HP Pavilion P6230Y(NY549AAR) Desktop PC Phenom II X4 810(2.6GHz) 8GB DDR3 750GB HDD Capacity ATI Radeon HD 4200 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Pros: Amazing price, super fast, so much memory, perfect amount of HD, and quiet as a mouse. I cannot believe this thing was ever used before, it doesn't have even a smudge on it. Looks perfect and runs perfect.

Cons: not a single con for $499

Other Thoughts: I bought a 500w power supply and a nvidia 9800gt graphics card, total price including comp was $610. If I made a comp with these specs on ibuypower, hp, dell, or cyberpower I would easily be paying $1200+.

Pros: well so far so good . the pc runs great its faster then my old pc the dell dem c-521 . everything works the pc case looks new the programs are super fast . but the only neg i can give would be on the onboard video card isnt that great for gaming . you may want to up grade it. lucky for me i have brand new ati 5750 on the side waiting to be put in its new home

Cons: not a major issue the video on it sucks

Pros: This blows my old pc away! I wanted a unit that would last me for a few years but didn't have a lot of $ to spend and so far this is awesome. I had debated building my own but wanted certain things like a quad-core processor, good sized hard drive, and at least 3GB of memory. What I found was that I'd spend a lot more than $500 to get something close to this. Now I need to say that I'm not a gamer and don't really use my pc for much more than surfing but I wanted the most for my money and just in case I get into something that takes a more powerful pc, I should be ready. Oh, and compared to my old 2001 HP this unit is so quiet I actually had to stick my ear to the machine to make sure the fans were working!

Cons: None that I can see as of yet.

Pros: Love it. Replaced an old desktop that I had kept upgrading for about 5 years.

Cons: One of the front USB ports didn't work. Didn't feel like going through the hassle to send it back.

Pros: Great deal! You can't beat the price. It has a lot of great stuff inside that you won't really need to upgrade for a while.

Cons: The video card is really really outdated. Can't play any games that came out recently on it.

Other Thoughts: Upgrading to the just released "DIAMOND 5670PE51G Radeon HD 5670" video card as soon as I get the extra cash, with this card and maybe an additional external hdd I probably won't have to upgrade for a few years.

Pros: This computer is great, Very fast, Big hard drive, the RAM, and the quad-core processor.

Cons: The only thing is the loud sound it makes, i'm not sure if it is the Hard Drive or Processor. I'm Sure it will be easy to get used to though.

Other Thoughts: It's a great computer and I highly recommend it, especially for the gamers. It's everything you need.

Pros: For the price of the computer (499.99 subject to change), the specs (in my opinion) beats building the computer, but there are some setbacks.

-Dark, cool startup screen compared to the regular Windows 7 Startup wallpaper.

-Wireless Adapter is included in this device

Cons: -Intergrated Graphics card, this isn't the reason I reduced the rating to 4. This can be easily fixed by buying a dedicated card
-Hard Drive took a long time when I tried uninstalling the bloatware in the computer, for a 7200 RPM Drive that was weird, considering my old computer had the same 7200 RPM (but 160 GB). Also, due to the hard drive, my Windows Rating was a 5.9, compared to the other specs which was in the 7.3.
-Weak 300W Power Supply, but its the same with my other Compaq/HP computer, so I guess its their thing to stock that
-Wireless Adapter is included in this device, its listed twice since now I'm using a wireless connection instead of a wired one, and I can't change the preferences, but thats more of my fault

Other Thoughts: Overall, with the price, you can't go wrong, and paired with the right Graphics Card, it could turn into a good gaming computer (I also purchased the HD5750 from Newegg, and I just used the 630W power supply I purchased earlier ago) If you plan on building a decent rig, you should look at this and consider it, its almost perfect, it just needs a little more (Graphics, and PSU). If you are an extreme gamer however, ignore this rig, especially if you want to crossfire, this only has 1 PCI x16 2.0 Slot