HP Pavilion Desktop Computer, Intel Core i5-7400, 8GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, Windows 10 (570-p020, Black)

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I really like this PC so far. The keyboard and mouse are low end - wired flat keyboard much like a 15" laptops and a full size wired mouse. They work good for what they are and you may be satisfied with them. I dont think theres much software they are giving you free with this system - 30 day McAfee already loaded (most everyone has free AV app via their internet provider but I guess this does make sure you dont have a gap in protection when you first get going). Some HP apps but nothing of interest to me. MS Office is not included - if you want office apps then they have links to buy and install office 2016 apps direct from MS. Bluetooth works great and my Sony XB30 speaker linked right up with it . Xbox One controller pairs up with it also. It has one HDMI video port and one VGA video port so you can hook up 2 monitors at the same time if one is VGA and one is HDMI. The wireless AC internet works good so I have not tried the wired network connection. Sitting with my i3 on one side and this i7 on the other side of me, this PC is quieter. As for upgrading, you are limited with this system. You can add another internal HDD or SSD as a second internal drive. There is one PCIE-16 slot so you can add a video card as long as its no more than about 6.8 inches long. You cant put a longer video card in because there is a connector on the motherboard that blocks it and you will not want to be without what is connected there - all front ports. Its a motherboard design issue so even changing the case wouldnt help. You will need to buy a new power supply to go with any new video card but that shouldnt be a problem. This uses a pretty standard looking power supply about 5" x 5.5" x 3". So Ive had this thing for a couple of months now and I can add some more info. It is really nice that its an i7 desktop cpu and has wifi and bluetooth. For me, it does a good job with 3d slicing software, some cad, photoshop, etc. as-is and I am getting a lot of use out of it. Ok, the nice ends. It is really bad in that every time the hard disk gets busy - internet browser loading, opening an app, saving a large file, unknown processes sending data or maybe antivirus scanning - whatever it is - if the HDD is busy, your mouse doesnt work. This is with both the wired mouse and a wireless. I seems that the USB ports are subject to not taking input when the HDD is busy. Totally ridiculous that the main input device does not function properly. Also - I kept getting some HDD errors so I contacted tech support and they were very responsive but... they had me do a system restore and lose all of my data - emails, resumes, photos, music - all gone. Fortunately I had copies on my laptop but I lost a couple of days of installing, copying and configuring this thing.The front usb, sd, etc are all oriented vertical instead of horizontal and that makes them much harder to use because I am always sticking them in the wrong way. Also, only 1 front usb port. The DVD drive works fine but its vertical too - and flimsy. Because of the price I paid I am still not regretful of buying this thing but due to the stupid design decisions and the issue with the mouse I am lowering from 5 stars to 3.

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This computer is very good, but the initial startup might cause some people to send it back. It hardly functions until the software is updated. The screen may stay black for minutes and when it comes on it will be very slow. After the computer has completed all the updates it is fast and reliable. The keyboard is too small, so I used the one from the computer it replaced. The mouse is also small but functional. I will replace it shortly with a larger wireless. I would have rated this computer 5 stars except for the keyboard and mouse.

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Great Computer, Fast, works great. I dropped one Star because of the Rinky Dink Keyboard included. This is my 3rd HP and the 1st one that I had to immediately order a new keyboard for. Come on HP, you can do better than that..

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so far i like this computer its seems to work good. However this are the downfalls and i hate about it. 1, the key board is garbage i had to buy a replacement on Amazon. 2. The mouse is worse than garbage i cant even use it. 3. Limited USB ports it could have been much better so i had to buy something here to expand it. 4. the wi fi has much high speed needed to work with my wi fi at home. The best service i can get in area is 1200 this machine requires min 1500, But to fix this i order a 100 ft cable so i can use this computer where i needed. 5. No speaks i am going to buy something here on Amazon.

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I bought this for my wife when her old PC died. She is very happy with it, although the old one was so slow that this is not a high threshold. She is not a power user, but for her limited needs it works great. I recommended it to my daughter, who also bought one, and she is very happy with it also.

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Great for the price but unfortunately cant add an SSD without disconnecting other thing, not much expandability.

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My old, trusty Windows 7 machine became so unreliable that I could no longer keep it going on life-support. It was time for an upgrade, so I went window shopping on Amazon and Best Buy, and narrowed my choice down to the computer I bought on Amazon (2-day shipping, easy return policy, and enough reviews that it was a no-brainer) Set-up was easy enough, and it was a joy once more to do my photo editing on a machine with the horsepower to minimize waiting while Photoshop and Filter Forge crunched the numbers. After having it for a month, Im satisfied even more with HPs efforts. Speed and power at an affordable price--you just cant beat it!

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This is a very good computer at a good price. I added a graphic card to it but thats all. The only complaint I have is that it doesnt have enough USB ports. My old computer had 12 but this one only has half that many. This might not seem like a big deal but when you realize that one is taken up by keyboard and mouse you see how they go quickly. Then I have a Blue Yeti microphone in one, etc. So I had to get a hub. The computer has plenty of ram and processing power. I can play Battlefront II on it and thats really the most important thing isnt it? My last computer was an HP and lasted nearly a decade before slowing down.

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This desktop is a very refined device. I was disappointed to find that the hard drive was not in a standard cage configuration, but the HDD was big enough that its capacity was 2x the HDD being replaced and porting the information from the old HDD to this new one via a network connection wasnt a big deal. The fact that there was an optical drive was useful for some of the legacy software I wanted to put on it. The cooling system is much quieter than the machine it replaced -- and the box runs cool. The support from HP has been outstanding. They notified me of available updates which installed without a glitch. Their diagnostics run in the background and only bug me when they find an issue. Im not a gamer and this machine isnt fast enough for that environment, but its plenty fast for video editing and photo editing.

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I needed to replace my present desktop computer. It was very slow and taking forever to browse the web. I decided on purchasing the HP Pavilion 570-P030. After reading several reviews on Amazon I decided to purchase it! Great decision. It is lightning fast with all the update applications to include Windows 10. HP has always been my preferred operating computer system and the HP Pavilion 570-P030 does not disappoint.

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