- AMD Athlon II 620 Quad-Core Processor (2.6 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache)
- 6GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM memory (3×2048MB for ultimate performance)(expandable to 16GB)
- 640GB (7200RPM) Serial ATA hard drive; SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
- NVIDIA GeForce 9100 Graphics with 256MB integrated shared graphics memory. Up to 2.9 GB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows 7.
- Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Product DescriptionWhether you’re surfing the Web, editing photos, mixing your soundtracks or creating your own home videos, HP Pavilion desktop PC’s offer a variety of ways to make your computing experience richer and more rewarding. As you would expect from the leader in consumer PC’s, every HP Pavilion PC includes many intuitive features that make capturing and sharing your digital experiences easier than ever. . . . More >>
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5 comments
March 2, 2010
I wanted to buy this hp and at 496. 00 I was going to but know the price has gone up so I will go some other place. Rating: 4 / 5
March 3, 2010
If you go to HP’s own website, you can buy this same computer for $499. 95. It seems like a good computer but it certainly isn’t a good buy from Amazon. Shame on Amazon for overcharging! Rating: 1 / 5
March 3, 2010
This computer runs sims 3 flawlessly and any other sims game that i’ve thrown at it. Windows 7 is amazing and really easy to use. I use my computer for gaming and entertainment purposes and so far it has disappointed me.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 3, 2010
I had an HP just like this one except about 7 years older. . . this is just an updated version of that. It runs really great. . . and the price was just right. My only complaint would be having windows 7 on it. I can’t play many older games, and when I tried to put my itunes videos on an external hard drive, the whole computer would shut down and corrupt the files. My old computer with XP never did that, and neither does my netbook which also has XP.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 3, 2010
I bought this PC not because I worked for HP 21 years ago, but because it was a reasonable deal at Fry’s 2 months ago ($479). It was not the absolutely lowest price (some got it at $450 from Staples), but acceptable. Amazon’s price seems too high. It seems to work fine with the typical Windows 7 applications such as Offices, IE, FireFox and so on. I can also run 2 of my most important (anti-virus) software, which does not seem to slow down the system. I am not a gamer as I am too old. I also do not edit films. So, this PC is fast enough for me. But I have been working on device drivers, boot loader bringup, and Linux kernel on other architectures. So, I think I know a little bit about system level issues. The graphics is a little weak. But that is OK. It still works for production software. You get what you pay for. My friend told me 3D video will be ready soon. So, I may buy a 3D-ready graphic card in the future. The main memory is more than enough for me now. Typically it uses 2 GB or less. There are 4 GB usually unused. It claims to support up to 16GB. But this assumes there will be 4 GB DDR2 memory. I have not checked stores to see if there is 4GB DDR2 available or not, as I have no need to add more memory soon. I used to have a slow PC with 512MB and it constantly thrashes. That is why I bought this PC. The bottle neck is apparently my DSL line at home, which is only 6 mbps downstream. I worked on ISDN BRI and DSL device drivers before. If you need to get some data through your DSL, your PC will have to wait, no matter how cheap the PC is (assuming there is enough memory). Typically, the CPU is less than 50% busy. Sometimes, it is even less than 10% busy. I can tell my money is not at work. So, I installed Sun’s VirtualBox on this PC to see if I can keep the CPU busy and use more memory. Then I installed OpenSolaris, PC-BSD, ubuntu, Fedora and so on on top of the VirtualBox. The problem with ubuntu over VirtualBox over Windows 7 are:1. When I try to update the software, it seems to receive very few packets, then stop. It can not receive all the requires (100+) packages in one shot. I tried similar configuration in my office (with a different Intel-based PC running Windows XP) and the problem does not happen. 2. When I tried to run ‘compiz’ (a cool window manage on Linux), it somehow does not work. Overall, I think it is a good PC. It is not super fast as there is no layer 3 cache. But it is fast enough and I do not have to keep waiting and curse the old PC as before. I expect to use it for several years. Rating: 4 / 5