Looking for a new PC primarily to be used for graphics design applications and some cad work. Can someone give me an opinion on the machine below for ~$1200.00 or suggest some alternatives.

HP Pavilion Media Center TV m8120n PC
Processor- Intel Viiv Processor Technology with an Intel Core2 Quad Processor Q6600 (2.4GHz)
Operating system- Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
Memory- 3072MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics card- Nvidia GeForce 7350 LE graphics, 128MB DDR video memory with TV-out and DVI.
Hard drive- 640GB 7200RPM SATA (2x320)
Primary CD/DVD drive- SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
Memory slots- 4 DIMM
Front-access ports- 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) port, 1 Michrophone/Headphone
Communications- 10/100Base-T network interface
Sound- High Definition Audio, 8 speaker configurable
Link to specs on HP website:http://tinyurl.com/3yw4vv

[Edited on August 8, 2007 at 7:21 PM. Reason : s]

8/8/2007 7:19:52 PM

swap out for a better video card, but other than that it looks pretty good

8/8/2007 7:33:32 PM

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"suggest some alternatives"

Get a Mac.

8/8/2007 9:06:42 PM

^ aahhhahahahahhahahhahaha

8/8/2007 10:39:30 PM

How is the memory laid out? Because 4 DIMMs with only 3 gigs of memory seems a little odd.

8/8/2007 11:08:14 PM

Get a Mac Have More Money

8/8/2007 11:12:24 PM

^^ 3 X 1024MB?

8/8/2007 11:23:44 PM

Granted, it just doesn't really make sense why they'd do that. Especially with the huge push towards matched pairs for the past who knows how many years.

8/9/2007 8:13:36 AM

As Noen said bet a better video card. Any Nvidia Quadro graphics card will be better than the 7350 LE card. Especially if you plan to run two monitors.

8/9/2007 8:26:43 AM

he doesnt need a quadro.. just a 100 dollar range card would suit his needs much better.

8/9/2007 10:19:30 AM

both graphic design apps and cad will run fine and nearly any graphics card on the market today... unless he needs to do any 3D work (or run dual monitors), then i'd recommend a more hefty card, but strickly 2D apps, it really shouldn't be an issue. my architecture firm only specs X300 for our cad machines and they power our 22" lcd's just fine. i'd say he doesn't need a Quad core processor either. i'd rather invest in faster memory and a faster hard drive before paying extra for Quad core over Dual core

8/9/2007 4:31:15 PM