Question 1

is this HDMI comparable?

Accepted Answer

I bought 2 of these systems on for each of my sons and they love them.  We had no issues out of the box to playing.  The video card provides 3 interfaces out on the back of the box. VGA, DVI, and HDMI. One son has his hooked up to a 22 inch Samsung monitor via DVI, the other is running HDMI to a 27 inch 1080P TV.  Both look great and play games at the top graphics settings.

Question 2

Hi, I really would like this computer for Christmas! It would be my first computer into gaming, coming from a Mac. But I hear awful things about Windows 8, so Can I buy Windows 7, and just install it? Thanks!

Accepted Answer

You can do it but you may not want to.  I got a shell program that added the start button and classic windows stuff back into Win 8 and can hardly tell that it is Win 8.  Don't know how your budget is, but you may want to give the new OS a try before you spend the money on the old one.  Win 8 is a kludge, an effort to be a PC OS and a table OS at the same time.  You can pretty much lock it into being a PC OS only.

Question 3

Does this come with a wireless network card?

Accepted Answer

Most system units (like this one) don't come with wireless network cards. This system does have an ethernet though. Laptops are usually the ones that come with built-in network cards.
You can purchase a network card and manually install it, or buy a wireless USB adapter.

Question 4

I am a person that travels a great amount of the time. Is this Desktop heavy (how heavy)? And can it be moved relatively easy?

Accepted Answer

All though this case is relatively light for a full size case; it is very large and cumbersome. Also it is the size and maximum ventilation that keeps this unit as cool as it stays absolutely none of the heat problems I had with other high perf computers. As for performance the Avatar is great for an off brand. I have been playing many quality games at top end with nary a hitch.

Question 5

Hi can people let me know about the fans and any problems with them? Thank you.

Accepted Answer

I haven't had any problems with them, fairly quiet and work well. I don't think anything on my system has gone above 70* celsius, and that's while playing BF4 on ultra on two monitors with several other things running in the background. They start out kinda loud, but after being on for about 2-3 minutes they fade and get quiet.

Question 6

Does this computer have a wireless internet card?

Accepted Answer

No it does not. but the cost of a wireless card is minimum to the value of this system.

Question 7

How many fans are installed on this?? Is there any?? By the looks of the pics I don't see any.

Accepted Answer

There's one in the center and vents on the back, top, front and bottom so the air kinda rotates in and out. I've had it since july 2013 and never had it get overheated (very little heat actually).

Question 8

How well does it run games such as Battlefield 3 and ArmA 2?

Accepted Answer

I brought this main for my son, he wants to play online game, I've done some reach that this config should be good enough to play these games although not a top one comparing to $1,xxx pc.  Right now, my son got too many Xbox, PSVita, 3NDS on hand so never had a chance to play his PC game yet.

For this PC, my advise is, you have to beware, first it did not come with wireless system, you have to add a usb wireless or a wireless card install in order for you to get online.  Secondly, it's pretty noisy once you startup the system.  Except the Win 8 not much software, comparing to my HP computer.  The good side is I found it startup and loading response pretty fast.

Question 9

Could this computer run BF4 on Medium settings with decent frames? If not medium, then at least Low?

Accepted Answer

We installed the BF4 beta version when it was available (regular BF4 we have for XBox360). It ran fine, but sometimes it was lagging a little, but it could have been the beta version. Not sure if it was medium or low - whatever the default settings were when we installed it - we didn't change that.

Question 10

In reviews someone mentioned there's no audio card. Is it true?
I don't see one listed.

Accepted Answer

I just bought this computer ... and it lives up to everything is says about it and more.there is in fact a sound card it works fine. The only thing about it that's touchy is the cpu gets hot and really fast and the way the case is designed it makes it so the heat can't escape fast enough for it not to shut down. I just replaced the door for the case so it could vent better and now this computer completely rocks. Get it!!!

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