HP dx2250 - MT ATHLON 64 X2 5000 For £317 any good??

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Hi everyone,,,

I want to buy a Desktop PC that can be used for internet browsing, downloading and some research (simulation-programming) work that require a big memory.

I came across this offer (http://www.pcwb.com/catalogue/item/WB100569) from pcworld buisness which seems good enough taking into account the £50 cashback offered by HP. My only concern is about the MT ATHLON 64 X2 5000+ processor, which I have no idea about since my past experience was with Intel processors.

I'd really appreciate your comments on this particular product.

Thanks in advance for your help.

## Link: http://www.pcwb.com/catalogue/item/WB100569

CHR15

I have no idea how stressful simulation programming is (or what is involved) but it sounds as if a C2D may be more suitable.

The PC you have seen is an absolute steal for that price (£50 cashback from HP and 5% discount through quidco (microwarehouse)) it can be picked up for around £176.

It does have a PCI-e 16 slot so a graphics card (I consider) is a must to get the best out of it.

The 250W PSU is less than ideal but no-one has mentioned it being an issue.

Some benchmark results I found are here (may be worth downloading passmark and comparing to your existing set up):

PassMark(TM) PerformanceTest 6.1 (http://www.passmark.com)
Results generated on: 13 December 2007


Benchmark Results

Test Name: This Computer
CPU - Integer Math: 148.9
CPU - Floating Point Math: 831.6
CPU - Find Prime Numbers: 255.1
CPU - SSE/3DNow!: 3246.7
CPU - Compression: 4230.8
CPU - Encryption: 32.0
CPU - Image Rotation: 694.0
CPU - String Sorting: 1874.4
Graphics 2D - Lines: 68.3
Graphics 2D - Rectangles: 39.2
Graphics 2D - Shapes: 30.0
Graphics 2D - Fonts and Text: 102.8
Graphics 2D - GUI: 112.4
Graphics 3D - Simple: 124.4
Graphics 3D - Medium: 27.3
Graphics 3D - Complex: 9.4
Memory - Allocate Small Block: 1395.9
Memory - Read Cached: 1242.4
Memory - Read Uncached: 1077.4
Memory - Write: 1084.1
Memory - Large RAM: 357.9
Disk - Sequential Read: 70.3
Disk - Sequential Write: 63.9
Disk - Random Seek + RW: 3.1
CPU Mark: 955.1
2D Graphics Mark: 248.6
Memory Mark: 381.3
Disk Mark: 496.6
3D Graphics Mark: 51.5
PassMark Rating: 466.8

System information: This Computer
CPU Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
Number of CPU: 1
(2 Core(s)/CPU, 1 Logical(s)/Core)
CPU Type: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
CPU Speed: 2585.5 MHz
Cache size: 512KB
O/S: Windows Vista (WIN32)
Total RAM: 1917.9 MB.
Available RAM: 1228.6 MB.
Video settings: 1280x1024x32
Video driver:
DESCRIPTION: ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
MANUFACTURER: ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
BIOS:
DATE: 07/03/15
Drive Letter: C
Total Disk Space: 218.9 GBytes
Cluster Size: 4.0 KBytes
File system: NTFS

EDIT:

More info here:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12605_div/12605_div.HTML

CHR15

To bring this deal into perspective....

Ebuyer sell the same model but lower spec

*£50 Cashback Dec* HP Dx2250 Business Desktop Pc Ath-x2/4400+ - 160gb 1gb Dvd-rw Xpp Uk for £308.00 over £120 more for a lesser machine!!

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/133609