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I'm thinking of buying a HP Pavilion HPE-599UK. I'm looking for speed and power in this computer and if the make of the computer which is HP is to be trusted. Here are the specs - operating system - Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 Processor - Intel® CoreTM i7-2600 3.4 GHz 8 MB L3 cache Memory - 8 GB DDR3 (2 x 4 GB) 4 DIMM Supports up to 16 GB DDR3 memory Storage - 2 TB SATA 3G (5400 rpm) up to 13 GB partition for system recovery Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe Technology Create silkscreen-quality disc labels direct from your PC with LightScribe: Just burn, flip, burn. 15-in-1 memory card reader communication - Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n video - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (2 GB) with PureVideo® HD technology TV (DVB-T) tuner card, MPEG 4 video connectors - 2 DVI (VGA via adapter); 1 HDMI sound - Beats audio console, High Definition Audio 7.1 included Accessories - Wireless keyboard Wireless optical mouse HP Win7 Media Center Remote Control features - Landing pad for USB & 1394 device ports - 2 external optical drive bays; 2 internal HDD bays 3 PCI-Express x1; 1 PCI-Express x16; 1 MiniCard 8 USB 2.0 2 audio 6 analog audio 1 digital audio power - 460W PFC AC power adapter warranty - 1 year, pick-up and return, parts and labour software - This PC is optimized for Microsoft® Office 2010. Purchase a Product Key Card or Disc to activate full-featured Office software preloaded on this PC. HP Power Assistant; HP MediaSmart Suite; Windows Live Applications; Cyberlink DVDSuite; HP Music Station; HP Games Console; Norton Online Backup (30-day trial); EasyBits Magic Desktop; Microsoft Internet Explorer; Adobe Reader; Adobe Flash Player Windows Media Center service & support - Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010 (60 days live update); Recovery partition (including possibility to recover system, applications and drivers separately); Optional re-allocation of recovery partition; Recovery CD/DVD creation tool This desktop costs £1049 Is it any good? Please answer

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1. It's really good, but the power supply is a little sketchy. 460w yes, but it's probably a cheapo. And what would you need a GTX 460 for? your not gaming or anything to graphical intensive, so it would be pointless to get this. still it's a great computer. However, the Hard drive is 5400rpm. That's slower than the standard 7200rpm most people have in a desktop. They're basicly giving you more storage with less performance, which is not good. If it's customizable, change to a 7200rpm hard drive with less storage and just use some external hard drive. It's got really good components, would be great for a gaming computer, but they also give you some cheapo stuff along with it. You could build one with the same components for 300 less pounds, and more high quality hardware. But if you don't want to build it this is fine.
2. Yeah, though that's quite a lot to pay for it. Could build a computer equaling that for about £700-800... but if you don't want to build, go for it. The only thing which seems a bit lame is the hard drive, since it's only a 5400RPM and not a 7200RPM. The PSU as well seems a bit low wattage for those components, but if that's what they believe it needs, then I wouldn't contest it.
3. Sounds great to me. With the hdmi u can connect it to your TV. And blu ray is always great. Plus it has plenty of memory. Beats audio is great to it made by doctor dre
4. if you need a configuration for a gamer , you need to change as following HDD to be SATA 7200rpm windows 7 will be ultimate not home processor ITS OK RAM ITS OK LAN ITS OK VIDEO CARD - ITS OK ------------------- the most important now that what about the brand of the motherboard ,, price , not accepted , is over value ,
5. It's best to get a 1TB 7200RPM drive for your main drive. 5400rpm is a tad slow. Builds ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IqOchfWXro