Customer Reviews

HP Pavilion A1730N Desktop PC (AMD Athlon Processor 4600 Plus, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Drive, Vista Premium)

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I have been using this system for the past 2 weeks and I love it. This has got to be one of the best systems out there right now. I have researched quite thoroughly many other systems, including Dell and Gateway, and this system has the most for the least. I can't believe it packs in 2GB of memory, as well as a 320GB hard drive and a Dual Core AMD processor. You can't find all this anywhere else for $800!

I just bought this computer after comparing it against Dell and Gateway offerings. It is an incredible deal -- especially with the free HP printer (or $70 off an HP printer) and 19" LCD HP monitor bundle promotions from HP. A few caveats: (1) there is no DVI support (the video card supports VGA); (2) the computer comes with only one DVD-RW drive and no floppy drive; and (3) the HP Pocket Media drive bay is kind of a wasted bay. Note that the DVD drive supports LightScribe, though. All in all, an excellent deal.

This computer is a very good value. It serves all my needs so far. I would like to have more USB ports in front.

Machine lacks additional bay to add additional internal hard drive, the power supply is only 300 watts which means if you want to add anything you need to swap out the power supply. So make sure the machine has everything you need as this is not a machine that will allow you to grow it.
One comment - had to call HP support - they were VERY GOOD.

I have had constant problems with this computer since I bought it. It goes through phases where it won't start up at all, when it does start up I get an error message saying system fan error, and other times it works perfectly. I have been to the hp website and read up on other people's problems with this computer and it's the same thing. Sometimes you have to shut it down and unplug the power supply for at least an hour for it to maybe come back on. When it is working, it works well...that's "when" of course. I paid too much money for this computer. I thought when I bought it, because it's HP, I was getting a good computer. My inexpensive acer laptop works better! Maybe I should have went for cheap instead of brand, then maybe I wouldn't be so angry!

So far so good...I did upgrade to a extra DVD drive, but I have had no problems. I bought it to run vista & some of the higher end games (fear etc...) and it has worked without a problem. Great price for a dual core. The extra bay is a waste though...

I had the privilege of getting to repair one of these computers for a friends, and I must say it is one of the worst computer designs I have ever seen. The motherboard is a jumble of low grade parts, coupled with a AMD processor, a undersized power supply, and vista home? This computer will have you looking for an apple (FYI - I hate apples, but not as much as HP now). What makes this PC one of the worst computers ever is that the cheap motherboard components have no driver support, upgrading to windows XP is a tough chore thanks to HP being a microsoft puppet. Steer clear of this one, or if you have made the mistake of getting one, you'd be better off buying a $150 pentium4 refurb with windows xp pro, which is what I recommended to my friend even though the HP is running now.

I got this for $709. For that price a real good deal. Problem with all the bloatware installed. Once you get rid of all the junk not a bad machine at all.

I paid over $1200.00 for an a1730n at Circuit City. Problems are as follow:
1. Crashed continually
2. Would not generate a recovery disk
3. Circuit City wanted, I said wanted $30.00 for the disks (paper label)
4. Hard drive failed, had to submit credit card to HP before replacement
5. Then---the mother board failed and had to return the tower for repair
6. Hours on the phone with tech support
7. Expensive Lightscribe disks
8. 'Settings save' will not save your settings
9. Printer cartridges almost half price (1/3 the size)
10. Want to talk about Vista? How about Circuit City?

I worked for GE as a radar tech using HP equipment. How did they fall down on computers?
Since I don't know if there's a good one out there. BUILD YOUR OWN.

HP has no (zero) useful support. Since I bought it, the screen I have seen most is the "blue screen of death"! Not one iota of useful help from HP. I got the impression that their tech support "experts" are ignorant, arrogant, and both unwilling and unable to offer any help. Thank goodness, this computer is now out of warranty and I won't have to waste any more time with HP!