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HP Pavilion Elite HPE-230F Desktop PC (Black)
The HP Pavilion Elite HPE-230f BK172AA Desktop PC puts the power of AMD Phenom Quad-Core together with the speed of DDR3 Memory for an excellent workstation or desktop upgrade. The AMD Phenom II X4-955 3.2GHz processor meshes perfectly with the 8 onboard gigabytes of DDR3 PC3-10600 RAM, all under the smooth, next-generation control of Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Operating System. Get your 1080p graphics from the onboard Blu-ray Optical Drive powered by an ATI Radeon HD5570 graphics processor with 1GB onboard and connectivity for HDMI, DVI and DisplayPort screens.
Lowest New Price: USD 864.09
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD 819.25
good performance, but little noisy
i got the desktop for a month now. overall i like the product, it is fast and window 7 run very smooth on it. only problem i have with it is that the desktop will have a squeeking sound inside the case, i dont know where it come from, but it will not stop. it is very annoy. also, sometime when i boot up the system, the fan or something else itside will have a noise too, in addition to the continuous squeeking sound. the fan noise will disappear in a while, but the squeeking noise will last as long as the system is on........
Better Price at Staples
Staples has the same model( brand new) for about 0 less and they will transfer stuff from your old PC at no extra charge. Its a no brainer!
HP Pavilion Elite HPE-270F
Awesome computer for the price. Found it for 0 cheaper on Amazon than anywhere else. No complaints so far.
Excellent multi-tasker - painfully slow HDD
THIS REVIEW IS ACTUALLY FOR THE HPE - 235f AMD X6 Machine, NOT the 250f!!!
We've had this machine for about six weeks now, so I'm finally ready to write a review. This machine packs a lot of bang for the buck. The X6 processor is an excellent multi-tasker. We have ours capturing gaming video from my son's XBOX360 while also converting video (sometimes 3 at a time), surfing the net, and playing blu-rays. It's very impressive! You have to throw everything but the kitchen sink at it to hit 100% CPU processing.
That said, however, its downright insulting of HP to put a 5400 RPM WD Caviar Green HDD into such a powerhouse computer. It's painfully slowed down by it's HDD. You can, however, easily add another HDD to it. I put a Samsung F3 7200 RPM drive in and relegated the WD Green to a media drive. WOW! What a difference in performance.
Find this machine on sale, and it's hard to beat its bang for the buck! It has plenty of USB ports, a firewire port, eSATA port, etc. The Blu Ray has worked out very well, but it has trouble with Disney DVD's. Probably just needs a firmware update, but I have a standalone BR player, so haven't bothered. It's really a stunning machine.
That said, expandability is an issue. The graphics card takes up the full size PCI slot, so not a lot of room in there. Also, it only has a 300W power supply.
Our machine runs 24/7 and it's been a great workhorse so far!
