HP is improving the storage and RAM speed, but no progress in graphics. HP has a new model HP Pavilion p6720f in desktop series can support two or three monitors, so you can do while multitasking.

HP Pavilion p6720f the plane black chassis. In front of a shiny black plastic with an inlet extension, right below the DVD burner to create a different optical drive systems such as blue ray burner. The power button is located in the top of the chassis and illuminated with blue LEDs. The sides are matte black with an HP logo tapered off.

If you open up the case looks all messed in with more expansion slots. There is a 5.25″ bay and two additional 3.5-inch bays, a spare RAM slot and three PCI Express slots. The dimension of the HP Pavilion p6720f is 16.85 x 15.32 x 6.97 inches and weighs about 3.2 pounds.

The desktop comes with keyboard and mouse. Both are wired USB so that you eat the 2 USB ports 6 USB ports. The keyboard is black and flat, and volume keys are silver.

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There is a Wireless-N for free cable and high-performing networks. This wireless network you can browse web and share files over the Internet is an improved range of wireless networks (Wireless-N 802.11 n/b/g). p6720f also supports wired network.

If you’re a gamer, think again to buy this product because p6720f has an integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics expanded up to 2943 MB for Windows 7.

At the front, 15-in-1 card reader that supports almost all types of cards available in the market, a micro phone and head phone jack and two USB 2.0 ports can read. No USB 3.0 or eSATA port. At the back are four USB 2.0 ports, an Ethernet port, DVI, SPDIF out and a VGA out. For audio enthusiasts, support for 3.1 surround speakers.

Conclusion

HP Pavilion p6720f is a mid-range desktop PC with huge storage capacity and speed, but graphics performance and updated technology did not like USB 3.0. This is available in the market from $ 580 to your specifications.

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Specifications

• Processor: AMD Quad Core processor Phenom II 840T
• Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
• RAM: 8GB DDR3 and can be expanded up to 16GB
• Hard Drive: 1 TB SATA HDD
• Graphics: ATI Radeon 4200 High DEFN
• Audio: Integrated Audio ALC888-VD
• Optical Drive: Super Multi DVD burner (LightScribe technology)
• Sound: HD audio to 7.1 (surround sound)

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The Dell Inspiron 2305 One is an all-in-one desktop PC with a touch screen, Blu-ray, and competitive performance numbers. Dell Inspiron One is definitely a good alternative, especially if you’re looking for a basic media center PC.

The Inspiron One has a 23-inch widescreen display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 resolution, which means that the full 1,080 p HD viewing. The frame is made of black plastic that was designed to resemble polished wood. The rest of the chassis is silver, except the standard transparent. The desktop is raised high enough that there is a hole into the wireless keyboard under the slide-a welcome feature when in lack of desk space.

On the side of the Inspiron One 2305 has a few simple gates and buttons, including volume and brightness, two USB 2.0 ports, an SD card slot, Blu-ray player and audio in and out . At the back are four USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, VGA, composite video, S / P DIF, TV Tuner, and Ethernet. It would have been nice to have seen ahead what the future external expansion ports such as eSATA or USB 3.0. But USB 2.0 will suffice for most of your external hard drive needs-although the data transfer speeds will not be as fast. The Inspiron comes with 1 TB One area that should be all your multimedia files.

The touch interface that comes with the Inspiron One is the Dell Stage, and while I enjoyed some of the added games and apps, I felt like it was a completely separate experience. The Dell Stage is essentially a dock bar that sits on the Windows 7 desktop apps you can touch and start from there.

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By comparison, the HP TouchSmart interface 310 is a very devoted to touch you can start on top of Windows 7. I would have liked a little more in advance than to see a toolbar with no app store, but maybe version 2.0 will have more to offer.

The Dell Inspiron One comes equipped with a 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X4610e II processor, 8GB of DDR3 RAM and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 graphics chipset. With these components, the Inspiron One 2305 scored well on our PCMark Vantage test (5354), which measures overall computer performance.

Compared with HP 310 that sports a slightly faster 2.5 GHz Athlon processor II X4 615, scoring 656 points less than the Inspiron One. The HP310, but defeated the Inspiron One by a few seconds in our Handbrake video encoding test (2:56 HP, Dell 3:03), Cinebench R11.5 (2.82, 2.7), and Photoshop CS5 (6, 42, 6:56).

The Inspiron One 2305 is not a 3D powerhouse, but the sleek well in our 3DMark Vantage test (6572). However, it was Lost Planet 2 on a slideshow rate of 11 frames per second (fps) on Central and quality could not even run our Crysis test. Your gaming experience is likely to be limited to games like Starcraft II, World of Warcraft, and Farmville.

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The Dell Inspiron 2305 One has all services to make a decent all-in-one desktop, but a little PC must have additional functions to the touch functionality worthwhile. As it stands, the HP TouchSmart 310 is the better applications in combination with the multi-touch screen.

HP Compaq 6005 Pro Small Form Factor PC – yes, that’s her full name – is about as big as a compact system as its name is long. This system is relatively common, all-black case reflects the simplicity of the components and feature list. You’re not getting a lot of computing with the 6005 high explosive grenade to save the processing speed.

But the 6005 offers one of the better price / performance trade-offs on the PC price chart. The price seems too much for a system that is not packaged in a standard mini tower case, but the 6005 plays within the domain of the top of the category systems in performance, for rest of the specs get left in the dust.

All this magic happens as a result of the 6005 is powerful brains, a 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom X4 processor II B95 that appeals to an included 4GB DDR3 memory. It is a powerful combination that is not really the top dog in the value PCs category, but it does not have to be.

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Tested with a WorldBench 6 score of 128, this system beats out any other compact system on the PC graphics and Price does a great job of delivering better overall performance than most relatively priced (or higher) value desktops. The only exception is Micro Express Microflex 75B, a minitower system a score of 132. It is this machine that will forever lock in the 6005′s side.

Graphically, the 6005 is not playable frame rates to deliver in Unreal Tournament benchmark at a resolution of the test using the typical high quality settings. The Microflex 75B, on the other hand, spit 82 frames per second at the highest tested resolution of 2560 x 1200 – one of the better scores on the PC Price chart to date.

If the 6005 is designed primarily for speed, it only supports a sufficient number of external connections. The system is back home to six USB slots, a Gigabit Ethernet port, a DisplayPort connector and a VGA output. Four USB ports grace the system front, making her only DisplayPort connector is the only advanced feature on the entire rig. (Unlike the Microflex 75B’s smorgasbord of connections offer blows the 6005 out of the water with a huge, satisfying splash.)

The 6005′s chassis is ho-hum for her monochromatic look, but it is not easy to open up to reveal an interior packed. There are no additional hard drive bays than what’s already occupied by the system included DVD burner, 84GB solid-state boot disk, and 300GB storage drive.

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For what it’s worth, this means poor storage 150GB beat the Microflex 75B of capacity. As for upgrading, you can fit an extra PCI card and PCI x16, x1 and two PCI cards in the 6005′s interior – you might want to opt for a video card instead, but that’s just my voice.

The included keyboard and mouse are basic, generic, or even wireless (how nice would be a good system that could sit on a shelf or entertainment center). That said, the 6005 is a bit overpowered for a Media Center PC. Given the low number of connections and jacked-up speeds, the 6005 Pro is more a replacement for a standard desktop than anything else.

If the size is the overriding factor for your next to buy, you are not going to a faster, “smaller” value than the HP Compaq 6005 PC Pro found. However, you can improve performance, extensive connectivity options, more upgradability, and the actual gaming opportunities to achieve lower costs with Micro Express Microflex 75B. This is a large order to pass up because you have a system with a low profile.

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Windows Home Server (WHS) is an alternative to a network-attached storage (NAS) device for sharing files between all computers on your network. It is actually a modified PC running a customized version of Windows. WHS HP’s latest model, the MediaSmart EX490 has a number of intriguing features that make it more attractive than the previous Home Servers.

The EX490 can automatically copy music, video and photos of all computers in your network, make them accessible from any connected PC via Windows Explorer or through a web interface. In our tests, but also worked perfectly as an iTunes music server and as a UPnP media server.

It is possible to watch videos stored on the EX490 from a remote PC to the Internet via a web interface. First they will need to be encoded in a specific, low-resolution MPEG4 format. This happens automatically in the background. With its 2.2-GHz single-core Celeron processor, this is not a quick process, though.

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More useful everyday features include the ability to network a USB printer to your PC to share. It can also back up selected files from each of your computers on a schedule. Individual backup schedules can not be set, though, so all your computers back up at the same time. It can keep older versions of your files in case you need to return to them, but older backups will always be cleared to make way for newer ones.

Files stored on the EX490 is accessible from any Internet-connected computer and the computers on your local network. For this work, Windows Home Server will attempt to configure your router automatically if it supports UPnP port forwarding, otherwise you have to do this. Pictures stored on the EX490 can be automatically uploaded to a photo-sharing service like Flickr or Picasa, although we had trouble getting it to recognize our Picasa account.

The EX490 is equipped with a 1TB hard drive. It has three additional drive trays, which are easily accessible, for adding extra drives. It was quick to copy both large and small files on our Gigabit Ethernet network. Indeed, it was faster than most NAS devices we’ve seen. The WHS system does not support traditional RAID arrays, but you can enable directory replication. This is similar to RAID1, and automatically duplicates your selected folders to another disk.

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Configuring the EX490 is easy with the logically organized setup program. Additional features such as a BitTorrent downloader or FTP server could be added if necessary.

HP’s MediaSmart EX490 WHS is the best we’ve seen. It’s fast, easy to set up and quiet. It has some unique features, but some, such as video re-encoding and streaming, have limited appeal, so it’s not for everyone. It is best suited for demanding users whose needs are not met by such a high-end NAS Synology Disk Station. For more basic storage needs, such as a simpler NAS Western Digital My Book World is much cheaper.

Because the HP MediaSmart Server EX490 essentially uses a JBOD disk configuration with redundancy, it will not match the performance of comparable NAS devices a powerful RAID 0 option. It made competent, but was understandably slow in most tasks. The closest comparison is Turbo NAS QNAP TS-419P, which they managed to surpass most tasks. However, for the most part was considerably slower than other four-bay NAS devices.

That said, the EX490 MediaSmart Server file transfer performance will be enough for an overnight backup, and it is even suitable for streaming high-definition content via a Gigabit Ethernet network. However, more intensive concurrent tasks and perhaps a little too much pressure on the HP NAS device, making it more suitable for individuals and families.

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The Dell Studio 8100 is an affordable performance XPS desktop targeted at people who fit an all-around system that is not necessarily to tinker. It comes with an i5 750-processor, 8GB DDR3-1333 memory, powerful graphics nVidia GTX 260 7 and Windows Home Premium 64-bit. You can upgrade to a Core i7 processor for $ 115 more.

The Studio XPS 8100 i5-750 CPU running at 2.66 GHz, combined with abundant RAM and 1TB 7200-rpm hard drive, processor helps Windows 7 hum along smoothly. The machine scored a respectable 129 in our WorldBench 6 test suite, a brand pretty much on a par with that of the Dell XPS 435 desktop replaces. For maximum performance, however, it’s hard to look past the Micro Express Microflex 95B: That PC’s Core i7-950 overclocked processor and 3 GB DDR3-1600 memory catapulted into a WorldBench 6 score of 148.

The Microflex 95B dual-GPU GTX 295 graphics setup also surpassed Dell GTX 260 graphics card, despite its inclusion of 1.8 GB of memory. Example the Micro Express reaches 112 frames per second in our Unreal Tournament test 3 (1920 x 1200, high settings), compared to 37 fps from Dell. Dell’s results still solid high-resolution gaming machine for a competitively priced, though.

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The Studio XPS 8100 also comes with the nVidia GeForce Vision 3D glasses. The stereoscopic glasses support a wide variety of games and working with a bunch of 3D films, too. You need a compatible 120Hz monitor for the glasses to work – and the good news is, Dell bundles a 120Hz-ready, 22-inch Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ monitor this system for $ 1429 prize. Remember that the 2233RZ (like many, but not all, 22-inch LCD) gaming limited to its native 1680 x 1050 resolution.

Dressed in a simple, two-tone glossy case, the Studio XPS 8100 is striking. Four USB ports are on the front – two on top and two hidden behind a bay door that also hides the spare 3.5-inch drive bay. The tested configuration is also a combo Blu-ray reader / DVD writer, and had room for one more 5.25-inch drive. A multi-card reader that supports all your favorites live on the upper front of the case. At the rear of the chassis are four USB ports, a FireWire port, 7.1 surround sound analog-out, S / PDIF connectors, and eSATA ports, and S-Video and DVI connections available on the twin graphics card.

Sliding side door of the cabinet reveals a cave-like space … without much room for expansion. The graphics card, the internal PCI-Express x16 slot. Tucked away near the hard disk, which is mounted vertically, and both components are bolted behind a metal guardrail. Although the system has an available PCI Express slot and room for an extra hard drive, fans can forget SLI, or even improve much beyond the basics. Everything is locked fairly safe, too, so you’ll have to break your screwdriver if you want to do any tinkering. You probably will not find much reason to futz around inside the chassis, but the cables are neatly tied with excellent airflow.

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Among the bundled goodies is a generic, black Dell keyboard with standard (but useful) and browsing media shortcuts. The included mouse is a bit more impressive, the presentation of a pair of side buttons and a scroll wheel in addition to the standard two buttons, with a hotkey DPI on the back. On-the-fly DPI changes will be of paramount importance to gamers, but in general the mouse is comfortable, flexible, and worlds better than the standard two-button variety.

If you take into account the bundled monitor and Nvidia glasses, the Dell XPS 8100 is a well-priced multimedia workhorse that offers more than a nod towards gaming. Your upgrade options are limited, but if you’re not inclined to tinker, it’s definitely a machine to consider.

The Dell XPS 7100 is a cross-genre sort of desktop PCs. On the one hand, it has a fast multimedia PC with a six-core AMD processors and 1.5 TB hard drive. On the other hand, comes with an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card, so it’s a contender as one of the better entry-level gaming rigs. Packed with great future-proof technology, the system will not break the bank price tag.

Design

The Dell XPS 7100 comes in a silver version of the tower that we’ve seen on the Dell XPS Studio 8000 (SX8000-1479UWH). The system is in a corner, so it seems to lean back, which makes it easier for the media card and optical drive bays and access the system sits on your floor. The matte silver color reminiscent of the colors seen on the German and Japanese luxury cars in recent years: a bit cold, but still unmistakably attractive. The system still has the embedded multi-card reader on the top, and a sliding door that two of the front of the system for USB ports. The top has an indented tray with two USB ports to connect cameras, external hard drives and the like. At the back are four USB ports with eSATA and SPDIF port. There is also an HDMI and DisplayPort on the ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card next to the DVI ports. Last but not least, there are two starting points for 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi card on the back. The system has the usual hidden optical drive bays, one Blu-ray player / DVD burner combo drive.

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The system has a number of internal expansion room, including space for a PCI card, two hard drives, and an optical drive. There are plenty of ports and space-it’s just that most of the slots are already occupied. You have to pop off some of the included memory DIMMs if you want more than the included 6 GB of DDR3 memory, although 90 percent of the users of this system will not require more memory than that. You need a screwdriver to get and add components, but everything is well laid out and easy to reach. The ATI Radeon HD 5870 card has a crippling bracket, which is a great addition to a system for cross-country travel during transport. The bracket prevents the movement of heavy graphics, so you are more likely to get the system in one piece.

Features

The desktop comes with a 1.5 Terabyte 7200 RPM SATA hard drive, Blu-ray player / DVD burner and an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card. My review unit came with a pretty standard Dell multimedia keyboard and optical mouse. The XPS 7100 can be equipped with a TV tuner, but my configuration did not come with one.

The system is notable for what it lacks, namely bloatware. Office no trial, no Wild Tangent games. The system comes with 15 months of McAffee Security Center, part of the purchase price, which is something I would recommend. The closest bloatware I could find was a copy of Skype. The system comes with the Dell Dock, a launcher app that floats on top of the screen. In the dock, there is a shortcut to get more software. The shortcut launches a Dell Software Store website, which is how I would like users to get a hold of software to load on their systems. Instead of bloatware forced on users, they can use the Dell Software Store and find only what they need or want to download.

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Performance

The Studio XPS 7100 performance keeps you moving with its six-core AMD Phenom II X6 1055T processor and ATI Radeon HD 5870 gaming-class graphics card. He was able to use the Windows Media Encoder (WME) test to be completed in a speedy 38 seconds, and Photoshop CS4 test in 1 minute 38 seconds, which is quite fast. To put it in perspective, a dual-core system like the Apple iMac 21.5-inch (Core 2 Duo) is a bit slower on WME and a smidge faster CS4 (0:49 and 1:32, respectively). Intel CPUs generally perform better than AMD CPUs CS4.

The Studio XPS 7100 as configured here trumps its brother, the Dell Studio s7100 1060NBK, on 3D benchmark tests, thanks to the faster graphics card. The XPS 7100 is fully playable in game three of four tests, including Crysis at 1,280 by 1024: where the 65 frames per second (fps), World in Conflict scored (WIC) in 1280 through 1024 (82fps), and in 1920 WiC 1,200 (48 fps). Her score on Crysis at 1920 by 1200 was an unplayable 35 fps, but you could get scores close to playable at 1920 by 1200, if you tweak the quality settings. Compare this with the Dell s7100 1060NBK’s unplayable 3D scores on all four tests.

One area you might be interested in is entry-level hardcore 3D games. And so far there is no better bang for the buck than current EC for that category, the Gateway FX6831-01. For about $ 50 more, the Gateway gives you much faster / smoother game results at 1,280 by 1,024 resolution at both games, though the gap narrows to 1920 by 1200 resolution. It was also considerably easier to hard disks at the Gateway FX6831-01e upgrade. For these reasons, the FX6831-01 and overseeing the gaming crown.

On the multimedia desktop side, it’s a bit harder. The HP Pavilion Elite HPE-140f is cheaper, but the XPS 7100 has more hard drive space and faster competitor in the 3D tests. The XPS 7100 has much less bloatware. Sure, the HP HPE-140f has a better support for older technology (like the analog AV inputs and a TV tuner), but the XPS 7100 is better equipped with more examples of forward looking tech (1.5TB disk, HDMI, eSATA, DisplayPort, Blu-ray). The XPS 7100 is the new multimedia PC buyer, unless you have a lot of VHS videos to convert to digital formats or a system that old analog technology. Otherwise, the Dell XPS 7100 provides an attractive multimedia PC.

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The Veriton Z410G is a budget-friendly All-in-one desktop aimed at small businesses. It is a well-connected machine with eight USB ports, two PS / 2 serial ports, and DVI and VGA output, but it lacks the feature set (and aesthetic) of its more expensive counterparts.

The Z410G the entrails of his rather modest. It packs a 3GHz dual-core Pentium E5700 processor, a 320GB hard drive and 2GB RAM. Saddled with an integrated Intel G45 Express chipset is not the best multimedia machine, but it does have a 21.5-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixel native resolution. This Business All-in-one comes with a built-in stereo speaker and microphone and built-in webcam. It has 802.11b/g/n wireless and 32-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium preinstalled.

Z410G keep the business users who are connected correctly. The left side of the chassis is equipped with three audio line-in ports, six USB 2.0 ports, a Gigabit Ethernet port, one eSATA port, a VGA-out, a serial port, a COM port, a DVI and two PS / 2 ports. The right side has two USB 2.0 ports (making eight in all) and jacks for microphone and headphones. The Z410G also has a multiformat card reader and a DVD burner.

One of the objectively less attractive all-in-one PCs we’ve seen, the Z410G surrounds its 21.5-inch LCD screen with a thick, squared-off black bezel, the display is a bit awkward on top of a huge, silver stereo speakers. Although certainly no prizes for style, its matter-of-fact construction is a reflection of its goal to be taken seriously as a business machine. Still, we wish that Acer would have devoted more effort to the aesthetics – the way the screen looks casually propped on top of the speakers unattractive.

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Located just below the screen on the right are a series of lights, some of them are sign lights (Internet, etc.), while others indicate buttons you will find if you push a finger into the gap between the screen and speakers. The buttons control the screen brightness and volume – not very impressive, but it handy.

The Z410G comes with a basic keyboard and mouse (both with PS / 2 serial ports), neither of which is very comfortable. The keyboard is light and matte-black, and has large, wide keys. The keys are flat and smooth, with little physical feedback (although the size of the keys to the lack of tactile response is less likely your typing accuracy influences). The mouse is a simple, three-button affair, and is slightly uncomfortable with her very squared-off top corners. Although neither the mouse or keyboard is an epitome of comfort, both will probably be good for a casual user.

The Z410G sports a fairly wide 21.5-inch widescreen LCD display with a native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Color reproduction on the matte screen is pretty good: bright (sometimes too bright) and crisp, with clear details. Contrast, tended to be on the weak side, while viewing the screen off-axis gives a pretty good picture. The matte screen is nice, because it provides small screen glare and reflections, except in very bright light.

In PCWorld’s WorldBench 6 tests, Z410G received a score of 104 – not too impressive, but right in line with our top-ranked PCs in the category. Our top budget all-in-One, HP 200-5020, also earned a score of 104, just as our leading big screen (more than 23 inches) all-in-one HP TouchSmart 600 Quad. While the HP 200-5020 has a lower price than the Z410G, the HP TouchSmart 600 Quad is more than twice the cost. None of this all-in-ones managed to Apple iMac Core i7, which is an impressive score of 128 earned top.

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The Z410G’s native resolution is perfect for playing 1080p, full HD video. High-definition playback looks good – although nowhere near perfect – whereas the integrated graphics has Z410G. Streaming HD video is playing with some themes (only the rare stuttering), and DVD playback looks good, some occasional artifacts appear, but nothing too serious pops.

Gaming is a different story, however, and this is where the integrated graphics can not really cut: Unreal Tournament 3 In our experiments, only one managed Z410G unplayable score of 4.1 frames per second at high settings and a screen resolution of 1680 x 1050. You’re lucky if you take it out the menu of a game screen on the Z410G. Remember that this is a business desktop – you should not play games at work, anyway.

Because Z410G is a business PC, Acer includes a suitable applications suite. own software includes Acer Acer Client Manager, eRecovery Management, Acer and Security Suite. The rest of the software is simple and generally useful, consisting of Adobe Acrobat Reader, CyberLink PowerDVD, Google Setup / Toolbar, Nero 9 Essentials, Norton Online Backup, Skype and the Veriton Control Center. Do not you base your security trialware (McAfee Internet Security Suite) and Microsoft Office 2010 Starter.

The Acer Veriton Z410G is a good PC – it produces decent performance as long as you do not try to high-end gaming or graphics work – with plenty of connectivity for a reasonable price. But you will find the same performance without the awkward chassis and thoroughly bland keyboard / mouse combo, all-in-ones for $ 100 less.

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Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices are a good solution for users who need a central place in the home network to their data and media to store and back up their family PCs. These days, most NAS devices, not extra duty as a media server and remote access when you are outside your home.

The only thing that most NAS devices have in common is that they typically have a streamlined version of the Linux operating system. Flying in the face of such scaled implementations, HP chooses instead to have its NAS devices running Microsoft Windows Home Server operating system. HP adds a good bit individually, and has the Windows Home Server provides storage, and the company it is all together in a package that contains a device with lots of space for storage capacity increases.

The two latest additions to HP NAS lineup, the HP MediaSmart Server EX490 and EX495. Both models are manufactured in a tiny (9.75×5.5×9.9 inch) glossy black plastic chassis. Other than price, are the only differences between the two models, the EX490 installed by a 2.2 GHz Celeron processor-powered and comes with a 1 TB drive, and the EX495 uses a 2.5 GHz Intel Pentium Dual- Core E5200 processor and comes with a 1.5 TB hard drive. Both units include 2 GB of internal memory. We had the chance to spend some time with the high-end EX495.

The EX495 features a mesh-front grill that swings out to reveal the way to four tool-less Serial ATA drives. The Bottom Bay is home to a 1.5 TB hard drive, while the remaining three bays lurked Hot-swap, the user-provided disks. The EX495 also has four USB 2.0 ports and one eSATA port, you can use external drives to further increase total storage capacity of the device or to back up the contents of the server. (HP notes that the EX495 is the maximum storage capacity of 17.5TB.) The chassis also includes a Gigabit Ethernet port and a security slot.

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Most NAS devices are set up very simply, with little more than attaching them to the network by making them stand up to the needs and tweaking a few settings and go. Setting up the EX495, on the other hand, is an exercise in perseverance, patience and a little luck. As soon as the EX495 are connected to the network and powered on, it is not ready to go. First, you need a setup application from the included software installation CD. This first step does several things: It initializes the software on the server, but copies of the necessary software on the client PC, and it downloaded and installed on the server’s operating system and software. This process lasted over an hour and saw the server to go through numerous cycles restart.

We ran into a serious problem in our initial setup, which came in the server when downloading updates to a standstill. Fortunately we were able to log into the server and run the updates manually. However, we experienced a number of software crashes and a total of flakiness that we want to reset the factory defaults, forced, so we could start over. Reset the factory settings lasted over an hour, we had to wait before we could start the reinstall.

Once installation is complete, the Windows system, have to set up the server a few software components installed on it. One of the Windows Home Server Connector, which automatically configures a backup copy of the client PC to the server to connect to the Server folder share, is connected to the server and monitors the health and security of servers and computers. While folder shares are not automatically assigned a drive letter, a link to the server folder shares on the Windows desktop is placed. If you want to access photos, videos or photos with Windows Media Center, you must install the Windows Media Center Connector application.

HP recommends the HP Media Connector software on any Windows system you plan to install a connection to the server. Strictly speaking, this is not necessary because you should be able to server folder shares is installed without the software (as long as the server name or IP address known) access. If you do not install the software on a client but the client is not configured to be able to turn on the server or the server. There is also a Mac client to configure the Macs to the server and then allows the server through the Mac OS’s Time Machine utility.

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Once all the software was properly installed on our client system, we have configured the server with the launch of Windows Home Server Console from the Windows Home Server icon in the taskbar. We have a number of users, so that we could access the server folder shares, then turned the integrated iTunes server, TwonkyMedia server and remote access. Of course we still need to get our media to the server gains the advantages of their media-serving functions, and the EX495 offers a unique and seamless way to do this. It contains a feature called Media Collector, that is, once configured on the server all connected Windows or Mac systems that the server software installed on them, can then automatically copy all your photos, videos and music files you are looking for notes up to the server. You can also manually copy your files to the server.

The EX495 also a unique feature, the video files to video files stored in H.264 converted. The purpose of the video converter feature is the optimization of video streaming devices such as a Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, or an Apple iPhone. You can create multiple profiles, so that the converter created different versions of your video files for different scenarios streaming. You can use variables such as screen size, video frame rate, video bit rate. The converter has two presets: “Full” for streaming from computers and game consoles, and “Mobile” for streaming to mobile devices. The converter recognizes popular file types (such as AVI, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPG and WMV) and video codecs (such as AVC, DivX, MPEG-1 or -2, and VC1). The converter also detects non-copy protected DVD files (VOB files and VIDEO_TS folder), but it does not work with ISO files.

We set up the EX495 to media from a Windows 7 system, a system with Windows Vista, and two different Macs running Mac OS X 10.6.2 collect, we also use the EX495 to all the videos about the standard profiles (full and convert Mobile). The EX495 chug away start, but an unfortunate side effect of this was that the device, the CPU utilization at 100 percent, which was slowed significantly coupled to the server. Even after collecting media from the different systems for a few days the media collector seemed to stop. We had the server database to reset the collection process back on track kick. If it is typical of our experience, it could take several days to get all your media on the server when a large media vault.

activated with the media server settings, you can stream media to a healthy collection of devices. The EX495 supports UPnP and DLNA, two standards for streaming media on many TVs and devices like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 supports. If you enable remote access, you can also stream media to other systems and devices over the Internet. There is even a free iPhone/iPod touch app, HP MediaSmart Server iStream that allows you to access your media via Wi-Fi or 3G. If the EX495 remote access from another computer, it first takes you to the server of the HP home page, a host of options, including offering access to the media streamer utility, as well as folder shares. It also contains an applet that you upload photos from the server to a selection of popular photo-sharing websites.

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While we appreciated the many things that could do the EX495, we ran into some additional problems. The first was that the HP MediaSmart Server software on our two Macs, a “validation error”. Reported We have seen that error, although, strangely, everything else seemed to work correctly, including the connection to the server folder shares, to access the server console and backup to the server via Time Machine. The next problem occurred, and that none of our systems can be produced on the server iTunes Server. We have also noticed occasional hiccups, we did not find the server console or the server console the settings of Windows could not load access. We found ourselves restart our client systems, and the server numerous times to solve these problems. (Sometimes a reboot worked, sometimes it is not.)

The Mac-Validation Error and the iTunes problems would not go away, but. At this point, if we did everything right, it meant the server reset to factory defaults again. Needless to say, we were less than happy about this, as the Collector and Media Video Converter is already accumulation of our media and our video conversion for several days. As the saying goes, though, is the third time a charm, and after reluctantly Starting Over again, most of the problems we encountered away, including the iTunes server problem. We ran into the occasional hiccup, though, and the Mac client still displaying “Validation Error”.

Some additional questions we have are with the EX495 that you do not have a static IP address. The server settings are under incoherent spread in different areas of the user interface. Other shortcomings: It can not be used as a print server, and it does not natively support FTP (although advanced users should be able to install FTP server software).

The last thing we did with the EX495 was to see how well they performed. Fortunately, after he had all the problems, we happy that the EX495 some of the fastest network speeds we’ve seen from a consumer NAS device had. With an HP Pavilion Elite m9550f Desktop PC (2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300, 8GB DDR2, 1TB 7,200 rpm hard drive) Windows 7 Ultimate as our testbed system, we saw write speeds as high as 66.1MB per second ( 554.3Mbps) and read speeds of up to 45.6MB per second (382.2Mbps).

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We also have a look at the device power consumption. When sitting idle (not all do file transfers or video media collection converts) swayed EX495 39-53 watts. Beat them with file transfers, streaming media, media collection and video conversion at one time, the EX495 uses around 62 watts.

The EX495 is very expensive for a NAS device. We welcome all EX495 features, especially those not normally found on NAS devices: the media and the Collector Video Converter. But even with all the expansion of space and its fast performance, we are not sure whether the EX495 it’s worth, what with all the headaches it gave us. Of course you can vary your performance and you could call us cynics, but we are always a little wary is adding additional equipment for our networks, Windows, when you consider all the updates and restarts connected therewith. These other NAS vendors are to do with the use of a streamlined Linux in their devices.

Wrapped in the stock chassis, the HP Pavilion p6330f stand out immediately from the mass of budget PCs. But it fits blows things with outstanding performance that our current favorite category, the Gateway SX2840-01. Both are with a 2.93GHz Core i3-530-processor configuration, 6GB RAM, a generous 1TB HDD and Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). And with their identical load-outs, they earned a WorldBench score of 118 identical by those among the top performers in the budget PC category.

Gaming performance on the pavilion is p6330f – as expected – dismal. Integrated graphics simply can not deliver better playable frame rates on our benchmark Unreal Tournament 3, but not any other desktop price equal to or lower tariffs. If you are looking for gaming performance, a discrete graphics subsystem the way to go.

Monitor not included! Sold separately here!

Although the specifications are very similar, and do the p6330f SX2840-01 significant differences. The pavilion p6330f plant a multi-format card reader on the front of the machine, along with a pair of media expansion slots – one filled with the DVD burner, and the other is opened. A door slides to reveal microphone and headphone jacks, and a pair of USB ports.

For its part, the moves SX2840-01, the card reader to the angled front lip, making it a bit more accessible when the machine is on the ground. It also provides five USB ports on the front, on the HP of the two.

The back of the pavilion is p6330f arranged with a DVI port, a VGA port, six USB ports, a FireWire connection, integrated 5.1 surround sound, an optical S /PDIF output and a Gigabit Ethernet port. The SX2840-01 has only four USB ports on the back, but packs a faster eSATA port and allows the DVI port for an HDMI port.

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Like most other budget PCs has not p6330f much room for tinkering. Access to the chassis is not without tools, but a single thumb screw separates you from the inside. Inside you will find a free PCI-Express x16 slot to be found, three free PCI Express x1 slots and install an additional hard drive space. The wiring is a bit confusing and can reach the memory slots is a pain.

The input devices are designed for a budget PC standard: a two-button mouse with scroll wheel and a keyboard with a few keystrokes media and volume control buttons. Bundled software is the productivity of software testing and a generic suite of Wild Tangent Games’. HP does throw in a poster-size quick-start guide with instructions appropriate cable to the ports.

In a crowded field very similar to domestic machines, the HP Pavilion p6330f strong performance in its category, but easily scanned on the providing the ideal user experience.

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The HPE-235f is a standard, utilitarian set of boxes packed. If you pop open the box, you are presented with the system and two small boxes. Box to Hold the keyboard while the field contains two a mouse, the standard line of “Read Me”  premieres you will never be read, and to stick my first PC, color-coded guide round pegs in round holes and square pegs in square holes. There is no recovery media, but there is a recovery partition on the hard drive that will be useful if the hard drive crashes.

Construction and Design

The HP Pavilion Elite HPE-235f is another in a long line of shiny black monolith. If you have a soft spot for the glossy black and chrome accents, this is the field for you. But I found that even with light use during the reporting period, the panel was completely on the surface with fingerprints and scratches all over. Conversely, show the dull side panels to wear at any point. So it looks quite nice, as long as you do not touch them. The keyboard has a matching gloss and chrome finish and the corresponding fingerprint disease. Unfortunately, they saved on the bling for the mouse, it’s just a combination of matte and glossy black.

As far as construction goes, the chassis is robust. I would not as a step stool, but it served its purpose as a part-owner of a computer together. The front panel is plastic, but it’s feeling pretty thick and not cheesy. The plastic doors should stand dutifully years opening and closing limitation an errant foot, if you keep it on the floor.

There are two doors to the 5.25-inch drive bays and one on the front panel connectors. Each smoothness gained by their inclusion has been terrible the large silver text tagging all overshadowed (HP seems to fear probably have “multimedia optical bay” with, say, to mistake a toaster). In a curious move, HP put the power button on the upper right corner of the front bezel instead of somewhere reasonable as the front, next to the power light. If you are inclined to the top of your tower as a repository for various doodads to use manuals and cables, the spirit of their placement!

The included 3-button mouse is normal. It is rigid, but light, so while it was up to heavy use, requires some adjustment of the weight, if you’re used to a more powerful mouse. Left mouse button, right click, click, scroll wheel, optical tracking. You’ve seen all before. HP has the mouse with both hands, it is equally suitable for left and right hands.

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The keyboard has over a standard charge and 10-key pad. There is a Fn key as you would find on most laptops, but it only works with five buttons: four for media control and one for the power-saving mode. Beyond the three buttons for volume control, the only other thing of note the warning label carefully into the keyboard to advise on the included security documentation read to embedded “the risk of serious injury”. Apparently keyboards are not be taken internally.

Inputs and Expansion

Apart from the 15-in-1 Media Card Reader, the HP Pavilion Elite HPE-235f is input capabilities underwhelming. The front of the box is host to three USB ports: two on the optical drive with the media reader and a downward accompanied by headphone and microphone jacks behind a plastic door. The most exciting feature is the back of the optical digital audio connection.

In addition, it is a pretty standard compliment of 6 3.5mm jacks, a Gigabit Ethernet, 1 FireWire, 4 USB 2.0 ports and two USB 1.1 ports extremely fast (fast enough, and developed to be used with the included keyboard and mouse but it’s still an odd decision). There are VGA and DVI ports on the board, but they are off limits because of the inclusion of the Radeon HD5570, which features 1 DVI, 1 HDMI, DisplayPort and 1

Since the Main Board of the HPE-235f falls in the microATX form factor, it is not much upgrade options. The board houses a PCI-e 16x slot graphics card and uses three PCI-e 1x slots, one of which is used with the included wireless-N card. The chassis has two internal 3.5-inch bays (one used), a 3.5-inch bay and two 5.25-inch bays (used one). All four RAM slots are 2 GB DIMMs, so there any update it (a system of max 24GB) would be occupied must be replaced.

A possible limiting the expansion of the HPE-235f, the 300W power supply. Not only his performance is missing something powerful in the graphics department, but the mass of the cable to modify it to make up much space and the tiny chassis, an unsettling experience for all the components.

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Performance

The HP Pavilion Elite HPE-235f is more than competently in day to day tasks and gaming with a “recommended” settings. The six-core AMD processor with an ATI Radeon HD 5570 combined, you are making a lot of eye candy and high resolutions, but do not allow the midrange card for both. The system takes over the last few games well at 1080p, but you have concessions with anti-aliasing to make high quality textures and high detail shadows. Fortunately, the difference between high and medium observed with textures and shadows Side-by-side comparisons required during blatant differences in the resolution.

I also ran into stuttering issues, I would on the Western Digital 1TB Green drive pin. Interestingly, it was not just 7 versus 1 in Star Craft 2 and 200 versus 1 in Left 4 Dead 2 It was at a modest Bejeweled while listening Pandora and removal of the standard range of bloat-ware. A minor annoyance, like I could play and listen to Pandora at the same time without problems and it’s not like before uninstalling software package is something you had to do frequently.

Monitor not included!

Power, heat and noise

Outside of 3D games, you would never know the HPE-235f was, if not for the faint blue glow of the power button. Get right up to the system and find the CPU fan barely audible. Under load, the fans kick up is significantly, however, any fan buzz can easily drown out what movie or game you’re watching. The only time I noticed the fans was as benchmarking alone with music from, but even in this scenario, you can still hear a pin drop.

When it comes to power consumption, the HPE-235f a dainty sipper; casually floated in desktop use 68-74 watts. Even going full throttle, was the draw is a mere 187 watts. There are GPUs that much more to devour than that. Due to its lightweight power consumption, heat is not really a problem, which is good considering the tight housing and gnarled wire job. During a 300W power supply expected, it is also worth noting that the power supply does not have a 6 – or 8-pin cable for video cards. They would probably also have problems matching each card, the additional power required.

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Conclusion

The HP Pavilion Elite HPE-235f is a good choice if you are looking for a rich, middle-of-the-road system. The Blu-ray drive, optical digital audio and quiet fans make it a good choice for media enthusiasts, while the ATI HD5570 makes a reasonable game machine. It would certainly not disappoint your average PC user. As the game benchmarks showed, however, if you can not work without anti-aliasing and graphics sliders set ultra live, find the HPE-235f missing. Frankly, if the previous statement describes you, you probably do not have to find a subgroup $ 1,000 system.

In short, the HPE-235f small, black and a good performance. There can be no bells and whistles, but it has high performance with low budgets.