The HP Pavilion P7-1030 (580 000 000 street) is a desktop entry-level/mid-range with the type of parts and performance normally seen on the desktop at a higher price. The P7-1030 Intel Core i3 and 8 GB of RAM can not offer professional-level multimedia and gaming muscle, but is an excellent system for the home, especially if you want to replace a system of six or seven years.
Design and features
P7-1030 is a mid-tower PC chassis aluminum with black plastic front panel. The panel has the same glossy black finish, we've seen on other entry-level desktop PC from HP, including HP Pavilion P7 1047cb (list $ 799, 4 stars). The front panel has a sliding cover that hides two USB 2.0 ports and headphone and microphone jacks. In the top panel, there is a media card reader (SD, MMC, MS / Pro, xD and Compact Flash) and the power button. Below the card reader is a DVD + / - RW. Another 5.25-inch drive is located just below it, empty and ready for the update. Behind the tower, there are four additional USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet port and three audio jacks: microphone, audio in and audio out.
Design and features
P7-1030 is a mid-tower PC chassis aluminum with black plastic front panel. The panel has the same glossy black finish, we've seen on other entry-level desktop PC from HP, including HP Pavilion P7 1047cb (list $ 799, 4 stars). The front panel has a sliding cover that hides two USB 2.0 ports and headphone and microphone jacks. In the top panel, there is a media card reader (SD, MMC, MS / Pro, xD and Compact Flash) and the power button. Below the card reader is a DVD + / - RW. Another 5.25-inch drive is located just below it, empty and ready for the update. Behind the tower, there are four additional USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet port and three audio jacks: microphone, audio in and audio out.
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| The HP Pavilion P7-1030 |
The P7-1030 provides VGA video outputs, and DVI to hang on your desktop to an external monitor or screen, you can even use both outputs simultaneously for a dual monitor setup. You will not be able to use your TV as a monitor, however, as there is no HDMI connection available. This exemption is usually the case when vendors want to keep the cost low. Although it can not come with a monitor, the P7-1030 includes a USB keyboard and optical mouse cable. The keyboard is surprisingly comfortable, though perhaps on the side of rose water, and its low profile is attractive. The mouse is also acceptable for a device ever, but you will make a new keyboard and mouse, if only to go wireless is something that will not take two of the six USB ports available.
Internally, the P7-1030 is equipped with a large disk drive 1 TB 7200 rpm, which is the same size and speed of the unit is in the choice of editors Lenovo IdeaCentre K330-11691AU ($ 599.99 list 4 stars ). Mini PCIe offers Wi-Fi 802.11n, which means you will not find a place near your router Ethernet cable or long term awkward to connect to the Web. There is some room to grow in the chassis mid-tower. In addition to the drive bay openings over 5.25 inches, there is also a PCI Express x16 and three PCI Express open x1. A power supply of 250 watts which simply means adding a map entry level graphics, but even something as fundamental as the Radeon HD 6450, AMD offers an improvement in terms of graphics and the ability of the game. Because the system comes with 8 GB DDR3 memory, which occupies two DIMM slots, memory updating means removing at least one memory card.
However, it is hard to think you need more than 8 GB at this time.
The P7-1030 comes with several preinstalled programs on your hard drive. Some of them are useful as a starter version of Microsoft Office 2010, a 30-day trial of Norton Online Backup, and a 60-day trial of Norton Internet Security 2011, but we have seen periods of longer trial of competing systems, such as the 90 day trial on Lenovo K330-11691AU. The P7-1030 also comes with HP LinkUp, a program that allows you to access other Windows 7 computers on the same LAN. Even computers from other manufacturers can download the software to share files LinkUp. It's like having your own local cloud. Links to websites like Netflix and Hulu office is not a problem, but you can be irritated by the many screen reading programs from Blio, Kobo, PDF Complete, and Zinio. You will want to remove additional material as toolbars Bing and Google.
Performance
The P7-1030 is equipped with a dual-core 3.1GHz Intel Core i3-2100 processor, which acts as a quad-core processor, with Intel Hyper-Threading. Coupled with 8 GB of memory, twice as large as Dell Inspiron i620-228NBK ($ 479.99 list, 4 stars), P7-1030 scored 2536 points in PCMark performance test 7, Dell has exceeded 241 with i620-228NBK points. . In the Cinebench R11.5 corresponded to the speed P7-1030 produced by other systems with the same processor as the Dell i620-228NBK (2.99) and Lenovo K330-11691AU (2.98). However, it was left by Core i5 with HP 1047cb P7 (4.15) and Asus Essentio CM1730-05 ($ 569.99, 3 stars) (5.19) with its six-core AMD processor.
P7-1030 is also capable of on the desktop, when it comes to creating multimedia content. Our test handbrake is finished our video encoding files, 1 minute and 40 seconds, while the AMD with Asus CM1730-05 took 2 minutes to complete the operation (02:03). Dell 228NBK-i620, on the other hand, was only 2 seconds, 1:40 mark. P7-1030 pre-Photoshop CS5 3:46. Only a comparative produce better points of the Core i5-equipped HP 1047cb P7, which produced a change in the times of 1:29 and 3:31 in Photoshop.
The P7-1030 Intel integrated graphics lets not go too far in 3D games, for lifting heavy loads, a dedicated graphics card is required. The office did not even manage our 3DMark 11 graphics tests, and without the support of DirectX 11, it would be our test is Lost Planet 2. The only evidence that could run Crysis (DirectX 10), who scored an unplayable 13 fps at medium resolution and detail settings. You will have to upgrade to a discrete graphics card to play more demanding than World of Warcraft with the following settings.
As entry-level systems go, the HP Pavilion P7-1030 offers a surprisingly strong collection of hardware, with the computing power and storage space that would meet the entry-level buyers. Features such as 1 TB of storage space and a full Intel Core i3 to make an attractive choice for those on a budget. Buyers can buy with confidence, but bargain hunters will find that the HP Pavilion P7 1047cb is monitored, and Choice Editors', the Dell Inspiron i620-228NBK offers a similar package for about $ 100 less.
Internally, the P7-1030 is equipped with a large disk drive 1 TB 7200 rpm, which is the same size and speed of the unit is in the choice of editors Lenovo IdeaCentre K330-11691AU ($ 599.99 list 4 stars ). Mini PCIe offers Wi-Fi 802.11n, which means you will not find a place near your router Ethernet cable or long term awkward to connect to the Web. There is some room to grow in the chassis mid-tower. In addition to the drive bay openings over 5.25 inches, there is also a PCI Express x16 and three PCI Express open x1. A power supply of 250 watts which simply means adding a map entry level graphics, but even something as fundamental as the Radeon HD 6450, AMD offers an improvement in terms of graphics and the ability of the game. Because the system comes with 8 GB DDR3 memory, which occupies two DIMM slots, memory updating means removing at least one memory card.
However, it is hard to think you need more than 8 GB at this time.
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| The HP Pavilion P7-1030 |
The P7-1030 comes with several preinstalled programs on your hard drive. Some of them are useful as a starter version of Microsoft Office 2010, a 30-day trial of Norton Online Backup, and a 60-day trial of Norton Internet Security 2011, but we have seen periods of longer trial of competing systems, such as the 90 day trial on Lenovo K330-11691AU. The P7-1030 also comes with HP LinkUp, a program that allows you to access other Windows 7 computers on the same LAN. Even computers from other manufacturers can download the software to share files LinkUp. It's like having your own local cloud. Links to websites like Netflix and Hulu office is not a problem, but you can be irritated by the many screen reading programs from Blio, Kobo, PDF Complete, and Zinio. You will want to remove additional material as toolbars Bing and Google.
Performance
The P7-1030 is equipped with a dual-core 3.1GHz Intel Core i3-2100 processor, which acts as a quad-core processor, with Intel Hyper-Threading. Coupled with 8 GB of memory, twice as large as Dell Inspiron i620-228NBK ($ 479.99 list, 4 stars), P7-1030 scored 2536 points in PCMark performance test 7, Dell has exceeded 241 with i620-228NBK points. . In the Cinebench R11.5 corresponded to the speed P7-1030 produced by other systems with the same processor as the Dell i620-228NBK (2.99) and Lenovo K330-11691AU (2.98). However, it was left by Core i5 with HP 1047cb P7 (4.15) and Asus Essentio CM1730-05 ($ 569.99, 3 stars) (5.19) with its six-core AMD processor.
P7-1030 is also capable of on the desktop, when it comes to creating multimedia content. Our test handbrake is finished our video encoding files, 1 minute and 40 seconds, while the AMD with Asus CM1730-05 took 2 minutes to complete the operation (02:03). Dell 228NBK-i620, on the other hand, was only 2 seconds, 1:40 mark. P7-1030 pre-Photoshop CS5 3:46. Only a comparative produce better points of the Core i5-equipped HP 1047cb P7, which produced a change in the times of 1:29 and 3:31 in Photoshop.
The P7-1030 Intel integrated graphics lets not go too far in 3D games, for lifting heavy loads, a dedicated graphics card is required. The office did not even manage our 3DMark 11 graphics tests, and without the support of DirectX 11, it would be our test is Lost Planet 2. The only evidence that could run Crysis (DirectX 10), who scored an unplayable 13 fps at medium resolution and detail settings. You will have to upgrade to a discrete graphics card to play more demanding than World of Warcraft with the following settings.
As entry-level systems go, the HP Pavilion P7-1030 offers a surprisingly strong collection of hardware, with the computing power and storage space that would meet the entry-level buyers. Features such as 1 TB of storage space and a full Intel Core i3 to make an attractive choice for those on a budget. Buyers can buy with confidence, but bargain hunters will find that the HP Pavilion P7 1047cb is monitored, and Choice Editors', the Dell Inspiron i620-228NBK offers a similar package for about $ 100 less.
