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HP TouchSmart 600 review

Verdict

A good touchscreen PC that looks expensive when compared to the crowd

Review Date: 3 Feb 2010

Reviewed By: Mike Jennings

Price when reviewed: £961 (£1,129 inc VAT)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
4 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code	600-1050uk
Review Date	3 Feb 2010
Price ex VAT	£961
Price inc VAT	£1,129
Overall rating
Performance
Features & Design
Value for Money

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity	1,000
RAM capacity	4.00GB
Screen size	23.0in

Processor
CPU family	Intel Core 2 Duo
CPU nominal frequency	2.13GHz
CPU overclocked frequency	N/A
Processor socket	Socket P

Motherboard
Conventional PCI slots free	0
Conventional PCI slots total	0
PCI-E x16 slots free	0
PCI-E x16 slots total	0
PCI-E x8 slots free	0
PCI-E x8 slots total	0
PCI-E x4 slots free	0
PCI-E x4 slots total	0
PCI-E x1 slots free	0
PCI-E x1 slots total	0
Internal SATA connectors	2
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Memory
Memory type	DDR3
Memory sockets free	0
Memory sockets total	2

Hard disk
Hard disk	Western Digital Caviar Green
Capacity	1.00TB
Hard disk usable capacity	931GB
Internal disk interface	SATA/300
Spindle speed	7,200RPM
Cache size	32MB
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 drive	Sony Optiarc BC-5600S
Optical disc technology	Blu-ray reader
Optical disk 2 make and model	N/A
Optical disk 3 make and model	N/A

Rear ports
USB ports (downstream)	5
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	1
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	2

Graphics card
Graphics card	Nvidia GeForce G230M
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
3D performance setting	Low
Graphics chipset	Nvidia GeForce G230M
Graphics card RAM	512MB
DVI-I outputs	0
HDMI outputs	1
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	0
DisplayPort outputs	0
Number of graphics cards	1

Monitor
Resolution screen horizontal	1,920
Resolution screen vertical	1,200
Resolution	1920 x 1200
DVI inputs	0
HDMI inputs	0
VGA inputs	0
DisplayPort inputs	0

Additional Peripherals
Speaker type	2.1
Sound card	Realtek HD Audio
Peripherals	Media Center remote control

Case
Case format	All-in-one
Dimensions	584 x 190 x 460mm (WDH)

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	0

Front ports
Front panel USB ports	2
Front panel memory card reader

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	HP wireless keyboard and mouse

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows 7
Recovery method	Revovery partition
Software supplied	HP TouchSmart, MediaSmart, Norton Internet Security, CyberLink DVD Suite DeLuxe

Noise and power
Idle/eco noise level	19.0dB(A)

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	1.10
Office application benchmark score	1.15
2D graphics application benchmark score	1.24
Encoding application benchmark score	0.96
Multitasking application benchmark score	1.06
3D performance (crysis) low settings	45fps
3D performance setting	Low

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I wanted to know if this machine would be good for video editing/graphic design and how good is the machine with these configuration as this is the QUAD and had 8GB ramm and a Intel Core i7-820QM quad-core with Turbo Boost [up to 3.06GHz, 8MB L3 cache, DMI 2.5GT/s]

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