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Hellotalkie

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http://www.jr.com/acer-computer/pe/ACE_AM3802U9062/
I had a 200 dollar gift card from amazon, I was tied to buying only from amazon then. I found this desktop for 650, it was the only decent quad core that I could find, that would let me use an amazon gift card. It came out to be 450 with free shipping. This is for my brother, he has a 9800gtx and a fsp psu, ill just pop those in there. I didn't feel like building one, and amazon doesn't really have updated part:price
 
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A good deal as far as buying prefabbed systems, yeah. You could have put in a better graphics card, name-brand memory/mobo/PSU if you'd built a desktop for the same price, but if you're not into that or don't have the time these days, then yes this is a good deal. Congrats!
 
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Yeah, I'd go with the HP actually. The Q8300 is older (it's just two Pentium Dual Cores slapped onto one chip, not a native quad-core design), and the HP has faster graphics, which I know doesn't really matter to you but you could sell it or give it away (hint hint lol).
 
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It won't let me cancel anymore : /
O well, is this acer any slower?
Its not a true core 2 quad???
 
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Well Intel calls it a Core 2 Quad, but it's just two normal dual-cores put onto one chip. Still, they call it a Core 2 Quad, so that's what it is. Heck it's their naming scheme lol. It's just based on cores that are basically Pentiums, instead of the Core 2 type. It's still a nice processor, and it's quad-core obviously, just not "native". When something enters the CPU, the system has to decide which of the two dual-cores will deal with it, then which of those two cores will deal with the instructions. Whereas in a native quad-core, the system just picks one of the four to run the instructions. It's more efficient. Less steps. More integrated. This is simplified and all, and I don't have a deep understanding of the technicalities, but Intel eventually moved from that approach to a full-fledged native quad-core which is what we have now.

It'll be pretty fast still, but the finicky side of me wants to whine lol.
 
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More often than not the 940 beats the Q8300 actually, although yes sometimes the Q8300 wins. Look at the last page and see the "Core 2 Quad Q8300 vs. Phenom II X4 810 & Phenom II X4 940" section, they recommend the 940 over the Q8300.
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/core_2_quad_q8300_review/15.html
Still yes, the 925 is a bit slower than the 940. The Phenom II 925 runs at a 200MHz lower clock speed than the 940, which is 93.3% as fast as the 940. However, the 925 has a 2.0GHz HT link, and the 940 only has a 1.8GHz HT. The 925's TDP is 95W; the 940 is 125W. I've overclocked a 925, it was very easy. Haven't tried a Q8300, but my buddy has a slightly overclocked one. Not sure if he's pushed it to the limit.
 
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