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Gag Gifts, Occasion Gifts - HP Pavilion A6430F Desktop PC (AMD Phenom Triple Core 8400 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 640 GB Hard Drive, DVD Drive, Vista Premium)
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List Price: $878.00
Our Price: $580.99
Your Save: $ 297.01 ( 34% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Color: Black/ Silver
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.1
CPU Type: AMD Athlon
EAN: 0883585738946
Feature: Sleek and shiny black-and-silver desktop with 2.10 GHz AMD Phenom X3 8400 triple-core processor
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Hard Disk Size: 640
Label: Hewlett Packard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: A6430F
Modem Description: Fax / modem
Processor Count: 3
Publisher: Hewlett Packard
Studio: Hewlett Packard
System Memory Size: 3000
System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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Sleek and shiny black-and-silver desktop with 2.10 GHz AMD Phenom X3 8400 triple-core processor
640 GB total capacity (dual 320 GB hard drives), 3 GB RAM (8 GB max), 16x dual-layer DVD burner with LightScribe disc printing
Open drive bay for an optional HP Pocket Media Drive; Nvidia GeForce 6150 SE graphics with 1343 MB of total available memory
Connectivity: six USB 2.0; two FireWire; 15-in-1 memory card reader; 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (Service Pack 1); includes keyboard and scroller mouse
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Editorial Reviews:
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This product has been Factory Refurbished to perform as new. It Comes with 90-Day Warranty HP Pavilion desktop PCs include a variety of features that make taking and sharing digital pictures easier than ever. The HP Pavilion a6430f Desktop PC gives you the tools to make working with digital photos and video clips fun. Organize, edit, share and protect your digital photos with HP Photosmart Essential. The front-panel 15-in-1 Memory Card Reader makes it easy to transfer photos and files from your digital peripheral devices. HP Pavilion PCs feature the exclusive Pocket Media Drive bay that allows you to add instant storage. The SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe technology lets you create custom, silkscreen-quality labels and artwork directly onto LightScribe-enabled discs. The Windows Vista Home Premium operating system is the preferred edition for home desktop PCs. NVidia Geforce 6150 SE with 128MB dedicated Video Memory SuperMulti DVD Burner Drive with LightScribe High Definition Audio, 8 speaker configurable 10/100BaseT Network LAN 15-in-1 card Digital Media reader Front ports - 2 USB, IEEE 1394, Microphone, Headphone Back ports - 4 USB, IEEE 1394, SPDIF out (Coaxial), Microphone/Line-in/Line-out, Rear speaker-out, Side speaker out, Center, 2 PS2 ports (keyboard, mouse), RJ-11 (Modem), RJ-45, VGA Expansion slots - 1 PCI (occupied), 2 PCI Express x1 (Two available), 1 PCI Express x16 (available) Drive bays - 2 external 5.25 (available), 2 external 3.5 (occupied) Monitor is not included
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Avoid this inferior PC
Comment: I purchased this HP Pavilion A6430F Desktop on May 30, 2008. I had gotten an HP all-in-one printer which was of such exceptional quality, I decided to make HP my next computer.
This computer worked fine for 6 months, and if I had written this review in the first month of ownership, I would have given it four or five stars.
However, after six months, it suddenly started to crash. I ran a diagnostics. It showed a hard drive and memory FAIL (Error code: biome-1/biohd-8) with a message instructing me to contact HP Support, but no contact information. I had to look up the customer support number online.
That call was a fiasco. I spoke to three people in the same department who each advised me they were connecting me to technical support. I told the third person that I had not reached technical support from the previous two transfers. He said, "Oh I will definitely not connect you to another customer support person." I proceeded to hold until the line was disconnected.
I turned the computer on again to see if there were anything I could do, but it now crashes on start-up.
After the no-support call, I did an online search for this machine and was astounded at the thousands of very negative reviews from people with exactly the same problems I have.
Save your money, avoid this product and, just to be safe, all other HP computer systems.
Customer Rating:
Summary: a little disappointed
Comment: although the product is great I didn't know that it wouldn't operate a 64 bit system
Customer Rating:
Summary: Junk!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment: This computer which I bought through Amazon freezes up for NO REASON it becomes completely useless and I have to pull the power cord to restart it. Amazon took it back for a full refund after HP was unable to fix it. I will never buy a HP system again but I love Amazon.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Defective
Comment: This computer is poorly built and does not function properly. My problem with this pc is a continuing failure of the video functions. It freezes up sometimes while other times it will display a "no signal imput" message on the screen. I have tried all the recommended procedures with no success and a lot of wasted time and effort. Trying to get assistance from HP on a warranty repair (you do all the work and maybe they'll send you a replacement part) is impossible.
My advice to you is do not buy HP desktops. I will never buy another HP product.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great computer for the money
Comment: This computer is great overall. It far exceeded my expectations of Vista. I've had the computer for 5-6 months now, and the biggest problem I had was when the computer started running insanely slow and eventually crashed. Good old Vista ran a diagnostics test and found all I had to do was download an update for the graphics card that came installed on the computer, and it has run even better than before since then.
The computer has several USB ports, which is great for multiple wireless accessories. The 15-in-1 memory card reader is another great benefit, allowing you to transfer pictures from almost any camera without worrying about cables and camera software.
The computer has tons of memory, which is phenomenal. I've got half a gazillion programs, games, and pictures on mine which would bog down any computer from 2-3 years ago, but this one still runs very smoothly.
It plays the older games on it without any serious issues, at least with the games I've tried so far. Some of the 5+ year old games have random graphic hiccups (they seem to be incompatibilities with Vista rather than the computer itself as my brother's Vista laptop also has the same graphic issues with the same games), but they don't affect the game play.
I would buy another one of the same computer in a heartbeat if I needed a second computer. It has been dependable, probably the most reliable computer I've had so far.
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