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Directive · #1 Post by **Directive** » Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:23 am

I just had to get another computer. My old MB stopped working. I got a HP pavilion p6510y and added my HDD, RDD, Video card and TV tuner. My new specs are in my sig.

#2 Post by **palmboy5** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:54 am

Athlon II X4 CPUs are so good for the price

HP uses Ultra brand PSUs???

Looks like we have potentially identical HDD setups.

Directive · #3 Post by **Directive** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 6:17 pm

I figured to go with a quad core to at least pretend like I'm keeping up

The PSU in this was a Bestec brand and only a 250 watt one. Really cheap PSU seeing git had no sata power, they used adapters, and the MB power didn't have the +4 on the end even tho there is a 20+4 on the MB. I put my Ultra in from the other desktop.

I also like the fact it comes with 2x2 GB memory and 2 available spots. Now it has on-board ATI Radeon HD 4200 on-board. I am using my Geforce 9800GT now. Just curious, is the Geforce better?

What I didn't like is I am stuck with the on-board sound. I mean it's OK but I liked my Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio.

#4 Post by **palmboy5** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:14 pm

That is an amazingly shitty sounding PSU.. *HP loses respect points*.

The 9800GT is much better, don't overestimate the prowess of integrated graphics; they still suck compared to everything. If you had a compatible ATI card though, and if that motherboard supported hybrid graphics, you could have essentially crossfired the integrated with the card for a marginal performance boost.

I'm guessing youre stuck with the onboard audio because of a lack of space for the X-Fi card?

Directive · #5 Post by **Directive** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:10 pm

I always go nvidia for graphics.

As for the sound, yea. It's a PCI card and this board has 3 PCI Express x1 (three available)(24) ;1 PCI Express x16 (one available)(24) ;1 MiniCard (one available)

so 16x video, 1 1x TV tuner. This integrated wireless is pretty cool too.

#6 Post by **palmboy5** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 5:32 am

X-Fi Go?

It should have about the same X-Fi quality, difference being that the CPU is the one doing the work rather than an audio chip.. but performance-wise that is no different than integrated audio. Too bad it lacks the ability to do 5.1.

What I like about it is that it appears to act as a 1GB flash drive as well (assuming it acts as a standard mass storage device). If this really is the case, you could easily put X-Fi Go drivers on it for pretty much every OS it has support for. Portability win! I regularly wish other USB devices enabled the same capability.