Is the HP-HPE h9-1210t Phoenix series Desktop Overkill for Me


  1. IPlayFair
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    Windows 7, 64 bit
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    Is the HP-HPE h9-1210t Phoenix series Desktop Overkill for Me


    Gentlemen/Ladies: I am strongly considering the purchase of above HP Desktop. I will use the system for surfing the web and video and photo editing. I am a novice in the area of video and photo editing. I am taking up the craft as a hobby and see where it takes me. The primary components of the system will be as follows:

    - Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrading to Windows 8 when available)
    - Processor:3rd Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K quad-core processor [3.5GHz, 8MB Shared Cache]
    - Memory: 16GB DDR3
    - HD: 256GB SSD + 1 TB 7200 HD
    - GPU: 2GB Nvidia GeForce GTX680 [DVI, HDMI and VGA via adapter]
    - Power Supply: 600 Watt
    - Liquid Cooling Solution
    - Monitor: Looking at Dell 27"2560x1440

    The system comes equipped with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere 10

    HP's Phoenix series is a favorite of some gamers. I was considering an Imac but decided against it because I wanted to stay with a PC. My question to the forum is are these components a little overkill? The price is not a barrier for me.
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  3. essenbe
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    I guess it will depend on how much video editing you end up doing. It is absolutely overkill for surfing the web, and overkill if you only do a little photo editing. The extra cores will help with the video editing, but you will never use them surfing the web. Even if you do gaming it will not help much. Games rarely use 4 cores of a processer. If you want a system like that, you would be better off building it yourself. It really isn't as hard as most people think and you will get better quality components, and exactly what you want. And you always have the experts here in chosing components and assembling the computer.
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