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How to shop for a computer:
* pick a video card that occupies the sweet spot between price and performance
** http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
** http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_value.html
** right now I'm targeting the GTX 660 at 22.87 G3DMarks/dollar ( 4116 G3DMarks )
** a reasonable second is the GTX 760 at 20.75 G3DMarks/dollar ( 5021 G3DMarks )
* ask Newegg to display all the PCs containing that video card and sort by price
* check the video card distribution
[[File:Videocard-dist.png]]
* here the GTX 660 and GTX 760 are in the top three most popular, confirming that we are looking at the right options
* the GTX 650 is second most popular, but performs much worse ( 1830 G3DMarks ) so I'm not considering it
* if there isn't an $800 option, then pick another video card and start again
== the table ==
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{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! name
! name
! root
! cores/threads
! /usr
! /lib
! /home
! cores
! cpu MHz
! cpu MHz
! bogomips
! bogomips
! glmark2
! RAM G
! RAM G
! disk G
! disk G
! GPU
! GPU
! cost
! cost
|-
|-
| etli
| muno Acer Aspire AX1430G-UW30P (PT.SHWP2.001) Desktop PC AMD Dual-Core Processor E-450
| 56G
| 8
| 2
| 2
| 45
| 1650
| 4
| 3293
| 1200
| 5320
| 8
| 174
|
|
|
| 4GB DDR3
| 1000
| GeForce 210
| 269
|-
|-
| weasel
| Intel NUC
| 73G
| 6.7G
| 2.1G
| 58G
| 2
| 1000
| 2010
| 3
| 224
| GeForce 7300SE
|
|-
| merkli
| 55G
| 3.2G
| 0.5G
| 49G
| 1
| 1729
| 3461
| 2
|
|
| 160
|-
| stinkerbelle
| 114G
| 4G
| 1.8G
| 107G
| 2
| 2400
| 4787
| 4
| 4
| 1800
| 3600
|
|
|
| 8
| 320
| 120 SSD
|-
| potato
| 138G
|
|
|
|
|
| 2
| 2700
| 5400
| 4
|
|
| 350
|-
|-
| System76 Ratel https://www.system76.com/desktops/model/ratp1
| vorlockjeesher iBuyPower NE731i
|
|
|
|
| 4
| 4
| 3100
| 3400
| 6754
|
|
| 8
| 8
| 250
| 500
|
| GTX 660
| 957
| 860
|-
|-
| Zareason Limbo 6220A http://zareason.com/shop/Limbo-6220A.html
| old ferret (AMD FX-4200 Quad core)
|
| 4
|
| 3314
|
| 6629
|
| 3
| 3300
|
|
| 8
| 8
| 500
| 450
| GTX 760
|
|
| 826
|-
|-
| [http://zareason.com/shop/Verix-2.5.html zareason verix 2.5 laptop]
| ferret (Dell XPS 8940)
|
|
|
|
| 2
| 2400
|
| 16
| 16
| 250
| 2900
|
| 5600
| 1948
| 623
| 32
| 1000
| GTX 1660
| $1300
|-
|-
| zareason verix 2.5 laptop
| crow (Dell Precision 7510 Intel i7-6820)
| 8
| 2700
| 5424
|
|
|
| 32
|
| 450
|
| Intel Skylake (nvidia disabled in bios)
| 4
| $2157
| 2200
|
| 16
| 250
|
| 2147
|-
|-
| system 76 gazelle laptop
| hyper1 (Dell Precision T3500 Intel Xeon W3530)
|
| 8
| 2800
| 5600
|
|
| 24
| 450
| Nvidia Quadro FX 1800
|
|
|
| 4
| 2300
|
| 16
| 500
|
| 1088
|-
|-
| [https://www.system76.com/laptops/model/gazp7 system 76 gazelle laptop]
| hyper2 (Dell Precision T3500 Intel Xeon W3530)
|
| 8
|
| 2800
|
| 5600
|
|
| 4
| 24
| 2300
| 450
|  
| Nvidia Quadro FX 1800
| 16
| 512 SSD
|
|
| 1463
|-
|-
| <strike>HP Pavillion P7</strike> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883256001
| hyper3 (AMD FX-4200)
|
|
|
|
| 4
| 4
| 2400
| 3300
|  
| 6629
| 8
| 1000
|
| 400
|-
| HP desktop http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883157053
|
|
|
| 24
|
| 450
|
| Radeon 3000 RS780L
| 2
| 1860
|  
|  
| 2
| 750
|
| 200
|-
|-
| Acer Aspire AX1420-UR10P  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103447&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL100412&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL100412-_-EMC-100412-Index-_-DesktopPCs-_-83103447-L0E
| darter pro
| 8
| 4200
| 4199
|
|
| 32G
| 512G
|
|
|
| $1548
|
| 4
| 3100
|
| 4
| 500
|
| 350
|-
|-
| Gateway DX series http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883113222
| gypsy (Dell Precision 7530 Intel i7-8850H)
| 12
| 1783
| 5199
| 1719
| 32
|
|
|
| Intel UHD 630
|
| $1500
|
| 4
|3000
|
| 4
| 500
|
| 429
|-
|-
| HP Pavillion P7 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883157344
| hyper4 HP Z420 (Intel Xeon E5-2640)
|
| 12
|
| 2500
|
| 4988
|
|
| 4
| 62
| 3100
|  
|  
| 8
| 1000
|
|
| 470
|-
| muno Acer Aspire AX1430G-UW30P (PT.SHWP2.001) Desktop PC AMD Dual-Core Processor E-450
| 107G SSD
| 4G
| .5G
| 37G
| 2
| 1650
| 3293
| 4GB DDR3
| 1000
| GeForce 210
| 269
|-
| refurb Dell 360
|
|
|  
|  
|
| 2
| 2800
|
| 4
| 1000
|
| 254
|-
|-
| refurb HP Pavillion http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883256159
| hyper1 Dell Precision Tower 7810 (Intel Xeon E5-2690)
|
| 56
|
| 2600
|
| 5188
|
| 6
| 3500
|
| 10
| 1000
|
|
| 519
| 128
|-
| Intel NUC
|  
|  
|
|
|
| 4
| 1800
| 3600
| 8
| 120 SSD
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| Dell Alienware X51 i5-3330
| hyper2 Dell Precision Tower 7810 (Intel Xeon E5-2690)
| 56
| 2600
| 5188
|
|
| 128
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 4
| 3000
| 5989
| 8
| 1000
| GTX 660
| 850
|-
|-
| iBuyPower Revolt
| growler Framework13 (Intel i5-1340P)
|
| 16
|
| 4600
|
| 4377
| 1351
| 64G
|  
|  
| 4
|Intel Raptor Lake-P
| 3400
|  
|  
| 8
| 500
| GTX 645
| 1000
|-
|-
| vorlockjeesher iBuyPower NE731i
| meep2 Framework16
|  
| 16
| 6228
| 7985
| 4800
|
|  
|  
|
|
|
|
| 4
| 3400
| 6754
| 8
| 500
| GTX 660
| 860
|-
| ibuypower amd NE670X
|
|
|
|
| 4
| 3300
|
| 8
| 1000
| GTX 760
| 739
|}
|}


! name
! name
! root
! cores/threads
! /usr
! /lib
! /home
! cores
! cpu MHz
! cpu MHz
! bogomips
! bogomips
! glmark2
! RAM G
! RAM G
! disk G
! disk G
! GPU
! GPU
! cost
! cost

Latest revision as of 21:58, 11 April 2024

How to shop for a computer:

  • pick a video card that occupies the sweet spot between price and performance
  • ask Newegg to display all the PCs containing that video card and sort by price
  • check the video card distribution

Videocard-dist.png

  • here the GTX 660 and GTX 760 are in the top three most popular, confirming that we are looking at the right options
  • the GTX 650 is second most popular, but performs much worse ( 1830 G3DMarks ) so I'm not considering it
  • if there isn't an $800 option, then pick another video card and start again

the table

name cores/threads cpu MHz bogomips glmark2 RAM G disk G GPU cost
muno Acer Aspire AX1430G-UW30P (PT.SHWP2.001) Desktop PC AMD Dual-Core Processor E-450 2 1650 3293 4GB DDR3 1000 GeForce 210 269
Intel NUC 4 1800 3600 8 120 SSD
vorlockjeesher iBuyPower NE731i 4 3400 6754 8 500 GTX 660 860
old ferret (AMD FX-4200 Quad core) 4 3314 6629 8 450 GTX 760
ferret (Dell XPS 8940) 16 2900 5600 623 32 1000 GTX 1660 $1300
crow (Dell Precision 7510 Intel i7-6820) 8 2700 5424 32 450 Intel Skylake (nvidia disabled in bios) $2157
hyper1 (Dell Precision T3500 Intel Xeon W3530) 8 2800 5600 24 450 Nvidia Quadro FX 1800
hyper2 (Dell Precision T3500 Intel Xeon W3530) 8 2800 5600 24 450 Nvidia Quadro FX 1800
hyper3 (AMD FX-4200) 4 3300 6629 24 450 Radeon 3000 RS780L
darter pro 8 4200 4199 32G 512G $1548
gypsy (Dell Precision 7530 Intel i7-8850H) 12 1783 5199 1719 32 Intel UHD 630 $1500
hyper4 HP Z420 (Intel Xeon E5-2640) 12 2500 4988 62
hyper1 Dell Precision Tower 7810 (Intel Xeon E5-2690) 56 2600 5188 128
hyper2 Dell Precision Tower 7810 (Intel Xeon E5-2690) 56 2600 5188 128
growler Framework13 (Intel i5-1340P) 16 4600 4377 1351 64G Intel Raptor Lake-P
meep2 Framework16 16 6228 7985 4800

! name ! cores/threads ! cpu MHz ! bogomips ! glmark2 ! RAM G ! disk G ! GPU ! cost

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