Hp Pavilion AMD 2.8ghz 5600

I have repeatedly commented that there is nonentity are few things I like better than a decent magazines PC. Therefore HP's pre-CES/post new year consequence line refresh has a warm glow to my heart as it does not one, but new radio centre PCs to the flea market alongside one other desktop , apparently, for recreational photographers.


Starting then with the amateur photographer- a6330f (on the left) we find a base spec a (none too shabby for AMD) 2.8GHz Athlon 64 X2 5600+ CPU, nVidia nForce 430 with integrated GeForce 6150 SE graphics, 3GB of DDR2 RAM, the most a 32-bit OS would warrant, and a 500GB hard effort. Other, less striking landscape include a 15-in-1 card reader, which should accept memory cards from most cameras, and an HP portable media desire bay - basically a up external hard campaign with a named interface. All this is fairly par for the course but the base value is set at $650, which translate to around £400 over here, which is barely high - even factoring the added cost of a monitor.

Moving on to HP's mass media- offerings, we shall surprise with the Pavilion Slimline s3330f, which builds upon the present s3000 series by bringing HD DVD and Blu-ray reproduction to the range. Backing up the dual-setup fundraiser (from an unstipulated maker) which, by the by, only and not burns HD discs, is a 2.8GHz Athlon 64 X2 5400+, 2GB DDR2 RAM and a 500Gb hard appeal. A DVB-T tuner and a 256MB nVidia 8500 GT card also makes the bill, which is in the offing to be of more use filmed decoding from the palmtop than trying to play any games - and of choice it offers HDCP compliant HDMI output. Coupling these pince-nez with the attractive form aspect and alike attractive $950 (£500-odd) rate, HP could be on to a leader here.

For a bit more oomph, the Pavilion Media Centre m8330f offers a 2.2GHz Phenom 9500 quad-core processor, 3GB DDR2 RAM and dual 320GB hard drives, configured in RAID 0 by default for 640GB space. A TV tuner is also counted in but grunt is extraordinarily not stipulated, leading us to put on it is of the integrated variety but with pricing set at $960 (£500) the system doesn't denote above all bad value for income. If Phenom doesn't swim your boat, then a similar Intel flavoured system is also existing.

The Pavilion Elite m9100, ( in the air right-hand) boasts a Q6600 PC running on the G33 chipset, 4GB of DDR2 RAM (couples with 64-bit Vista Home Premium). Buyers will also find the same TV as seen on the other models mentioned here, dual 360GB hard , all over again in RAID 0 for 720GB aggregate space, nVidia 8500 GT graphics and a read-only HD DVD crusade. The m9100 will fright at $1160 (just under £600) and as is true of all the here firm freedom are awaited to be next but word is we'll see them fairly soon.