Pros
- Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi
- Blu-ray player
Cons
- Limited upgradablity
At A Glance
You won't find anything too exciting here, but HP’s Pavilion Elite HPE-235f delivers good performance and strong media functionality, at a great price.
Manufacturer’s Description
Get serious about work and play with Pavilion Elite HPE-235 Desktop, featuring AMD Vision technology: six-core processor and an ATI graphics card. You'll get premium performance whether you're working, e-mailing, editing photos or videos, playing games, or connecting with friends online. This desktop features a Blu-ray-enabled DVD±RW/CD-RW drive that lets you watch movies in high-definition, LightScribe technology lets you label discs. The 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN provides connection to the Internet without wires.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | BK450AA |
| Processor | |
| Processor speed | 2.6 MHz |
| Processor count | 1 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 8192.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Graphics | |
| Graphics Type | Card |
| Video Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Storage | |
| Drive size | 1000.0 GB |
| Drive Controllers | Serial ATA II |
| Optical Drive | |
| Included Drives | 1 |
| optical_drive_1 | HP BDDVDRW CH20L |
| optical_model_1 | HP BDDVDRW CH20L |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type |
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| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots |
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| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Mini) |
| Internal Drive Bays | 2 |
| External Drive Bays | 3 |
| Chassis Color | Black |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 114 |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 237 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 363 seconds (lower is better) |
| File Compression | 212 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | 275 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 396 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 347 seconds (lower is better) |
| CPU Graphics Rendering | 298 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 206 seconds (lower is better) |
| DVD Burning | 258 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Editing | 223 seconds (lower is better) |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 | 125.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 | 62.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 | 50.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 | 29.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 | 85.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 | 52 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 | 43.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 | 25.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
