HP Pavilion Slimline S5220F Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium)

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15.9 x 4.4 x 12.2 inches ; 9.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 19.5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002PHMCAC
• Item model number: NY542AA#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,289 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 18, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

IDEAL FOR Saving space. Count on a PC that has all the functions you need and is the perfect size for a small office, apartment or dorm room. Create documents for work and school, edit slideshows of family and friends, plus watch DVDs and online videos.

 

SPECIFICATIONS

Processor 2.60GHz Intel® Pentium™ Processor E5300 Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit Memory (RAM) 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 Hard Drive 640GB (7200RPM) SATA Optical Drive SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology Graphics Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 with 64MB integrated shared graphics memory. Up to 256MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows® 7

FEATURES

Multicore Processor Get more power for fast productivity 6-in-1 Digital Media Reader Transfer photos from digital cameras without using cables Front-access USB 2.0 Ports Connect mp3 players, digital cameras and more with minimal fuss LightScribe Technology Burn labels directly onto CDs and DVDs INCLUDED

Product Description

The HP Slimline offers a powerful PC where space is at a premium. Perfect for a small office or dorm, it can handle all your computing needs, like e-mail, word processing and more. And the Slimline is flexible, so you can easily add or upgrade features and functions. The HP Slimline’s sleek, modern styling, with chrome and accent lighting, looks great in any room.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars meets my needs, November 5, 2009

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Lance B. Sjogren (San Pedro, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Pavilion Slimline S5220F Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

On account of the bad reputation of Windows Vista, I kept my old klunker Compaq Windows XP machine until Windows 7 came out.

I got this HP Slimline and am very pleased. Got it with an hp 2009m monitor which seems to be the predominant monitor people tend to match it up with.


The fact that I was using a very old klunky machine no doubt prejudices me in the direction of being pleased with the new machine. But for what it is worth I am indeed very pleased.

I pretty much just use the PC for web surfing- I suspect for games you might want a higher end one. I didn't realize when I bought this computer that it only has the VGA interface to the monitor, not the more advanced digital ones. For my uses of the PC the interface is fine, but if you use your PC for videos you might want to look into it further.

I am pleased that the machine boots up in about a minute, my old PC took about a half hour, possibly some of that was due to viruses or something.

Along with the PC I bought a copy of Microsoft Office Home and Student version, there is a discount if you buy it along with a new PC.

It is nice to have a computer that responds promptly, in contrast to my old PC which ran like molasses at times.

So, I am grading this computer on an easy curve because it doesn't take much for a PC to be infinitely better than my old klunker.

But, for what it's worth, I like this machine a lot.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars really good PC, December 6, 2009

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D. Spino (AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Pavilion Slimline S5220F Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

My laptop broke so i needed a cheap PC and came across this. To be honest i wasnt expecting much of anything at this price, but its truly awesome.

Its running multicore processor so its really good for movie editing and other graphical needs, which i bought it for. Its stuper fast with all of my programs too, Photoshop movie editing, word, final draft etc...Its great. Runs them all efficently. Ive had them all opened at one time doing differnt things and the PC has yet to lag out and load for anything. I kinda wish it was Core 2 Duo or some other type of Processor, but the oens they put in it are not low grade, they are right there with the Core 2 Duos.

The case itself is really nice, I like the slim design and how well it looks. I opened it up and internally the PC is sound too, everything is set up great. There are plenty of fans to keep it cool, the thing doesnt make a single sound AT ALL unless you load a disc. The is one express PCI slot that is blocked though, i dont know why.

The bad? Internally it hard to find certain parts for the computer because its a slim deisgn so the parts need to be specially fitted. For example graphics cards, tv tuner cards etc...Its not any more expensive to buy or any harder to find, they just dont make the super high end graphics cards like that yet. It also only comes with built in graphics which is purely to run windows 7 properly and certain programs. It will not run any games on its own so you will NEED a graphics card, I got one for 30 bucks. It comes with alot of programs you dont really need. While some of the HP programs are useful to me now, I dont need things like Norton useless anti virus.

Overall Im impressed. Being a film person, IT tech guy, and a PC lover i wouldnt expect anything less from HP. And no the disc tray didnt jam...

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK system if you're expectations aren't very high, December 8, 2009

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Richard G Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Pavilion Slimline S5220F Black Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

If you're looking for:
-A small form factor case
-Won't be moving or touching it much (physically)
-Don't plan on expanding it with additional cards
-All of the garbage software from the manufacture (which clogs the system)

Then this is the system for you!

We purchased (10) of these units, and with great tweaking some are still running, but the majority are dead with:
-Bad power supplies
-Crashed hard drives
-Faulty network cards
-Wireless that just stopped working

I do not recommend this unit to anyone who isn't interested in 'tinkering' with technology.