HP Elite 9373

[Xusen]

Hello,

It has been a while since i have been around here but I need some advice from you guys about this desktop. Thanks alot in advance

I have been offered it for around £300 new through work and was wondering if it worth it, i am in the market for a new pc and i have had enough of building it myself (sad i know).

My current setup is
Core2Duo 6600, 2GB Ram, 2.5TB HD, ATi x1950, Creative Audigy 2XS and Some TV Tuners.

The HP desktop has :

● Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q9300
● 4 GB (above 3 GB, all memory may not be available due to system resource requirements) DDR2-SDRAM
● 1.50 TB (2 x 750 GB) SATA 3G Hard Disk Drive (7200 rpm)
● 500 GB Personal Media Drive
● NVIDIA® GeForce™ 9800 GT with PureVideo® HD technology
1024 MB dedicated memory, up to 2303 MB total available graphics memory as allocated by Windows Vista®
● DVD writer SATA DVD RAM and Double Layer supporting LightScribe technology
● Ethernet 10/100/1000BT integrated network interface
● IEEE 1394 FireWire® Interface
● 15in1 memory card reader
● HP Vista Media Center Remote Control
● TV (analog and DVB-T) tuner card
● Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g

Full spec : http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/c01488111.pdf


Thanks

[staffsMike]

£300 isn't bad at all for that new (with warranty?)

Generally reliable and quiet machines although i can't comment on that particular model. The HP desktop I used to buy for work was the quietest PC i've ever had though (that I didn't build myself ), Kudos to HP even though I hate them.

[Xusen]

yeah..it comes with some warranty, i have been told that around 3 months of it is left

out of curiosity why do you hate them?

[staffsMike]

Their laptops caused me nothing but trouble (around 50% faliure rate) and their warranty incidently was appauling. On site mean.. come to site.. decide they cant fix it and take it away for "up to 18 days" (... 30 ish in some cases).

The desktops however were always very good.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Hello,

It has been a while since i have been around here but I need some advice from you guys about this desktop. Thanks alot in advance

I have been offered it for around £300 new through work and was wondering if it worth it, i am in the market for a new pc and i have had enough of building it myself (sad i know).

My current setup is
Core2Duo 6600, 2GB Ram, 2.5TB HD, ATi x1950, Creative Audigy 2XS and Some TV Tuners.

The HP desktop has :

● Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q9300
● 4 GB (above 3 GB, all memory may not be available due to system resource requirements) DDR2-SDRAM
● 1.50 TB (2 x 750 GB) SATA 3G Hard Disk Drive (7200 rpm)
● 500 GB Personal Media Drive
● NVIDIA® GeForce™ 9800 GT with PureVideo® HD technology
1024 MB dedicated memory, up to 2303 MB total available graphics memory as allocated by Windows Vista®
● DVD writer SATA DVD RAM and Double Layer supporting LightScribe technology
● Ethernet 10/100/1000BT integrated network interface
● IEEE 1394 FireWire® Interface
● 15in1 memory card reader
● HP Vista Media Center Remote Control
● TV (analog and DVB-T) tuner card
● Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g

Full spec : http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/c01488111.pdf


Thanks

The spec looks excellent for the price!! I assume this a refurbished machine?? The only main issue I have with many pre-built PCs from Dell,HP and similar companies is that they often use the power supplies with the minimal wattage possible to do the job.

[Xusen]

I used to buy the latest and the greatest before and i found i never fully utilized most of the stuff i paid over the odds for...i remember paying £400 for 7800GTX..a while back and could count in one hand number of time i played games on it.

The power supply will probably be bare minimum for the job..but i dont plan on taxing it too much. on my current setup i lost my £150 psu last summer and resorted to using a 300watt one i had laying around and it does a good job.

the pc is as new, from what i hear, they were sent to customers for demo and sent back, most of them never used.