HP Pavilion P6230F Black Desktop PC
Dec 07, 2009 in
Computers & Software
- AMD Phenom II X4 810 Processor (2.6 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache + 4MB Shared L3 Cache, 4000MHz System Bus)
- 8 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM memory (4×2048 for ultimate performance); Expandable to 16GB
- 750GB (7200RPM) Serial ATA hard drive; SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
- ATI RadeonTM HD 4200 Graphics with 256MB integrated shared graphics memory. Up to 3 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…. More >>
HP Pavilion P6230F Black Desktop PC
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5 comments
Loyd E. Eskildson on December 7, 2009 at 1:50 pm
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.
Evan Settle III on December 7, 2009 at 1:58 pm
The more appropriate review I should give would concern the way Amazon handled my original order and the time consuming follow-up. I’ll do that if you’ll give me the correct address for it.
Thanks,
E. settle
Jim V. Miller on December 7, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Very fast computer with grEAT PRICE! Wow DDD3 memory pgraded from 8 MB to 16 MB!!!!! I bought for %49 from Frys on sale!!!!!! Works great and you can buy three year warranty from Frys for $99!
W. Cooke on December 7, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Windows 7 promised to be the answer to all our problems. Not so! I bought this computer for ham radio logging which requires multiple devices connected by serial connections. The USB serial converters do not work well with Windows 7 at all. I had to buy a RS-232 add on board to get any use at all. The mother board only has room for 3 PCIE devices and one is occupied by the WiFi board.
Something crashes Windows about once per day. I think it is the FTDI connection to my Morse Code keyer. It seems to happen when the computer goes into the sleep mode while a USB device is connected. The serial converter that uses the Prolific chip set will not retrieve data from the connected device when connected by a program written with Visual Basic.
I had to buy a new printer because there is no driver for my Lexmark X63.
But, the computer does work. It is fast and having 8 GB of RAM does make things run well. My needs are not exactly main stream, but I think I might have been better off with upgrading my XP professional computer to 2 GB. At least the serial ports worked.
I think Microsoft is working on Windows 7. I see improvements from time to time. The computer quit crashing every hour or so and now only crashes when going to sleep. I have the wait time for sleep set so long that it only functions when I sleep, so that is better. It would be nice if I knew what Microsoft was working on, but that would require admitting that Windows 7 is not yet ready for Prime Time.
M. Swaissy on December 7, 2009 at 7:42 pm
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THIS, BY FAR, IS A MORE POWERFUL POWER HOUSE!!!
FIVE-STAR WITH FLYING COLORS
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Pavilion P6230FAMD Phenom II X4 810 Processor (2.6 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache + 4MB Shared L3 Cache, 4000MHz System Bus
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P6210F 2.6 GHz Athlon II 620 Quad
I purchased the 6210F model and reviewed it. (Please see my review here: http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-P6210F-Desktop-Windows-Premium/product-reviews/B002ONCCJS/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
To my surprise, however, Amazon is offering the 6230F for $50.00 less than the 6210F despite the fact that even the MOST casual observer will have no difficulty what so ever in determining that the 6230 is a more powerful machine packing better AND MORE POTENT COMPONENTS.
So I decided to test it in person to compare it to the 6210 that I already have. Fortunately, two of the local Costco stores in the Portland-Vancouver area had it in stock, and because they have a 30-day no question asked return policy, I bought one and took it home for a test drive.
All I had to do to obtain a very quick result was run the already bundled performance testing software. The initial result showed the 6210 at 4.6 overall performance while the 6230 produced a 5.5 performance rating. This is no small feat in performance difference. Nor was I surprised at the result; after all the 6230 packed a whole lot more powerful processor, graphics card, memory and a larger hard disk, though this had no effect on the performance rating.
If you have read my review of the 6210 you will be pleased to learn that this one is at least 30% more powerful in overall performance, and at least 50% better in handling high intensity graphics such as Photoshop and produced 25% better performance in handling high math crunching software such as Matlab and AutoCAD.
In more mundane tasks, I was able to run the heavy graphics email program Incredimail, and MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Access, while Running TuneUp Utility’s Disk Defrag, and at the same time worked in Photoshop Element, and at no time did I observe lingering or slowed performance.
This machine is bay far a more powerful work station than the HP P6210F with the Athlon II processor, and get this, at a $[...] lower price from Amazon.