Customer Reviews

HP Pavilion A510N Desktop PC (2.1 GHz Athlon XP 3000+, 512 MB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo)

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GREAT Desktop for the buck!

This desktop with the added 9600XT AiW card I bought made this a real powerhouse of a PC.

I should mention however.. that oddly on 512 mb RAM, this thing ran REAL sluggish, some delays in opening windows etc.. even installed XP Pro to this and same thing.

Once I bought a extra 512 MB making it 1 gb worth of ram did it start working right. Now it really soars! (So buy more memory when you buy this model)

Aside from that, I leave it on 24/7 and never have any issues at all. Great speed, hard drive size etc.

The only downsides to it was when I added my TDK 808 DVD-Rw to it, I had to put a piece of paper inside the casing so that the cd eject button would work right with the case, so real downside on that it wont line up or press the eject button hard enough if you want to add your own device vs that of what they give you, but since I did that bypass trick.. never had a issue ejecting either.

That and being its HP, you cannot get standard parts for it.. like a power supply or so, seems that normal ATX ones are slightly bigger or so. Might work still so I heard but havent tried.. this doesnt have as many WATTS as Id like..

But aside from that, the memory card readers etc and the usb 2.0 slots and everything, this is a great pc I use daily for gaming, 3d stuff, movies and more and never had a issue with it.

Just keep in mind what I said and this thing is well worth the money. =)

I BOUGHT THIS COMPUTER IN 2004 FROM A PAWN SHOP AND JUST EXPECTED IT TO BE AN AVERAGE PC, I WAS WRONG, THIS PC IS BY FAR THE VERY BEST PC I HAVE EVR OWNED, AND IN FACT IN AUGUST OF 2007 I BOUGHT A HP QUAD CORE PC MODEL NUMBER A6152N AND WAS USING THE A500N AS A SERVER LIKE SYSTEM WELL THE NEW ON (A6152N) WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE A500N IT RAN LIKE CRAP WOULDNT RUN MY APPS., SEEMED QUITE A BIT SLOWER. NOW CALL ME CRAZY BUT IT DID THE A500N WAS BY FAR THE BETTER OF THE TWO SO MUCH IN FACT THAT I RETURNED THE A6152N AND GOT MY MONEY BACK. ANYWHO I NOW OWN A A1610N AND AGAIN THE SAME THING I WISH I STILL HAD THE A500N, IT WAS MUCH MUCH MORE RELIABLE AND FASTER. AND THIS ONE IS A ATHLON 64 X2 DUAL CORE 2.2 WITH ONE GIG OF RAM!! AND IF ANYONE WHO EVER READS THIS REVIEW DOESNT BELIEVE ME I'LL SAY THIS THE PC I HAVE NOW IS THE A1610N LIKE NEW CONDITION WITH A FLAT SCREEN MONITOR I WILL FLAT TRADE IT FOR A WORKING GOOD CONDITION A500N MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS "[...]"

AND I DARE ANYONE TO CALL ME A LIAR ABOUT THIS PC, HP REALLY WENT DOWN THE LADDER WHEN THEY LEFT THIS SETUP (A500N) MY SUGGESTION IF YOU CAN FIND ONE BUY IT. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED CAUSE IF YOU ARE EMAIL ME THE RECEIPT AND I'LL BUY IT FROM YOU FOR DOUBLE WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT, DONT BELIEVE ME CALL ME OUT. THIS IS A TRUELY 5 STAR SYSTEM, AND I KNOW I WORK ON PC'S FOR A LIVING AND I HAVE BUILT THEM, I HAVE OWNED SOME REALLY HIGH END SYSTEMS. THANKS FOR READING THIS REVIEW DOUG