i'll say t6522. Because the other one is socket 754...
Which is the better buy? I think the a1130n and I will be returning the T6520.
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Which is the better buy? I think the a1130n and I will be returning the T6520.
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The a1130n has a 2000 fsb so i am assuming its a socket 939. Take a look at Bestbuy's site for the specs. I went by CC and BBuy. The Hp a1130n has the same specs except a 250gb harddrive and lightscibe. I think that Bestbuys' website says that the a1130n has a tv tuner but I didnt see any signs of one.
HP. Assume you are comparing the HP Pavilion a1130n vs the Emachine T6522. They appear to be almost identical, however Emachine doesn't have any specs listed online yet for the T6522, and neither does Circuit City with their online listing. We have reports from some that have bought the T6522 from CC, and they indicate it has a TV tuner.
The all30n listed online at Best Buy does not show in the specs that it has a TV tuner and neither does the specs at HP. What seems to be (and I think kinda of odd) that it may give the impression it has a TV tuner by this little paragraph:
>> Maximize Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 so you can watch and record live TV! Check out a PC for Home Entertainment with a TV tuner built-in! (Learn more about Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.)
Check it out:
http://tinyurl.com/b6q2f
Click on the blue ''PC for Home Entertainment'' and it gives you a pop-up listing Gateway, HP, and Sony computers with TV tuners. It list these HP computers as having TV tuners....notice absence of a1130n:
530J
m7060n
m7160n
m7160n
Also, the Best Buy online for the a1130n lists that it has the MS Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 Operating System. HP list the a1130n as having the MS Windows XP Home SP2 Operating System. Course' the a1130n was introduced by HP on May 27, 2005 and the specs may have changed since then to the Media Center Edition.
I agree, the a1130n and T6522 would be a little better than the T6520.
Great post! I went to get a tv card for the T6520 and just happened to walk in Office Depot. I ended up buying the Hp m7060n and gateway 507gr both for less than 900 dollars. They were display models $529 and $349, respectively. The T6522 is similiar in specs to the a1130n 3500+ processor, 200gb hd, 1gb 3200 ram
but with tv tuner and remote. It also only has one optical drive. Is it true that the 3400 processor is faster than the 3500.
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"Is it true that the 3400 processor is faster than the 3500."
I haven't read that anywhere?? The Anthlon 64 3400 does not have socket 939 unless there is a special mobo/processor. The 3500 is normally socket 939. Of course the speed should be faster with the 3500 regardless of the socket.
I havent seen actual benchmarks on the two processors. Here is a link to check for a value gaming system. Look under processors.
http://www3.sharkyextreme.com/guides/MVGSBG/article.php/10708_3521496__2
Tom's Hardware has an interesting benchmark page, where you can dial in two processors that you want to compare, select a benchmark, and it will display the results. It's designed to let you compare Intel & AMD processors, but it will let you compare any two you select against all other processors on the list. (It highlights the two you select for easy comparison.)
http://216.92.52.205/index.html?modelx=33&model1=62&model2=68&chart=15
There are two entries in the tables for the 3400+, one at 2.2GHz and one at 2.4GHz. Generally the 3400+/2400 and the 3500+/2200 come out pretty close, but it seems that the 3500+ comes out on top of most gaming benchmarks, while the 3400+ generally comes out better on multimedia ones.
If you want to see the real difference between the processors, look at the PCMark and Sandra memory benchmarks. As you'd expect with the 939 socket providing dual-channel memory support, the 3500+ really outperforms the 3400+. If you look at the CPU intensive benchmarks, the 3400+ does better.