HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop Computer, AMD Ryzen 5 2400G, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, 16GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, 128GB SSD, Windows 10 (690-0048, Black) (3LB74AA#ABA)

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This is a decent machine for a decent price. If you were to build the machine from parts, I dont know that youd be able to beat the price. I ran Passmark PerformanceTest 9.0 on the machine. It scored a rating of 3920.1 with nothing else running. This puts this machine in the 80th percentile of machines tested worldwide. Detailed Breakdown (Passmark) =============== CPU: 9355.9 (78th Percentile), classified as "high end" 2D Graphics: 633.9 (60th Percentile) 3D Graphics: 8880.1 (91st Percentile) (classified as "high end") Memory: 1774.6 (55th Percentile) (classified as "average") Disk: 4152.7 (83rd Percentile) I ran UserBenchmark on the machine. It was classified as a "Destroyer" as a gaming machine (62%), a "Battle Cruiser" as a desktop machine (66%), and a "Yacht" as a workstation (54%). This was the Overall review: "Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components." I have to say, Im a little put off by the bloatware that HP puts on the machine. It comes with a lot of junk pre-loaded, (including McAffee Antivirus) and something called HP Jumpstart. I wish they would have left all that stuff off, though it was relatively easy to disable or uninstall it. Theres loads of other junk installed that I havent bothered with, just because it isnt in my face like the previously mentioned things. The machine comes loaded with a copy of Windows Home version.

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First off, I purchased this gaming pc after a great deal of research. I was impressed by the price for what it contained. However after it shipped and arrived, what I received was different than what the description stated. Instead of the Nvidia 1060 3gb, I got the Radeon RX 580 4gb. Im a huge fan of Nvidia gcs and was about to just box it back up and ship it back. Instead I powered it up and decided to run BF4 at wide open and test the machine. I must say Im impressed! BF4 ran, at ultra settings, at 150+fps! Arma 3 ran on ultra at 75-90fps! So it will run the latest without issue, however, the tower heats up A LOT. Im ordering a new case with better ventilation to assist the cooling of all components. Overall Id say this computer is a good find for the money!

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This was my first foray into AMDs offering of the Ryzen family chipset. First and foremost this was securely packaged, with no signs of obvious movement. Included in the box was the loaded tower, power cable, mouse and keyboard. All you need is a monitor and you are off to the races. The case is a nice black, accented with angles across its face. A thin green insert will light up when powered, with lighting for the power button as well. The face is minimalist, it manages to include a disc drive without making it super obvious or big. Standard plugs include headphone/mic combo jack, SD card reader and three USB ports, USB 3.1 gen 1 and 2 and a USB-C port as well. Standard GPU connections on the back, HDMI and display port. Just make sure you have the proper cables when hooking up to your monitor, some monitors only support certain connections. After following the setup prompts, I installed Steam and installed a few games to see how the Ryzen handled them. The games I tried were PUBG (which is a coin-toss on stability) and Overwatch. Both games ran quite well, even with the included 3GB 1060 card installed. I couldnt push it as hard as I wanted, but playing with the settings got me moderate to high frame rates (At least 60 on the low end) and everything ran stable. Storage and memory in this computer is admirable. 16GB of DDR4 for ram and two harddrives. A smaller 128GB SSD for your operating system and some programs and a larger 1TB HDD for mass storage. There is room to expand both the RAM and storage space, just do some reading to make sure you get the right speed RAM. Out of the box I had only one issue, a loud tapping noise when started up. At first notice it sounded like a bad fan, and removing the side panel allowed me to find the culprit. The fan power connection for the GPU was wedged between its aluminum heatsink and the fan blades. It took some doing as it had adhesive backing keeping it in place, but I was able to move it just enough to stop the sound. Do yourself a favor and give it a quick inspection before hooking everything up. So far, it has been working flawlessly since then, and my son has claimed it as his and now uses it for Minecraft. Go figure.

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so far so good!

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Meets my expectations and above.

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