I am not a gamer, nor a podcaster, and am just a user that needed a new desktop PC that was dependable for work from home. This boots quickly! It does the job I need it to do. The monitor is large and setup was super easy out of the box. I like an all in one, it's my first. I like that it has an optical drive that is RW. It needs a bigger hard drive though. As it is now, I will have to run an external HD to get the capacity that I need and that is inconvenient. For the price, it is a great desktop but the smaller HD just was a big drawback and cost 1 star in my ratings.