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Old 03-15-2008, 06:14 PM
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Hey everyone I have two comps but im not sure which one is better for me. I.E:Faster,Less boot time and World Of Warcraft smoothly. The new one I just bought is a compaq and the one i had was the HP.

Compaq Presario SR5350F Desktop PC

Operating system
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition -

Processor
Intel Pentium Dual-Core Desktop Processor E2160(2) 1.6GHZ i think

Memory
2048MB

Memory speed
PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM

Total memory slots
2 DIMM

Maximum memory expansion
4GB

Graphics
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 64MB

TV and entertainment experience
N/A

PCI expansion
2 PCI (one available), 1 PCI Express x1 (one available), 1 PCI Express x16 (one available)

Hard disk drive(s)
360GB 7200RPM SATA [gigabyte is defined as 1,000,000,000 bytes, accessible capacity may vary]

Primary CD/DVD drive
SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology

Secondary CD/DVD drive
N/A

Communications
Integrated 10/100Base T-network interface

Sound card
High Definition Audio,

Speakers
6 speaker configurable

System
N/A

Front-side bus (processor dependent)
800MHz Front Side Bus

The HP
* Hardware Platform: PC
* Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4
* System Bus Speed: 800 MHz
* Number of Processors: 1
* RAM: 512 MB
* RAM Type: SDRAM
* L2 Cache: 512 KB
* Memory Slots: 2

Operating System and Software

* Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition

Keyboard and Mouse

* Keyboard: HP multimedia keyboard

Hard Drive

* Size: 160 GB
* Manufacturer: None

Graphics and Display

* Graphics Card: nVIDIA GeForce4 MX
* Graphics RAM: 64 MB

Ports and Connectivity

* Modem: 56 Kbps
* Network Connection: 10-/100-Mbps Ethernet


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You should probably be able to tell which machine is faster by using them.
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i would imagine the Compaq Presario SR5350F would be the best one. But like ash said why not test them out and see which one best suits your needs.
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Yeah i would agree that the Compaq one is better, its dual core and it seems alright, but you dont wannt be playing WOW on it... what a waist of a computer haha
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