What is WRONG with my DAM computer ?!?!?
Written: May 30 '00 (Updated Jun 01 '00)
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Pros: Reliable, Fast, Cheap
Cons: Barely any tech support
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| azt651's Full Review: HP Pavilion 8556C |
Being a veteran gamer, i have experienced the frustration and anger of having to play through a choppy PC game, which requires involves large graphics to load. Upon purchasing a HP Pavilion 8556C system package, which included a 450MHZ Pentium III Processor, CD-Writer Plus, 128MB SDRAM, 17GB Ultra DMA hard drive, and integrated NVIDIA RIVA TNT graphics with 8MB SDRAM, for a price of ~$1700 (includes 17" HP monitor), my gaming needs were more than met.
With the large 17GB hard drive, i have more than enough space to store all my favorite games and even all my mp3s. With such an enormous hard drive, there is no need to worry about the amount of space left.
The 450MHZ Pentium III Processor plus the 128MB SDRAM and 8MB SDRAM RIVA TNT card, the speed of the computer is incredible. It allows me to complete many tasks at once, without having the computer become extremely choppy. The large display area of the 17" monitor allows me to open many windows and work on them simultaneously.
With the additional parts like the CD-RW and the ethernet card, it has made my college life more pleasurable. i didn't have to bother buying an extra ethernet card and waste time setting it up because it came already installed in the HP. Included with the computer were pre-installed software. The software package has all the essentials, MS Works, MS Encarta 99, MusicMatch JukeBox, and much more.
With this new HP, i can now easily make my own music CDs with the CDwriter software that was included and even compete amongst my friends in games that would normally be choppy, but has been improved by the speed, large amount of RAM, and even the video card.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 1800
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Intel Pentium III
Processor speed: 401-500
RAM: 128
Internal Storage: CD-RW
Hard Drive (GB): 13-20
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