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A review by Riddal on HP Pavilion t819.uk Photosmart PC - P4 515 2.93 GHz December 26th, 2005
Author's product rating:
Speed
Fast
Design
Good
Manufacturer Support
Excellent
Ease of use
Very easy
Value For Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Affordable, flexible, good quality, nice looking .
Disadvantages:
TV capture is naff, HD smaller than advertised
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
This PC is a good buy for someone without a huge amount of cash on their hands.
I bought this PC about five months ago from Comet and I have very few qualms about it. It's hugely expandable.
With the original 256MB of RAM, 3GHz processor, 120GB HD and 128MB in-built graphics card this PC is more than capable of tackling everyday tasks and light gaming. The hard drive is actually close to 100GB - it's capacity is around 110GB with about 4GB used up by built-in HP recovery software. It makes you wonder why it needs pre-installed recovery software but, with todays users, I guess it's explainable. The RAM in the PC is the PC3200 type and it cost me about £40 to upgrade to 700+ MB from Crucial Technologies. The graphics processor is alright - nothing special. Unsurprising as it's an Intel one, along with the processor. I had to upgrade to a 256MB ATI card using the PCI Express slot on the motherboard. Yes, I did say PCI-E! The computer has a DVD+/- RW drive with a spare slot below. There are many connection possibilities including seven or so USB ports, firewire, S-Video & composite inputs, built in ethernet port.
There are three PCI slots, one of which is free. The modem and TV capture card are installed here. The HD is connected to the motherboard by SATA, and there are four slots for RAM in total if you feel like upgrading. There is a free CD/DVD drive bay.
When upgraded the computer is superb. Overall, very good value for money. The TV capture card could be better, but there have been no major hardware faults or anything so far to make up for the few problems.
HP Pavilion t819.uk Photosmart PC - P4 515 2.93 GHz
Processor
Type: Intel Pentium 4 515 / 2.93 GHz
Installed Qty: 1
Max Supported Qty: 1
Mainboard
Chipset Type: Intel 915G Express
Data Bus Speed: 533 MHz
Storage controller
Type: 1 x Serial ATA - integrated
Controller Interface Type: Serial ATA-150
Storage controller (2nd)
Type: 1 x IDE - integrated
Controller Interface Type: IDE / ATA
Optical storage
Type: DVD-Writer - IDE
Card reader
Type: 9 in 1 card reader
Monitor
Monitor Type: None
Graphics controller
Type: Integrated
Graphics Processor / Vendor: Intel GMA 900
Video Memory: Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0
Multimedia functionality
TV Tuner Type: Analogue TV
Manufacturer's product description
Easy to use, HP Pavilion PCs offer top performance, Internetworking, multimedia and instant access to your favorite applications. HP Pavilion PCs deliver unmatched performance, value, reliability and support.
Audio output
Type: Sound card - integrated
Sound Output Mode: 7.1 channel surround
Compliant Standards: High Definition Audio
Input device
Type: Mouse, keyboard
Audio input
Type: FM tuner
Telecom
Modem: Fax / Modem
Max Transfer Rate: 56 Kbps
Networking
Networking: Network adapter - integrated
Data Link Protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
Power
Device Type: Power supply
Operating system / software
OS Provided: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Software: Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Intervideo WinDVD, Easy Internet Sign Up, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Sonic RecordNow, Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2, InterVideo WinDVD Creator, HP Image Zone, Adobe Reader 6.0, Microsoft Works 8.0, InterVideo Home Theater 2, Norton AntiVirus 2005 (60 days of live updates), Norton Personall Firewall (60 days of live updates)
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