Desktop Reviews

• Affordable family multimedia desktop PC with 1.60 GHz Intel Pentium E2140 dual core processor
• 320 GB hard drive, one GB installed RAM 4 GB max, 16x multi format/dual layer LightScribe DVD drive
• Intel GMA 950 with 64 MB of dedicated memory, 10/100 Ethernet
• Connectivity: six USB, one VGA, one S headphone/line out, one microphone, 15 in 1 memory card reader
• Pre installed with Windows Vista Home Premium with Media Center capabilities, will include keyboard and scroller mouse

Compaq Presario SR5250NX Intel Desktop PC intended to do. Built to last. Compaq Presario SR5000NX Desktop PCs satisfy the most calling for users, performing complex tasks quickly and easily. A clean, working industrial design creates a simplified PC that blends easily into any home or office environment. Whatever your personal or professional needs are, these powerful PCs give you the tools you have to succeed. This system comes with an Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 1.6GHz 64 bit processor, 1GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive, a DVD/CD and DVD RAM burner with Lightscribe, flash card reader, and 250 watt power supply. All running on Windows Vista Home Premium.

If you are e mailing family and friends, complementary your online checkbook, or listening to your digital music collection, the newly restyled HP Compaq Presario sr5210nx desktop PC offers a versatile, strong base for your home computing needs also as easy to use multimedia features. Focusing on affordability, this desktop gives room to grow with the capability to add up to four GB of RAM, available PCI and expansion slots, and access to a large range of peripherals via its seven USB 2.0 and two FireWire ports. It is also chock full of security and productivity software to get you going once the PC’s unpacked from its box, as well as Symantec Norton Internet Security 2007 and Microsoft Works 8. You may also easily burn your home video productions to DVD for friends and family with the 16x dual layer, multi format LightScribe DVD/CD burner, which enables you to store up to 8.5 GB of data on a DL disc, and manage your family’s photo library with HP Photosmart Essential two software.

Other features are a 1.6 GHz Intel Pentium E2140 dual core, 64 bit processor, 320 GB hard drive, one GB of installed RAM 4 GB maximum, Intel GMA 950 video card with 64 MB of dedicated video memory, and 6 channels of surround sound audio. It comes preinstalled with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, which will include all of the Windows Media Center potential for turning your PC into an all in one home entertainment center. Also to easily playing your DVD movies and managing your audio library, you will be able to record and watch your beloved TV shows even HDTV. Vista also integrates new search tools during the operating system, will include new parental control features, and offers new tools that can warn you of imminent hardware failures.

The Basics

• Processor: The 1.60 GHz Intel Pentium E2140 dual core processor delivers extra computing resources and help expand the PC’s potential by higher throughput and concurrent computing. You will be able to do many tasks like digital generating and gaming all while running virus scan or another background tasks seamlessly. And its Intel 64 architecture is prepared for tomorrow’s 64 bit applications, and offers improved performance through improved virtual memory. Each core shares one MB of L2 cache, and they have an MHz front side bus. An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data, and a bigger L2 cache may help speed up your system’s performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front side bus will deliver better in general performance.

• Hard Drive: The extra big 320 GB Serial ATA SATA hard drive 7200 RPM offers a money of storage space, perfect for storing a vast multimedia collection or for editing digital video. This SATA hard drive has a 3Gb/s interface speed that enables up to 300MB/s data move rates double the speed of the current SATA interface of 1.5Gb/s.
• Memory: The one GB of installed RAM 2 x 512 MB, PC2 5300 is a good start, but you will want to add more RAM to manage today’s calling for multimedia and productivity suites. This desktop has a good four GB maximum RAM capacity 4 x one GB. As well, to get the benefits of the dual channel DDR2 RAM, any RAM additions require memory modules of same capacity and clockspeed.
• DVD/CD Drive: This multiformat DVD/CD drive is matched with writing both DVD+ and DVD disc formats also as dual layer DL DVD+/ R discs, which can store up to 8.5 GB of data. It features 8x DVD R DL Write Once, 8x DVD+R DL Write Once, 16x DVD+R, 8x DVD+RW, 16x DVD R, 6x DVD RW, 12x DVD RAM, 40x CD R, 32x CD RW write speeds and 40x CD ROM, and 16x DVD ROM read speeds.

  This LightScribe DVD+/ RW drive allows you to laser etch silkscreen quality text and pictures on to CDs and DVDs . Your software, PC and discs work together for a no hassle way to burn just the labels you want. After you burn content, just flip the disc over, reinsert and burn your label anything from a simple title to a full disc work of art.

• Keyboard &amp, Mouse: It comes with a Compaq keyboard and scroller mouse both with PS/2 connections.

Screen, Video &amp, Audio
Video is powered by the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, which uses Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology DVMT and gives 64 MB of dedicated graphics memory. Windows Vista may also allocate up to 256 MB of total graphics memory from the system memory. It also has an integrated audio card that can create high meaning surround sound configurable to eight speakers.

Networking, Connectivity &amp, Expansion
For expansion, this desktop has two PCI slots one available, one PCI Express x16 slot available, one PCI Express x1 slot available, two 5.25 inch external bays one available, three 3.5 inch bays two available. It comes with the following external connections:

• 6 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a large range of peripherals from digital cameras to MP3 players 2 in front, four in rear
• 2 PS/2 ports for connecting keyboards and mice
• 1 VGA monitor port
• 1 headset front
• 1 microphone/line in/line out rear
• 15 in 1 media card reader on the front, matched with CompactFlash Type I and II, MicroDrive, SmartMedia, Memory Stick/Pro/Duo/Pro Duo, MultiMedia Card, Secure Digital, XD Picture Card, RSMMC, MMC Mobile, MMC+

It also has an integrated 56K modem V.90 and an RJ 45 LAN network port for a 10/100 Ethernet connection to networks and DSL/cable modems.

Operating System
Windows Vista Home Premium is the operating system for users with advanced computer needs, and it will include all of the Windows Media Center potential for turning your PC into an all in one home entertainment center for watching DVD movies and accessing your audio library. You may also use Windows Media Center to record and watch your beloved TV shows even HDTV and to access new types of online entertainment content. Computers that include Windows Vista Home Premium and an secondary Windows SideShow display will also let you to access key data when your computer is off. It’s also easier than ever to share files between other PCs in your household and to manage your laptop computer settings to more securely connect via Wi Fi.

Every edition of Windows Vista gives the essential tools and technologies to help protect you if you’re browsing the Internet, connecting to a wireless network, or just reading e mail. All editions of Windows Vista include new tools that can warn you of imminent hardware failures long before you have lost any vital personal data. And, all Windows Vista editions include parental control features that let you to manage and monitor your family’s use of games, the Internet, instant messaging, and other actions.

Preloaded Software
Will include Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office 2007 Student and Teacher Edition 60 day trial, Muvee Autoproducer, Roxio Creator nine Basic, Roxio MyDVD nine Basic, HP Photosmart Essential 2, HP DVD Play 2.4, and Symantec Norton Internet Security 2007 with 60 days of Live Update.

Dimensions &amp, Weight
It measures 6.7 x 14.9 x 16.8 inches WxHxD and weighs roughly 21 pounds.

What’s in the Box
The HP Compaq Presario sr5250nx desktop PC comes with a power cord, keyboard, and scroller mouse. It’s supported by a one year warranty for parts and labor from date of buy, one year technical phone service, and 90 days of software application support.

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