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| |  | Desktop | Home » » » HP Pavilion P6230F Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium) | | | | | | | 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. | | | Features: | |
• AMD Phenom Quad Core Processor 2.6GHz
• 6GB SDRAM RAM
• 750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
• ATI Radeon HD 4200
• Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 16.85 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.97 inches | | Product Height:
| 15.32 inches | | Product Weight:
| 9.75 pounds | | Package Length:
| 22.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 20.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 9.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 25.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 16 reviews |
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| $375.00+ $17.49 *Shipping | Used
- Mint | | | $400.00+ $17.04 *Shipping | Used
- Mint | | | $750.00+ $17.49 *Shipping | New | |
| New | |
| $750.00+ $17.49 *Shipping | New | |
| Used | |
| $375.00+ $17.49 *Shipping | Used
- Mint | | | $400.00+ $17.04 *Shipping | Used
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54 of 58 found the following review helpful:
 A Real Review From A REAL ownerDec 02, 2009
By Mark
Okay - I know at least one review has said that Amazon is "price gouging" as compared to HP's site - not even sure if the person bought the computer. This is a popular computer this winter - HP has had it on sale, Office Depot has had it one sale, and even Amazon has had it on sale. When I bought it, it was cheapest on Amazon. I saved $60 over Office Depot.
But that isn't a review - here is a review:
Pros:
Has Digital and Analog video on board with Nvidea so either monitor type works. A plus nobody is stating: WORKS perfect with two monitors. No need to buy an extra video card! This is huge! If you have never ran two monitors, try it! If you normally do, this is a great addition without taking up any extra PCI ports or buying an extra card. I almost purchased an extra video card when I bought this because I can't live without my two monitors, but to my surprise, dual on board!
Audio - has digital and multi-channel (or single channel option) audio out - no extra charge. My 6 piece speaker system hooked right up - no issues at all!
Windows 7. I know, some people don't think Windows 7 is ready for "prime-time" but what Windows version is ever ready? So far no issues. I am sure a SP 1 will come out soon. But my advice is NOT to get a Vista machine and later upgrade. There are ALWAYS problems when you upgrade IMHO. This is a clean install from a decent OS.
Card reader is a plus for me.
Keyboard has a nice feel - not like the really cheap ones out there. I enjoy typing on it.
QUIET! OMG this computer is so quiet as compared to my last one. My last computer heated my office up so much, this one isn't doing that (of course that can be a bummer in winter time!) But I just love how quiet this computer is.
2 USB on the front with the standard earphone and microphone jack.
5 USB ports on the back.
Neutral Comments
As others have mentioned, comes with "junk" software from HP. Just delete it - no worries - takes a second. Actually, as a PRO, Windows 7 deletes programs faster than any other OS I have used from Windows (and I have used each and every version ever made!)
Windows 7 has the same annoying system security popups as Vista does, just does seem as common. They are security ones when running a program as administrator or when installing a new program. I'm happy they aren't as frequent as Vista, but I still don't like them. But hey, that's the world we live in. Evil people make evil viruses.
Comes with Norton. I personally don't like Norton, but easily removed.
CONS:
It has 6gb RAM -- a quad core should come with 8gb. Not a deal breaker, but I really wanted 8.
640 gb HD. I really wanted 1TB. I know, I bought the system this way, but just wish it was a TB. This probably shouldn't be a Con, but hey, it's my review!
No backup DVD. This is becoming the norm with computers lately, but I think all computers should still come with backup CD/DVD with the OS on it. Never know when a system will crash.
Besides that, no other CONS that I have found yet. Just had the system for a short time so will update as necessary.
My advice? If you aren't sure to buy or not, then buy it, it will be perfect for you. 6GB of Ram is great for a regular user. I am a power user (I edit audio/video etc) and may need to upgrade to 8gb or more, but for now it seems fine. The Quad core is to die for! The video is fine - and seriously, try two monitors, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it! This is an inexpensive, quiet, and powerful computer - enjoy!
24 of 26 found the following review helpful:
A More Powerful Power HouseDec 03, 2009
By M. Swaissy
"Tinkler"
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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.
13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Great ValueDec 09, 2009
By G. Wilkins
This computer represents what I think is a great value for the money on the current prebuilt scene. I couldn't come anywhere near this price if I were buying these components separately and then building this machine myself.
It has some preloaded nuisance software that I promptly uninstalled without problems. Per my plan when I purchased it I then gave this machine to my 89 y/o mother whose 6+ year old Dell Windows XP computer now seemed very slow and unreliable. The Windows Transfer Wizard worked beautifully and after an initial adjustment period of a few days she seems to have acclimated to Windows 7 quite well. My support issues with her have all but disappeared.
I was sufficiently impressed that I also purchased another one, this time for my own use in a home/home office environment.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 GONE ARE THE DAYSMay 21, 2010
By Anthony Elrod
Instead of a review, I'm including an abridged version of a letter I sent to Mr Mark Hurd, the President of Hewlett Packard
Dear Mr. Hurd, On April 27 at 2 PM I received a Pavilion Elite Desktop that was defective and "dead in the box." I've been buying computers since 1992 and can accept this but not what followed. (Repair Order #803.........)
From 6 PM to midnight I talked to people in India whose English was barely intelligible making the process extremely difficult. They had me doing tests over and over and sitting on endless hold in between. This was incompetence. Around midnight I was asked to do a "System Restore?" and told by your Tech he would call back---he never did and I was to find that this is common.
On April 28, convinced that the problem was beyond the abilities of your offshore people and not wanting to go back to people I couldn't understand, who never called me back, and who put me on endless hold; I requested (per your guarantee) someone to make a housecall here in Seattle, which was denied. I tried to access American support to no avail and ended up calling Sales--at least they spoke English. They essentially told me "I was on my own" and I thought of the phrase--"Abandon hope all ye who enter here"
On April 29 I got your Filipino station and repeated the same process for hours. One particularly grating aspect was listening ad nausea to your parroted message about being able to get home service while I languished on endless hold. This is deceptive and a rotten lie. My machine was brand new----a fact that wasn't even noticed by your techs until the third day. After 20 hrs of my personal time had been chewed up, the dead machine was finally pronounced unfit and carted back by FedEx on April 30.
On May 1, in one final exhaustive attempt to throw salt in my wounds, I received an email double charging me, and my Visa card was billed an extra $50 to boot. Come on Mr. Hurd, you are a great big Fortune 500 company, how hard is it to fix these things.....things I would expect if this was a David Packard startup in his Palo Alto garage. Best Regards A---- E----
Post Script---Yes there is a post script to all this. Hewlett-Packard again sent me a brand new machine---machine #2. After the initial setup, I couldn't get on the Internet. Once again I called your techs in India (Repair order #------858----). After about 5 hours, including a "face to face" and the usual endless tests, I went to bed. Since I wasn't willing to spend another 20 hours on the phone I sent the machine back for a refund. Two bad machines in a row strains the credulity and the bounds of coincidence, but your people were merely sanguine about it all.
The original deal was that I gave HP a price they advertised and they gave me an operational Core i7 machine or they would come out and do an in-house repair. I felt cheated. I got my money back but lost 25+hours of my personal time. Hewlett Packard is a good example of a giant global faceless octopus of a company with ubiquitous advertising, cheap prices and shoddy rubbish products. One of the sales guys told me that if HP used American techs it would add $400 to each machine----so that's why Apples cost more?! Believe me Mr. Hurd, gone are the days I'll do business with HP again.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Computer for the Price.Jan 17, 2010
By A. R. Shapiro
I've been using this computer for about a month now, and have found it to be fast and reliable. I was surprised to find that the operating system, Windows 7 Home Premium that was preloaded on the computer was much less crash-prone than previous Windows operating systems that I've used.
The computer, itself, is exceptionally quiet. It runs cool, and there is essentially no fan noise. I'm using the built-in graphics coupled with a ViewSonic 1080p Full HD monitor. Although the on-board graphics adapter only has 256 MBytes of memory, I've had no problems viewing full-motion video. The quality of the graphics is superb. However, those who are into heavy-duty gaming might want to add a more powerful graphics adapter.
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