Compaq Presario CQ5300F Desktop PC (Black)

by Compaq

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.9 x 6.5 x 15.1 inches ; 20 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 22.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00318CG7I
• Item model number: AY026AA#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,084 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 17, 2010

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

IDEAL FOR Everyday value. Get all the essentials with an easy-to-use, affordable Desktop PC. With a Compaq Presario CQ5300F PC you can email, browse the Web, manage calendars and household finances, plus burn your favorite songs and photos onto CDs and DVDs.

SPECIFICATIONS

Processor AMD Sempron™ LE-1300 Processor Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit Memory (RAM) 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 Hard Drive 320GB SATA Optical Drive SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology Video Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE Graphics with 256MB integrated shared graphics memory. Up to 895MB total available graphics memory as allocated by Windows® 7

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FEATURES

Front-access USB 2.0 Ports Connect peripherals to your Compaq Presario CQ5300 Desktop PC with ease LightScribe Technology Burn labels directly onto CDs and DVDs INCLUDED

MORE INFORMATION

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Product Description

Compaq Presario CQ5300f Desktop PCs are perfect for checking email, surfing the web, and making calls over the Internet. With a clean, functional industrial design, this streamlined PC blends easily into any home. Whatever your personal needs are, Compaq Presario PCs provide you with the best bang for your buck.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

79 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars for 300 bills it is awesome workstation, January 30, 2010

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Brent T. Dolan "eastcoastsurfer.com" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compaq Presario CQ5300F Desktop PC (Black) (Personal Computers)

For 300 bucks it is an awesome little workstation. I grabbed one of these for a client that I network for. They use most of the computers for web access and Terminal services. So basicly they don't need a fast cpu or high end graphics card. They just need a workstation to be able to connect to the server via terminal services. I even upgraded to win7 pro to get the Virtual Win XP Mode. So they can use some of their older programs that don't run on the new win7. Works great so far and is 10000 times faster than the celeron and P4 it replaced. I doubt this is anything more than a web surfing and microsoft office using machine. Maybe some online games too. Still nice little computer for the money. Hard for me to even build one that cheap.

Thanks
Brent
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I bought two of these, April 25, 2010

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B. Reed - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compaq Presario CQ5320F Desktop PC (Black) (Personal Computers)

I bought two of these. For the money this is a very good computer. I built my last eight systems and I couldn't touch this system at this price! The main issues I had were with the software. I upgraded to Professional w/xp mode only because MOST of my software will NOT run on Win 7 64-Bit, Everything that comes on this PC is TRIAL only and in many cases the pre-installed software most be deleted and reinstalled just to activate! Even 64-Bit Drivers are a pain. (Manufactures websites to download).

Pros-
* Very stable system
* Adequate Speed for most applications
* Reasonably Priced ($300-$400) I paid the higher end.
* Key board and mouse
Cons-
* No choice of Operating system (Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit)
* Weak power 275W makes video upgrade costly
* HP gives NO basic software. Everything is extra
* shared graphics memory

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CQ5320F, February 15, 2010

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J. W. Johnson "Don't blame me because you're ... (Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compaq Presario CQ5320F Desktop PC (Black) (Personal Computers)

Coming from a Dell Precision 320 Workstation to this was definitely something to get used to. As most of the programs that I run will work on Win 7, I didn't need to worry about getting virtual XP. The only drawback that I have for this computer is the graphics capability, which for me isn't a huge issue, not enough to dock it a star, as I had a feeling that this would be something that I needed to upgrade anyway.

One caveat if you are a gamer and want to add a new video card in, you will more than likely need to upgrade your power supply also, as it's only rated for 275 Watts.

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