Comparing a Dell with a bundle offer from Newegg

Karsten75 · Apr 22, 2014

I'm looking to help a friend buy a *very* low-end PC. He's very short on cash, but his current PC is running Windows XP and is about 9 years old. It's running an Intel Pentium 4 515. and has 2GB of RAM.

Here is the Speccy data on it:

Java:

Operating System	Windows XP Home Edition 32-bit SP3
CPU			Intel Pentium 4 515
			Prescott 90nm Technology
RAM			2.00GB Single-Channel @ 133MHz
Motherboard		ASUSTeK Computer INC. Goldfish2 (CPU 1)	59 °C
Graphics		HP w1707 (1440x900@60Hz)
			Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family (HP)
Storage			149GB Seagate ST3160023AS (SATA)	27 °C
Optical Drives		LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S
Audio			Realtek High Definition Audio

Yesterday I found a special deal on Dell's website for an Inspiron 3000.

Today Newegg has this bundle that's $50 more

Now if I use Passmark to compare the two CPU's, the Intel Pentium G3220 is about 33% faster than the AMD A4-6300? Ths link formats badly, best to copy/paste: =2083&cmp[]=2020]http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2083&cmp[]=2020

I tried comparing the graphics capability, but not sure if I had it right when I found that the AMD would be about 25% better on graphics than the Intel/Dell solution.

Any insight appreciated. Thanks!

tiny voices · Apr 22, 2014

What does he need it for? The Dell is alot better for general use. It will be MUCH faster for daily tasks.

Karsten75 · Apr 22, 2014

tiny voices :

Lol, I asked that same question. Here is the reply I got.

Not too much really. I mean, I'm on all day, but don't do much.
Firefox, flash games & I use Picasa for pics.

CW is the first game I've played that wasn't online. Wouldn't object to more. Don't go out much.

I've only used the DVD/CD for back ups. Don't watch movies, etc., but would be tempted with a faster system.

Would love to watch live tennis but don't now 'cos it's so slow & NOT smooth.

I use Works quite a bit. Not as much as I used to though. Would rather have Office, but I've been w/out it so long I can live with Works if it is still free.

That about covers it I think. E-mail occasionally obviously.

So just general stuff. CW is a game - Creeper World. Not very CPU intensive, but uses some (little) graphics.

tiny voices · Apr 22, 2014

The dell will be the best. It will do everything he needs better than the Newegg build, which is VERY VERY low end.

Karsten75 · Apr 22, 2014

Thanks. That was my thought as well and I can tell you I'm surprised how low-end AMD CPUs are these days. I haven't had an AMD build in so long...

tiny voices · Apr 22, 2014

There are great AMD CPUs. If that APU was the a10 this would be a different story, but the a4 is the very bottom of the range.

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