HP Pavilion HPE h8-1230 Desktop PC, AMD FX-6120 3.5GHz, 10GB RAM, 2TB HDD, Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgradeable to Windows 8 Professional at $14.99)

The HP Pavilion HPE h8-1230 AMD FX-6120 3.5 GHz Six Core Desktop PC is a monster workhorse, perfect for high-end digital work. Its powerful AMD FX-6120 processor moves at a steady clip of 3.5 GHz and moves data along its six core architecture. Each of them readily available for sending and receiving and processing at rates that will astonish you.

In addition to that raw processing power, you can also rely on the hefty 10 GB of installed PC3-10600 DDR3-1600 RAM (expandable to 32 GB) to power you through data and graphics heavy applications. Add the 2 TB Serial ATA 7200 rpm hard drive transferring data at 3.0 GB/sec and you have a speed machine that can clock in and rev up while you're still getting your morning coffee.

The graphics are made possible by an NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 video card, which has 1 GB DDR3 of dedicated graphics memory and up to 4095 MB total available graphics memory as allocated by Windows 7 Home Premium (upgradeable to Windows 8 Professional at $14.99). This PC is also multi-display capable through its DVI, VGA or HDMI outlets.

Other features include USB 3.0 support via two connectors on the top of the machine, Ethernet, wireless and Bluetooth capability for a smooth Internet experience and a front panel 15-in-1 multimedia card reader.

If you were thinking of upgrading your PC, consider the power of this 6-core behemoth. It will satisfy the eager demands of any data-intense applications you can throw at it.