HP Pavilion p6240f – Tower – 1 x Core 2 Quad Q8300 / 2.5 GHz – RAM 8 GB – HDD 1 x 750 GB – DVD?RW / DVD-RAM – GMA X4500 – Gigabit Ethernet – WLAN : 802.11 a/b/g/n – Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit – Monitor : none
Dec 17, 2009 in
Computers & Software
- Box Content – HP Pavilion p6240f, HP USB keyboard, HP USB optical mouse; Software Bundle – Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Edition, HP MediaSmart Software Suite, Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe, Microsoft Works 9, Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007 60-day trial version, Norton Internet Security 2009 60-Day Subscription, 1-Year Limited Warranty
- Intel Core 2 Quad 2.5GHz Processor Q8300
- 4MB L2 Cache, 1333MHz FSB
- 8GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM memory (4×2048MB for ultimate performance)
- 750GB 7200RPM Serial ATA hard drive
Product Description
The HP Pavilion p6200 desktop PC series delivers all round performance and impressive ease-of-use, all wrapped up in a classic, timeless design…. More >>
HP Pavilion p6240f – Tower – 1 x Core 2 Quad Q8300 / 2.5 GHz – RAM 8 GB – HDD 1 x 750 GB – DVD?RW / DVD-RAM – GMA X4500 – Gigabit Ethernet – WLAN : 802.11 a/b/g/n – Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit – Monitor : none
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One comment
Scott Jones on December 17, 2009 at 12:43 pm
I made this machine my new baby about 4 days ago and, so far, it has been nothing but fun. I bought this at my local Frye’s for [...] with a BFG GeForce 210 ([...]) to replace the horrible Intel onboard graphics. The total was [...] with tax out the door, and I do believe I got my 700 bucks worth.
Out of the box, this thing is beautiful and setup would put a Mac to shame. I upgraded from a single core, Celeron 3.0GHz, and the quad Core2 is something to behold. The Q8300 chip it has is the most power efficient of the quad Core2’s and it shows in how nearly silent this PC is. Quietest PC I have ever owned/seen except for laptops.
After I got it up and running and could see that all was well, I installed the GeForce 210. Install went ultra smooth and DVD playback was immediately improved. I installed an old copy of FarCry and set the graphics to their highest settings – the game played smoother than I have ever seen it before.
Unfortunately, the video card does add a fan and the system is no longer silent, it is still very quiet though, and you must do this for graphics that match the performance of this system. It is well worth it and you add an HDMI port in the process.
In the future, I plan to simultaneously upgrade the 300 watt PSU and the video card with the BFG trade-up program. That should be fun.
Awesome power (8GB of DDR3), quiet, Windows 7 – this thing rocks!