HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 Desktop Computer - Black

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19 x 15.7 x 9.3 inches ; 18.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 18.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B005M1KNEU
• Item model number: HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 PC
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,481 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2011

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Save on space but don’t skimp on performance with the HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 PC—this sleek desktop computer handles all of your essential computing needs. Easily transfer photos, music, and other files to and from your digital camera and other peripheral devices with the front-panel 6-in-1 memory card reader. Watch your favorite movies and burn your own discs with the SuperMulti DVD Burner. With HP Multi-Display Capable technology, you can compare documents side by side, quickly drag content from one application to the next and stream digital entertainment to one monitor while you work on the other.

IDEAL FOR

Powerful performance and the perfect fit for a small space or dorm room. The HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 PC takes on all of your essential computing needs, from word processing to e-mail, multimedia and entertainment. Work on more than one monitor at the same time with HP Multi-Display Capable technology and access, edit, and save content on your notebook PC from your desktop PC using HP LinkUp software.

THIS PRODUCT HAS

SPECIFICATIONS

Processor Intel® Pentium® Processor G630 Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit Memory (RAM) 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3 Hard Drive 750GB (7200RPM) SATA Wireless Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n Optical Drive SuperMulti DVD burner Video Graphics Intel® HD Graphics. Up to 1696MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows® 7

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FEATURES

Multicore Processor Get better performance and work more efficiently 6-in-1 Digital Media Reader Transfer photos from a digital camera to your desktop PC without using cables Front-access USB 2.0 Ports Connect peripherals to your HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 PC with ease Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n Connect to a wireless printer and other accessories INCLUDED

ACCESSORIES

HP 2.1 Compact Speaker System These compact external speakers feature a 4” wood subwoofer for impressive bass response. A wired control provides power on/off, volume control and headphone jack within your reach.

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HP Wireless Optical Comfort Mouse This wireless optical mouse allows you to work from further away on many different surface types, provides a comfortable and secure grip and has three programmable buttons.

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HP Webcam HD-3110 The HP Webcam HD-3110 is a true HD 720P autofocus widescreen model capable of video frame rates up to 30 frames/second in HD resolution. It's perfect for video chatting, snapping photos, and creating, e-mailing and posting video blogs.

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MORE INFORMATION

Datasheet (PDF)

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Product Description

Save on space but don’t skimp on performance with the HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 PC this sleek desktop computer handles all of your essential computing needs like word processing, digital music and photos and e-mail, and it lets you easily transfer photos, music, and other files to and from your digital camera and other peripheral devices with the front panel 6 in 1 memory card reader. The HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 PC comes with Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, integrated Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n, an Intel Pentium Processor G630 and has a 1TB hard drive that that stores up to 221,000 songs or 177,000 photos. Watch your favorite movies and burn your own discs with the SuperMulti DVD Burner. With HP Multi Display Capable technology, you can compare documents side by side, quickly drag content from one application to the next and stream digital entertainment to one monitor while you work on the other.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice computer but it only worked for two days..., November 29, 2011

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Patricia (Manchester, NH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 Desktop Computer - Black (Personal Computers)

My experience with this computer has been a worse case scenario, but I'm going to be fair and reasonable and review this product based on what I observed and experienced during the entire two days it actually worked.

Overall, based solely on the two days it actually worked, I would give this computer three stars. It's sleek and shiny and comes with a large enough hard drive and enough ram that most users would not need to upgrade anything for a couple years. I subtracted a star for the design (see "The Bad" below) and another because HP is really making me jump through hoops to get them to honor the warranty (see "The Ugly" below). I'm hoping that they do the right thing and fix my computer quickly without issue, and will certainly update my review and revise my opinion based on if and when the computer is fixed and returned.

The Good: My shiny new S5-1120 found my internet connection and drivers for peripherals without a problem and the only driver that needed an updated was the onboard video card. It may seem like a no-brainer, but a lot of people seem to struggle with setting up their devices when they get a new computer and this Windows 7 HP did it automatically with no problems. (I should mention that a lot of my peripherals are quite old, but it managed to find the new drivers quickly.)

The best feature of this HP is that it comes With a 1TB hard drive and 4MB of RAM which is more than enough storage and memory to satisfy most users. I am a front-end developer by trade and have been using a laptop with a 320GB hard drive and 1MB RAM to simultaneously run Photoshop, Illustrator and Scribus without issue. I can't imagine that the average user would need to run so many resource hogs at the same time, but if they did, I believe that this little HP could easily handle it.

The Bad: I'm going to set aside the specific problems I've experienced with the unit and focus on the things that I disliked about my HP S5-1120. The first, and probably biggest, issue I had was the location of the headset jacks. They conveniently put a headset jack on the front of the unit for listening to music or audio while streaming video, but if you want to Skype, use Google Voice or do anything that includes speaking or recording your voice you have to plug your headset into the back of the computer. (*** Note: I did find that I was able to leave my headsets plugged in the back and still use external speakers on the front. It's probably not something most people would find useful, but I was pleased that I didn't have to pull the computer off the shelf to unplug my headset so I could use speakers for streaming a movie.)

The second issue is that there are only two usb ports on the front. The recession may be over but I am still broke so I opted to use the included keyboard and a monitor from an old computer rather than buying new wireless models. Once I add my drawing tablet, external drive, mp3, phone and whatever else needs to be synced or charged it gets a little crazy with cables. You might think that I am being picky, but for a supposedly sleek machine, I find it very clunky and inconvenient to have to move the computer and juggle cables every time I need to plug in a device.

The Ugly: As I mentioned at the beginning, my experience with the S5-1120 has been a worse case scenario. At least I hope it's an aberration and not the norm.

My shiny new computer was delivered on a Friday evening and by Monday morning I was getting bad sector errors. (bad sector generally indicates a hard drive issue) It's not uncommon to have a bad sector on a hard drive and it's relatively easy to run a diagnostic and partition the area. Unfortunately none of the diagnostics could find the problem.

Tuesday came and the computer started crashing. Anyone who uses MS Windows is familiar with the BSOD. It's never a good thing, but you learn to live with it. The problem was that this was a brand new computer and other than email and streaming Netflix I had hardly used it. I hadn't even loaded my design software. By Wednesday the wretched machine wouldn't even boot so I did what any sensible person with a brand new computer would do, I called tech support.

After two hours on the phone with four different tech support reps and another three hours re-running the onboard diagnostics, they decided to send me a new recovery disk. They started out demanding that I pay for the new disk, but I politely insisted that I followed protocol and made a recovery disk first thing when I got the computer and that the computer would not read it. I also questioned why the computer, which was giving bad sector errors, would be able to read and run their recovery disk when it was crashing as soon as it booted, but they insisted that it was a bad install of Windows and that the new disk would fix everything.

I'm not a tech, but I've been using computers since the dos days and I've come to learn a thing or two about software and hardware errors. My feeling was that the errors indicated a hardware issue, but they insisted the disk would work so they overnighted a new recovery/install disk and I tried it. No go. It still crashed as soon as I booted up. After another hour and a half on the phone they decided to send a new motherboard. I still believed that the problem was either the hard drive or the ram, bad ram can cause Windows to give weird conflicting errors, but they sent a new motherboard and scheduled a tech to install it.

I knew that it wasn't a good sign when half-way through my front door the tech asked why they sent a motherboard when I was getting bad sector errors. Needless to say, the motherboard didn't fix the problem and the computer still crashed on startup. After another three hours of diagnostics the tech decided that it was definitely the hard drive and possibly the ram too.

So far I've spent about four hours on the phone, six hours running diagnostics and another four hours with an in-home tech (he was here so long I made him lunch!!!) trying to get my brand new computer to work, now they say I have to send it back for a bench repair which, including shipping time, may get me my computer by Christmas. I bought the computer on November 8th and may get it back by Christmas, no guarantees, and with the holiday rush it might take longer. This is not acceptable.

As I said, I am a front-end developer (web designer to you and me) and a graphic designer, I've already lost almost four weeks of work and they want me to lose another two or three (with a warning that it could actually be longer). The kicker in all this is that the one thing that came up over and over again was that if I had purchased the extra coverage they could take care of it faster, but since I foolishly assumed that the computer I purchased would actually work and opted not to buy the "insurance" well, they'll do what they can when they have a chance. Maybe I'm getting old, or at least old fashioned, but even in this uber disposable culture, I think that a brand new computer should actually work for more than two days and that a company should stand behind their product and not require the consumer to purchase extra or special protection in case it doesn't. To be fair, HP has provided support, but it took a fair amount of time and effort on my part to get it. (Not to mention that their support didn't actually fix the problem!)

The irony is that the only reason I bought this computer was because the hard drive I needed to replace in my laptop was out of stock because of the Thailand floods and I thought that just getting a new computer would be more expedient. Even worse, the hard drive I originally wanted is now available and I could get it overnighted for about $65.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good value. Be careful taking it out of the box., November 19, 2011

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Dave Abell (Arcata, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 Desktop Computer - Black (Personal Computers)

Nicely done. Computer installed with no problems. Amazed at the speed and capacity for the price. One word of caution -- be careful when lifting it out of the box. The cover over the CD/DVD drive is nicely hidden, but I grabbed the case by that side and dislodged it from its hinges. Luckily, no damage. Not a criticism, just an observation as the design makes the front look very sleek.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Computer for the Money, February 5, 2012

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R. Good - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 Desktop Computer - Black (Personal Computers)

Best Price I could find on this was Amazon, bought it for work computer and it works great. No issues at all setting it up and it's been running for at least 3 months now with not one issue. Also bought one just like it for my son and I love it for him too. Powerful enough to do all that he needs without being so expensive that I would worry a four year old would break it.