HP Pavilion P6210F Black Desktop PC
Friday, 13. November 2009. 08:31
- 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 Description
Whether 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…. 
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November 13th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Got this, along with Intel inside, 60-day trial of Outlook and Norton, and 23″ HP monitor, for $699 – from Costco. Too much junk software included, but that’s the price of a good deal.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 13th, 2009 at 10:25 am
I am a serious software developer and bought this machine for home office (there was a deal on Staples with is $450). It is the cheapest quad-core desktop you can find anywwhere with decent, no-bs configuration (good on-board nvidia video card with DVI, enough memory and hard-drive).
Surprisingly it is quite more powerful than I expected (I use a Intel Q9300 quad-core in the office). This machine is just simply awesome. Now I got Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 dual boot and is happily hacking on my code (I mostly use Ubuntu). Also, this CPU has full VM support so I can run 64-bit virtual machines (watch out some cheap Intel Q8300 quad-core does NOT support VT commands).
By the way, it is also super super quiet. I am very picky on computer fan noises, this one I can’t even hear anything. Overall I am super happy with the purchase and would recommend it to everybody.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 13th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Impressive Value! … Though the 2.6 GHz Athlon II 620 Quad-Core with 2.6 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache may not be the fastest Processor one can buy at this price level, a second look at the rest of the components this desktop sports will justify the purchase and the enterprise.
With this configuration, You can tell that I am neither a gamer nor a Hollywood film editor; hence a lightning fast firing processor was not what I was after. But my typical work session would include sending and receiving email, uploading, editing and processing photos in Photoshop, downloading movies and watching them and occasionally using Skype while surfing the net all at the same breath!
Such seemingly mundane tasks, while appearing innocuous enough, exact a heavy toll on the processing core of the chip; so a lightning fast dual core only would behave like a clueless blond cheerleader with two left feet; on the turf, she memorizes her routine well, but on the dance floor, she is a klutz who can’t chew gum and synchronize her dance movements with her partner at the same time!
Enter Quad Core processing power 2.6 GHz; though not the extreme speed that you may want if you are a gamer, it has a superb capability for multi-tasking with ease and agility; and that is where this powerhouse comes in handy; enough speed for most if not almost all applications, and enough multi-tasking processing power for four fraught applications simultaneously with ease and without klutzy performance or staggering interlapping allocation of processing power.
The NVIDIA GeForce 9100 Graphics Card is another extra component that adds to the performance as oppose an integrated graphics card as is the custom in this price range.
All in all, this machine is very well designed, capable and indeed better for the typical workstation than almost anything else out there within $100 price range, give or take.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 13th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
My P6230F ran great right out of the box. I’m very impressed with the speed compared to my old Pentium 4. I was able to install programs designed for Windows XP without difficulty. Windows 7 seems great so far compared with XP (but I’m certainly no expert). So far setup has been painless and actually very enjoyable. I can now play full HD video from my Canon SX20IS (which I love too) which caused my Sony Vaio to stutter (my Vaio was from 2002 so it’s not really a fair comparison). I removed Norton and installed Avast and I think I’m going to remove the redundant HP software too once I make sure it won’t throw any wrenches into my system. After extensive shopping around, I would recommend this computer… so far so good.
Rating: 5 / 5