Hi everyone! Im just wondering is this computer good?
It is an Acer Aspire XC 600 and i think i gonna get one.
Its a small computer, but i think it can be good anyways.

This is the specs on the computer:

Intel Core i3-3220 processor / 3.3 GHz
AMD Radeon HD 8470 / 2GB dedicated
6 GB RAM / 500 GB hard drive

GUYS! I found one version of this computer with an i5-3330 proccesor + 1 TB hard drive.

Sorry if i wrote something wrong im Swedish :P

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Is that a custom build or bought from a store?

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Its from a store.

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build your own and buy a AMD mobo and CPU for half the price of the intel one. Get like a ASRock mobo and an amd 6300 cpu.

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AMD CPU's are weaker. Their performance just isn't good enough. Yes, they are cheaper, but Intel uses less electricity and they perform better. Plus cheapest ASRock mobo's are really bad so there's no point buying mobo that costs around 40$ or so if it's from ASRock (trust me - I know it from my own experience). I suggest staying with Intel.

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+1

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ASRock make very solid mobos, ive never had an issue, they're basically ASUS. AMD CPUS are NOT weak, thats a common misconception from ill informed people. A 6300 can be got for around €100 as its very good for gaming and intense usage, and can be OCed to nearly 4.5ghz. Voltage difference is miniscule so not really a deal breaker.

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I've had 2 AMD CPUs which were best when I bought them. And I had an Intel CPU which had same GHz and cores as those AMD ones - it was faster and benchmarks were better. And for ASRock - sure they make solid mobos but only if price goes over 100$. Cheapest ones are very bad. Yes, I have ASRock H61M-S in my PC at the moment but just because I had very limited budget and I wanted to get better CPU so I can upgrade my MOBO later. I have seen benchmarks and seen in real life how Intel outperforms AMD.

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Double the price for a slightly better benchmark for your CPU? Pay it if you wish.

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That's not how the real world works. That's like saying my car should go the same speed as someone else's car because it has the same amount of wheels.

You compare performance at a specific price point, not through the Mhz rating which means nothing these days.

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Well, AMD 6-core CPUs are weaker than Intel i5s with 4 cores. Same thing goes with 8 core AMDs and 6 core i7s. Benchmarks show it, real life show it.

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Sorry, I was actually agreeing with you but misread your comment. :P (i.e. price/performance, the Intels are better).

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i5s are near double the price of an AMD 6 core, and the performance difference isnt noticeable with everyday use.

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This is so wrong... It's like if you buy cheap car that breaks all the time although it's good on paper. And your friend buys car that costs a bit more, that's on paper a bit worse but performs better and doesn't break. Of course your friend wins because you will have to pay again for new car or parts for it. Same goes with AMD and Intel CPUs. For graphics cards there isn't that big difference but in CPUs you will see it.

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Ive been using amd cpus all my life apart from laptops, and have never had a single one break or fail on me.

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As I said - I have had 2 AMD CPUs. Now I'm using Intel i3-3220. I had 2 different Semprons before with same GHz (one on laptop, one on PC). I changed PC one with Intel Celeron if I remember correctly (although I could be wrong with what it was because it was some time ago). Same GHz, same count of cores, same whole system except motherboards (most of times impossible to mount Intel on AMD motherboard). Benchmarks were lower for AMD and I felt myself that the performance increased with Intel. I never said there are problems with AMD. What I'm saying is - Intel will have better performance then AMD. Hell, that old laptop with Sempron is still running. And I still have that old PC with Sempron or Celeron (I just need to switch mobos with already mounted CPUs) available.

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i don't know for amd, but my intel gets everyday-use OC to 4.3ghz from 3.0ghz without touching any voltage and stock cooling. I don't know where it can get if i really "insist" with voltages/cooling. I think ill stick with intel :P

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1+ I have no real experience, but I did buy a Intel processor, that was worse on the paper then any equalient AMD in my price range, I bought basically the cheapest I could get, that was still good enough for my needs. The AMD one had 4 cores and looked very great on the paper, but when I checked up benchmarks it didn't quite do as well as this Intel with "only" 2 cores and about 0.5GHZ less in powah. This was my first own custom built computer, and I did shitloads of research before I ordered anything...

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AMD CPU performance "isn't good enough"? Not good enough for what? I haven't seen a single person complain about the performance of their AMD based computer. And yes, they use it for gaming / video & photo editing, not just web browsing. Not sure what you have in mind that they aren't good enough for.

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That video card is very powerful for that CPU. It would suffer if you want to run PlanetSide 2, i think.

I have an AMD FX-8350 procesor and an AMD Radeon HD 7850 and i can run pretty much anything at 60fps. PlanetSide 2 runs at medium settings: 30 fps on intensive firefights, and 60 fps on everything else.

Oh, and i have 1 TB HDD and i think it's not enough :/.

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Actually, the 8470 is barely even entry level, while the 7850 is low-mid tier. The i3 should do fine/only struggle a bit with PS2.
To OP, don't buy that unless it's ≤$600(4k krona, although I don't know the average rate for PCs in Sweden, and this particular PC is about 550 here.), and even then look out for better deals. Give or take Borderlands 2, though, which I'm not quite sure about, you should be able to play all of the games in your library with it.

Definitely build your own though, if you can. Cheaper, Stronger, and there are videos all over to teach you how.

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A 6450 (which is what that graphics card is a rebadge of) isn't powerful when paired with any CPU.

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As you know it's not a high end machine. The GPU is really the weakest link. Idk if it will just be a gaming machine for you, but it should handle the games in your library fairly well.

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Good enough for games. If you won't play them in fullHD resolutions then you will be able to play most of them on max graphics too. But what HDD is it? There are many 500GB HDDs but not all are good.

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Actully, it does not stay anything about the hard drive name, but i found an version of this computer that have an i5-3330 and a 1 TB hard drive.

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Well, you should try to find model of that HDD (1TB one) because if it's 5400rpm one then there is no point because it will be slow. You need atleast 7200rpm HDD but if you get hybrid type hard drive like WD Black then it will be even better.

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Okay guys i found a version of this computer with a 1 TB hard drive and a Intel core i5-3330.

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Well, it will be better setup because GPU won't be too powerful for this CPU and CPU won't be such a bottleneck. But can you please tell what model HDD is it?

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Oh i think i found the name its an SATA HDD

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SATA isn't model. It's connection type. Most HDDs nowadays are SATA ones. Before we had IDE drives but that was some years ago and most motherboards don't even have place where you could plug in IDE drive anymore.

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Ok :P Then i dont know

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I would suggest building your PC yourself but since it looks like you don't have much knowledge about this stuff then it would be hard. But if you could show where you are going to buy one I might help with choosing best for you.

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this computer is a bad computer

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It's not bad but there are always better ones you can build yourself or better pre-made ones.

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wtf, bad?

It's good enough for gaming. I think it would even handle most games on high/ultra at this very moment.

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Eh, that's pushing it. It's actually a notch down from a 6670/7670, and that's entry level, at least for gaming. AMD 8000 series as of now are simply rebranded 7000 series.

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I have HD6670 - if he doesn't wanna play in fullHD (1920x1080 and up) resolutions then he will be fine.

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No, it's not. It really isn't. That's Intel's WEAKEST i series processor and a rebadged Radeon HD 6450. Please find me some benchmarks of a RHD6450 running anything made in the last few years at "Ultra settings".

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Depends on screen resolution!

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You're kidding right? That's your counter argument? That it runs them at ultra settings at 640x480? It's pretty much assumed that everyone will be using 1920x1080 these days, if not it'll be something like 1600x1200 and the performance difference there is negligible.

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Well, that definitely makes difference. Of course he won't run games at 640x480 but he might have basic laptop resolution - 1366x768. If he has something around this then this card will be fine for most games.

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Actually resolution does matter the most imo, my old gaming laptop could play certain games on high quality if resolution was like 800 x 600, source games for example. If i wanted to raise the resolution even higher, computer would get fps lag, and if i ended up cutting on the quality instead, the fps would drop down again.

And this was a very old gaming laptop, it's 5 years old and components in it are sort of ancient by now.

And i missread the graphics card he had for some reason...

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Acer as a whole tends to have rather shoddy build quality & components, which is why they are so much cheaper than machines with equal specs from better brands. But as far as the numbers go, yeah it's not too bad.

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Well, that mostly goes with laptops. You won't carry around PC so you won't break it. Components are same as you can buy yourself and they aren't made by Acer. Only case and some stuff like that is made by Acer.

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My suggestion is to build a computer. I just did it myself for the first time and it really is a lot easier than it seems. Largely the only complicated thing is figuring out which parts you want and making sure they quality and compatible. Tom's Hardware forum is a great place for questions about that as is PCPartPicker for planning your build.

The i3 processor is fine for gaming nowadays. Just note that as games progress they will begin to use more of the processor cores and with the i3 only having 2 real cores (and 2 virtual ones) it will be needed to be upgraded in a few years. That being said, for a gaming PC the main focus should be a good graphics card than processor. A general rule of thumb is that the GPU should make up about 1/3rd of the total cost of the PC.

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My recommendation for an entry to medium level gaming PC:

  • get an i5 processor. If you doing video editing or similar other stuff then a better processor might be needed otherwise an i5 will work great for gaming. The i5-4570 (newest intel processor) and i5-3570 are both good for gaming.
  • 8 GB RAM is plenty. Make sure it is DDR3-1600
  • graphics card is the most important part of a gaming computer. In other words, getting an upgraded processor will have less noticeable effect with your games than an upgraded graphics card.
  • If you are building your own think about getting the Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case. Its a tad big but plenty of space and airflow to keep temperatures down and its unbeatable at its price range
  • get 500W power supply. Any less will make it harder to upgrade your computer or get a good graphics card
  • make sure the parts are quality i.e. get good brands. Gigabyte and ASUS are good brands.

Here was my build if you'd like ideas. It ended up costing $800 for the computer itself but I would have ended up paying around $1200 for a similar prebuilt one.

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Processor is Low to Mid.
Graphics card is Very Low.
RAM is Low to Mid.
Hard-Drive is Low.

No, that is not a good computer. That graphics card technically doesn't even exist, it's a rebadged 7000 series card (actually it's a rebadged 6450) for shoddy store-built PCs.

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CPU isn't that bad - I'm using it and for now it is enough for games. RAM is low? 6GB is enough. Yes, would be nice to see frequencies and model. HDD - can't say if it's low. 500GB/1TB is enough but without model can't say anything. Graphics card - yes, it is rebadged 7000 series card but will be fine enough if he doesn't wanna play games in fullHD (1920x1080 and up) resolutions.

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Hard-Drive is low becouse i dont think that you can buy 500gb/1tb ssd hd so cheap.

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How to build a computer based within a store:

-see a build made within the shop that fits your price range;

-browse through the store, find similiar components that are nearly the same and cost a few bucks less;

-start changing piece by piece untill your build is like 200€/$ cheap from what it used to be OR apply stronger components in other areas.

I did this, i changed some stuff, no big deal and managed to save around 150€ that got invested in double the ram with 1866MHZ instead of 1600 (16gb), asus gtx 660 to 670 and a kingstone SSD 120GB.

Parts i "downgraded" mostly was the mobo, desktop box (cheaper but still better the one i got, has cooling buttons for the fans i have applied, other one didn't plus it's easy to break it apart when to do some cleaning). Bought cheaper gaming components (mouse and keyboard) and a cheaper monitor, all that made me save that much. i ended up paying a little bit more because of the SSD, it wasn't included in the build to begin with.

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+1 Building your computer yourself will be cheaper and you can get better price/performance value.

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How much are you paying for it?

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6 990 kr or 1.042 dollars(with the better version + Screen)

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