How Does this Computer Look?

[JeffreyVB]

My bonus check from work arrives April2nd and I have decided I am using it to get a new workstation for the casa. It looks like I'll have a budget of about $650-700. With that kind of budget, how does this HP from Best Buy?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9249495&st=a6720y&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218068107386

AMD 2.2GHz Quad Core Processor
6gb RAM
640gb SATA Drive
NVIDIA GeForce 9100 Video Chipset
64bit Vista Home Premium w/ SP1

This will be used as a photo processing station (no gaming). I primarily use Photoshop Elements 7, with occasional use of Photoshop 7.0.

[Woodja]

6GB of ram must be sweet. I'm maxed out at 3gb

[Titus213]

I just set one of these up for a client for general home use and was impressed with the speed and price. Not top of the line components but very reasonable for the price I think. I'd be tempted....but

I've gone from building my own to buying off the shelf because of these prices. That said, I've finally made the break from MS/Windows and so I've stopped looking at what's available in the PC realm.

[tim]

It's kinda ugly, with the two tone black and the silver base, with all the little writing on it. You could probably cover it in a tartan throw, or something, to make it look better.

[StellaBean]

aside from the fact it's an HP and you're buying it from Best Buy, looks great. ;)

[Bobster]

HP build kinda ugly looking systems, the screen is the part that you'll be looking at most ;)

[danisawesome]

I'm an AMD guy and love the Phenom line of processors. I was very impressed with the new tri-core cpus, so I'm sure you'll love the quad-core.

[plucks]

With 600$ you can build a much more powerful computer. I went on newegg to build my dad a new Photoshop system but was on a budget. 400$ shipped an tax got me a Amd Quadcore 2.8 GHZ 4GB Ram 1 TB Hard drive and a Nvidia 9800.

[Default501x]

not worth $600.
if you know someone that knows how to build computers, have them build you a wish list on newegg for $600.
if you dont know anyone, PM me i can do it for you.

[JeffreyVB]

I have built computers before, and thinking about doing another build. Just not sure if I want to go that route this time, or buy a new, compete PC.