$150 price drop. Newegg has the Acer AM3970-UR14P 3rd Generation Core i5 Quad 2TB Desktop for $600 with free shipping.
Intel Core i5-3450 Quad-Core 3.1 GHz, 8GB RAM, 2TB HDD
AMD Radeon HD 7570 1GB, DVD±R/RW, 802.11n, Win 7 HP x64
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Hum... $150 reduction and still $600!
Sure lavish processing power, with gratifying discrete graphics, memory up to snuff, and abundant storage, while a good FSP 300W PSU. But what’s it really going for... home use, web, multitasking it still feels a slightly pricy. Sure there's the obligatory i5 surtax, and several elevated components, but consider this basically analogous Acer chassis/PSU build that's $450.
http://bensbargains.net/deal/acer-am3450-ur10p-8-core-desktop-newegg-274326/
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006550%2050001146%2040000010&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&CompareItemList=10%7C83%2D103%2D411%5E83%2D103%2D411%2DTS%2C83%2D103%2D448%5E83%2D103%2D448%2DTS
While it’s FX-8100... a AMD OEM offering lessen with 2.8GHz, just a 6450 1Gb discrete graphics that's just tolerably sufficient, relinquishes 2Gb to just 6GB DDR3, and 1Tb HDD storage. IDK, which has real value?
The Intel I-B chip is maybe $30-40 extra, but who's going to notice any "seat of the pants performance" web-browsing or emailing? Another $40 in discrete graphics and $30 for extra 2Gb and 1Tb HDD. So tops $110 and I'm being charitable. I can't envisage why someone would forfeit $150 for this Intel box. Me, buy the AMD box buy a find a 6670 DDR5 and sell the 6450 for $20.
This link has FX-8120 so both are 3.1Ghz...
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/361/AMD_FX-Series_FX-8120_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-3450.html