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More…At $1830 (as of August 8, 2008), the Pavilion Elite d5000t is one of the least-expensive power desktops we've tested of late. Even so, it turned in a more-than-competent score of 120 in our WorldBench 6 benchmark. Unfortunately, the system's nVidia GeForce 9500 GS graphics board managed gaming frame rates of only 50 to 80 frames per second; that's a mere third of what a more-affordable system, such as the $1599 Micro Express 450B, is capable of. Still, buying from a large vendor such as Hewlett-Packard has its advantages.
HP Pavilion Elite d5000t
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Multimedia
| Audio Adapter Model | Integrated Realtek High Definition Audio |
| Audio Channels | 7.1 surround |
| Video chipset | Nvidia GeForce 9500 GS |
| Installed video memory | 512 MB |
| Video bus | PCI Express |
Software
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (32 bit) |
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Expansion Slots
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 2 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 4 |
| PCI Express Slots | 4 |
| Slots | 6 |
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Pros
Attractive design
Nice software and BIOS
Cons
Flimsy feel to the case and peripherals
Bottom Line
This fairly well priced priced PC is good-looking but doesn't feel particularly sturdy.
HP Pavilion Elite d5000t Power Desktop PC
Pavilion Elite d5000t Review, by Jon L. Jacobi, PC World August 21, 2008
The d5000t, done up in shiny black with a matching 22-inch HP w2207 wide-screen display, is definitely one of the nicer looking systems on the chart. It includes some big-league touches, such as boot-level diagnostics and system restore, plus outstanding help files. The sturdy midtower case has plenty of open drive bays with quick-change caddies that make adding more storage a snap.
My tour inside the d5000t's case was marred by the plain-Jane looks of the Pegatron P35 motherboard, which gives the interior a cheap feel (think Packard-Bell) that it didn't deserve. Combining two 1GB and two 512MB DDR modules for a total of 3GB of memory was also a bit odd. Truth be known, you lose the top 1GB of memory in a 4GB setup to BIOS-addressing with a 32-bit OS, but you never know when someone might go 64-bit.
I was initially unimpressed with the keyboard. It lacks heft, which makes it a bit easy to knock around on your desk. But after a few minutes of typing, its feel began to grow on me. An IBM Model M it ain't, but it's better than most, and it's a nice match for the optical mouse (which I took to immediately).
The Pavilion Elite d5000t is a good power system for those who want large-vendor flourishes and style. You might consider paying a bit more to upgrade the graphics card if you feel like playing games at the high resolutions the monitor supports.
--Jon L. Jacobi
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PCWorld Lab Results
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Performance Comparison with Similar Desktops
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Performance
| Adobe Photoshop CS2 | 342 |
| Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX | 324 |
| Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering | 310 |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 65.07 |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 52.2 |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 134.47 |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 113 |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 118.56 |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 79.57 |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 197.5 |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 137.68 |
| Firefox 2 | 211 |
| Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1 | 331 |
| Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0 | 193 |
| Nero 7 Ultra Edition | 349 |
| Overall Graphics Score | Poor |
| Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5 | 197 |
| Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0 | 199 |
| WorldBench 6 Score | 120 |
| WorldBench 6 Word Score | Very Good |
WorldBench 6 Tests
| Multitasking | 235 |
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