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HP Pavilion HDX9320EA in Laptops

Verdict

HP's latest desktop replacement proves that big can indeed be beautiful.

Review Date: 11 Aug 2008

Price when reviewed: £1,190 (£1,369 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
5 stars out of 6

Features & Design
6 stars out of 6

Value for Money
6 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Details
Part Code CH545EA
Review Date 11 Aug 2008
Price ex VAT £1,190
Price inc VAT £1,369
Overall rating 5 stars out of 6
Features & Design 6 stars out of 6
Value for Money 6 stars out of 6
Performance 5 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 1yr collect and return
Physical specifications
Dimensions 474 x 357 x 65mm (WDH)
Weight 7.000kg
Travelling weight 8.2kg
Processor and memory
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo T9300
Motherboard chipset Intel PM965
RAM capacity 4.00GB
Memory type DDR2
SODIMM sockets free 0
SODIMM sockets total 2
Screen and video
Screen size 20.1in
Resolution screen horizontal 1,680
Resolution screen vertical 1,050
Resolution 1680 x 1050
Graphics chipset Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTS
Graphics card RAM 512MB
VGA (D-SUB) outputs 1
HDMI outputs 1
S-Video outputs 1
DVI-I outputs 0
DVI-D outputs 0
DisplayPort outputs 0
Drives
Capacity 500GB
Hard disk usable capacity 452GB
Spindle speed 5,400RPM
Internal disk interface SATA/300
Hard disk Western Digital WD3200BEVS
Optical disc technology Blu-ray reader
Optical drive Optiarc BC-5500A
Battery capacity 7,600mAh
Replacement battery price ex VAT £104
Replacement battery price inc VAT £120
Networking
Wired adapter speed 1,000Mbits/sec
802.11a support yes
802.11b support yes
802.11g support yes
802.11 draft-n support yes
Integrated 3G adapter no
Other Features
Wireless hardware on/off switch no
Wireless key-combination switch yes
Modem no
USB ports (downstream) 4
FireWire ports 1
eSATA ports 1
PS/2 mouse port no
9-pin serial ports 0
Parallel ports 0
3.5mm audio jacks 2
SD card reader yes
Memory Stick reader yes
MMC (multimedia card) reader no
Smart Media reader no
Compact Flash reader no
xD-card reader yes
Pointing device type Touchpad
Audio chipset SigmaTel HD Audio
Speaker location Screen, base
Hardware volume control? no
Integrated microphone? yes
Integrated webcam? yes
Fingerprint reader yes
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Vista
Recovery method Recovery Partition
Software supplied AIM 6.1, CyberLink YouCam, muvee autoProducer 6.1, The Sims LifeStories
Battery and performance tests
Battery life, light use 3hr 6min
Battery life, heavy use 1hr 43min
Overall application benchmark score 1.36
3D performance (crysis) low settings 86fps
3D performance setting Low
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