HP Pavilion Slimline s5160f Review

Operating system
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition - delivers premier performance, reliability, and enhanced security

Processor
Intel CoreTM 2 Quad Processor Q8200

Memory
6GB

Memory speed
PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM memory (2 x 2048MB and 2 x 1024MB for ultimate performance

Total memory slots
4 DIMM (240-pin, DDR2) (occupied)

Maximum memory expansion
Expandable to 8GB

Graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce G210 graphics card with 512MB DDR2 dedicated graphics memory, DVI and HDMI capabilities and support for Blu-ray1 and Microsoft DirectX 10

TV & entertainment experience
N/A

PCI expansion
1 PCI Express x1 (occupied) 1 PCI Express x16 (occupied)

Hard drive
750GB 7200RPM Serial ATA hard drive

Primary CD/DVD drive
Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe Technology: Write: 16x max DVD+/-R, 4x max DVD+/-R DL, 8x max DVD+RW, 6x max DVD-RW, 5x max DVD-RAM, 40x max CD-R, 24x max CD-RW Read: 6x max BD-ROM, 16x max DVD-ROM, 40x max CD-ROM

Secondary CD/DVD drive
N/A

Networking
10/100/1000Base-T network interface

Sound card
High Definition Audio

Speakers
8 speaker configurable

Front-side bus (processor dependent)
1333MHz Front Side Bus

Power supply
N/A

I/O ports
Front panel 6-in-1 memory card reader supports xD, MMC, Secure Digital (SD, SDHC), Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, MMC+ 4 USB 2.0 ports (Back) 2 USB 2.0 (Front) Headphone (Front) Digital Audio Out; LAN; Microphone/Line-in/Line-out; Rear speaker-out; Side speaker out; Center (subwoofer) (Back) DVI and HDMI available on the graphics card

Software, full versions
HP MediaSmart Software Suite: Your one-stop multimedia & entertainment center to create photo slideshows, share personal videos, listen to your favorite music playlists & watch DVD movies ; Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe: Automatically fix and edit videos and create CDs and DVDs. Edit, burn and archive data to discs; Microsoft Works 9: Includes a word processor, spreadsheet, database and calendar ; Adobe Reader 8: Read and print PDF files

Software, introductory versions
Microsoft Office Home and Student Edition 2007 Trial: 60-day trial version ; Norton Internet Security 2009: Protect your PC out of the box (60 days of complimentary live updates)

Trial Internet service
Easy sign-up to major dial-up and broadband Internet Service Providers: MSN dial-up (offer included) NetZero Dial-Up (offer included) NetZero Accelerated Dial-Up (offer included) Juno Turbo Dial-Up (offer included) High Speed Internet Services Comparison Shopping

Dimensions
Unpackaged: 16.87" (L) x 6.54" (W) x 15.11" (H/D) approx. Packaged: 23.03" (L) x 19.61" (W) x 9.65" (H/D) approx.