gamer just fine ,(low/med settings @1080p will run fine on this)
It even has the "upgraded" 500w PSU, which is one of the limiting factors on this regarding expandability. I bet you could run a 4060 super when it comes out off of that PS with an adapter.
Ignore the neckbeard above putting this deal down. For $400 if you can find it, you're getting a very capable home machine with some decent low/med end gaming thrown in.
"A gaming computer, also known as a gaming PC, is a specialized personal computer designed for playing PC games at high standards. Gaming PCs typically differ from mainstream personal computers by using high-performance graphics cards, a high core-count CPU with raw performance and higher-performance RAM."
This HP ain't that.
All it means is that the gaming use case is prioritized when picking components, whatever the price may be.
If you wanted to build an office PC for a similar price, you may want to choose different components, such as not having a dedicated GPU, and using the money saved there to increase drive space or bump up the CPU.
I was using a 980ti until recently, and this is about 45% faster. The main reason I upgraded (not to this) is because I got a 4K 120Hz monitor, so I could take advantage of 8 times as many pixels per second as a 1080p 60Hz monitor.
All it means is that the gaming use case is prioritized when picking components, whatever the price may be.
If you wanted to build an office PC for a similar price, you may want to choose different components, such as not having a dedicated GPU, and using the money saved there to increase drive space or bump up the CPU.
I was using a 980ti until recently, and this is about 45% faster. The main reason I upgraded (not to this) is because I got a 4K 120Hz monitor, so I could take advantage of 8 times as many pixels per second as a 1080p 60Hz monitor.
Only 120Hz?
According to him, you aren't really gaming unless you're running 240Hz or better.
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One annoying thing vendors do is use 1 stick of memory. Give us dual-channel please. Can't really complain for the price I guess. Another 16GB stick, or matched 32GB set isn't much anyway. Nitpicking
"A gaming computer, also known as a gaming PC, is a specialized personal computer designed for playing PC games at high standards. Gaming PCs typically differ from mainstream personal computers by using high-performance graphics cards, a high core-count CPU with raw performance and higher-performance RAM."
This HP ain't that.
I promise, nobody cares about your core count on your pc but you. You are just arguing in a void space.
Could be the case
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It even has the "upgraded" 500w PSU, which is one of the limiting factors on this regarding expandability. I bet you could run a 4060 super when it comes out off of that PS with an adapter.
Ignore the neckbeard above putting this deal down. For $400 if you can find it, you're getting a very capable home machine with some decent low/med end gaming thrown in.
This is one of the funniest responses I've ever seen on this site. Well done
"A gaming computer, also known as a gaming PC, is a specialized personal computer designed for playing PC games at high standards. Gaming PCs typically differ from mainstream personal computers by using high-performance graphics cards, a high core-count CPU with raw performance and higher-performance RAM."
This HP ain't that.
If you wanted to build an office PC for a similar price, you may want to choose different components, such as not having a dedicated GPU, and using the money saved there to increase drive space or bump up the CPU.
I was using a 980ti until recently, and this is about 45% faster. The main reason I upgraded (not to this) is because I got a 4K 120Hz monitor, so I could take advantage of 8 times as many pixels per second as a 1080p 60Hz monitor.
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If you wanted to build an office PC for a similar price, you may want to choose different components, such as not having a dedicated GPU, and using the money saved there to increase drive space or bump up the CPU.
I was using a 980ti until recently, and this is about 45% faster. The main reason I upgraded (not to this) is because I got a 4K 120Hz monitor, so I could take advantage of 8 times as many pixels per second as a 1080p 60Hz monitor.
Only 120Hz?
According to him, you aren't really gaming unless you're running 240Hz or better.