HP Compaq dc5850 in Desktop PCs
Verdict
A solid and efficient PC - if you upgrade the warranty you're onto a winner.
Review Date: 5 Aug 2008
Price when reviewed: £328 (£377 inc VAT)
Overall Rating


| Details | |
|---|---|
| Part Code | KV555ET |
| Review Date | 5 Aug 2008 |
| Price ex VAT | £328 |
| Price inc VAT | £377 |
| Overall rating |
|
| Warranty | |
|---|---|
| Warranty final | 1yr on-site |
| Basic specifications | |
|---|---|
| Total hard disk capacity | 250 |
| RAM capacity | 2.00GB |
| Screen size | N/A |
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| CPU family | AMD Athlon |
| CPU nominal frequency | 2.30GHz |
| Motherboard | |
|---|---|
| Motherboard chipset | AMD 780V |
| Wired adapter speed | 1,000Mbits/sec |
| Memory | |
|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 |
| Hard disk | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB |
| Spindle speed | 7,200RPM |
| Hard disk 2 make and model | N/A |
| Hard disk 2 nominal capacity | N/A |
| Hard disk 2 formatted capacity | N/A |
| Hard disk 2 spindle speed | N/A |
| Hard disk 2 cache size | N/A |
| Hard disk 3 make and model | N/A |
| Hard disk 3 nominal capacity | N/A |
| Hard disk 4 make and model | N/A |
| Hard disk 4 nominal capacity | N/A |
| Drives | |
|---|---|
| Optical disk 2 make and model | N/A |
| Optical disk 3 make and model | N/A |
| Monitor | |
|---|---|
| Monitor make and model | N/A |
| Resolution screen horizontal | N/A |
| Resolution screen vertical | N/A |
| Resolution | N/A x N/A |
| Pixel response time | N/A |
| Contrast ratio | N/A |
| Screen brightness | N/A |
| DVI inputs | N/A |
| HDMI inputs | N/A |
| VGA inputs | N/A |
| DisplayPort inputs | N/A |
| Graphics card | |
|---|---|
| Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? |
|
| Graphics chipset | ATI Radeon 3100 |
| Number of graphics cards | 0 |
| Additional Peripherals | |
|---|---|
| Speakers | N/A |
| Speaker type | N/A |
| Case | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 177 x 428 x 377mm (WDH) |
| Operating system and software | |
|---|---|
| OS family | Windows Vista |
| Performance tests | |
|---|---|
| Overall application benchmark score | 1.01 |
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