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HP Pavilion Elite m9040n Desktop Computer
$699.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: Manufacturer Refurbished

Product List:
- 1 HP Pavilion Elite m9040n Core 2 Quad Q6600 Desktop Computer with 3GB RAM, 640GB SATA and HDMI out

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I'd be in for one if it wasnt HP.

Is it me or is this some weird BTX form factor - everything looks.. inverted???

BTX is probably wrong but it looks.. strange.. wrong somehow.

so 7.5 on CNET: http://www.cnet.com/desktops/hp-pavilion-elite-m9040n/4505-3118_7-32592298.html?tag=prod.txt.1

and 3.5 stars on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-M9040N-Desktop-Processor-Premium/dp/B000VTWROW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1201240848&sr=8-1

... definitely not bad.

Vista?

Nice computer for a home theater PC or just anyone!

those are some pretty impressive specs

Neat-o! Video card has HDMI built in!

Seemingly good, but in reality it's bottlenecked by its groovy power supply. I would know, as I have a lesser model that has a 250 effing W psu.

In my experience (2001-04), HP's service went WAY south after the merger with Compaq in 2002. At least you'll only have 90 days to spend in phone-tree hell, though.

Seriously, unless your idea of tech support is repeating the same information to three different people with 45-minute hold times in between before you get to talk to a competent tech, stay the hell away from HP. Every company has service tiers, but HP puts up such immense resistance to help you that they shouldn't even call it "support."

peretheos wrote:I'd be in for one if it wasnt HP.

So would I. This would be outstanding if it wasn't HP.

Had my charge card ready & willing to buy until I saw the kiss of death -- Windows Vista.

Maybe next time.

Again,
My dell insprion 530, 4gb ram, 700gb disk space, dvdrw, 19" lcd, will beat any refurbs woot has. Wheres my b@g of cr@p!

This computer is a powerhouse for the price. Sadly, my last refurbished HP desktop purchase will be my last. Not only did the machine die twice in 3 weeks, but HP tech support sat on the issue for so long that I had to argue with them to honor the repairs they promised weeks before the 90 day support expired.

This woot is a TRAP.

pretty dam good deal. I work at best buy and this one goes for 1,154.99 but we're clearancing it for $917...

This is still beastly amounts lower than clearance. woof

HP....refurbished...no thanks

Again,
My dell insprion 530, 4gb ram, 700gb disk space, dvdrw, 19" lcd, will beat any refurbs woot has. Wheres my b@g of cr@p!

epeen +1 ?

This is a pretty sweet deal!!!! I work at Best Buy and we just had this unit for 1014.99 about 2 weeks ago. Now it is clearance and is no-longer sold. The replacement model has a larger HD and offers a better graphics card for the added HD-DVD drive. But overall this is a sweet HP Quad!!! This unit never over heated and always ran our demos with no issues what so ever. THIS IS A SWEET WOOT!!!!!!!

http://www.google.com/products?q=HP+Pavilion+Elite+m9040n+Desktop+Computer&btnG=Search+Products&hl=en&show=dd
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No need for one, night all

Jason W wrote:In my experience (2001-04), HP's service went WAY south after the merger with Compaq in 2002. At least you'll only have 90 days to spend in phone-tree hell, though.

Seriously, unless your idea of tech support is repeating the same information to three different people with 45-minute hold times in between before you get to talk to a competent tech, stay the hell away from HP. Every company has service tiers, but HP puts up such immense resistance to help you that they shouldn't even call it "support."

Wow... this is exactly what happened with the woot I was referring to... Only I got to experience this twice a week for 2.5 months. At the end of the ordeal I finally got an American rep who put the service request through. When I got the machine back, it was running a different XP Pro instead of Home (that wasn't so bad...). Unfortunately, the computer still exhibits the problems I sent it in for... Only now it also fails on reboot. If you tell the machine to reboot, it stalls after closing windows. It requires a hard reboot. Win some lose some.

HP scared me over to Apple. I support PCs on a delay basis, but I'm never going back.

I like what I'm seeing; not sure if I can justify the purchase, though.

How many bays for internal HDDs?

Man!! If I only had 695.00 more dollars I could get it!!!

joshieva wrote:HP....refurbished...no thanks

refurbished or not.. .it is still a good woot... especially being a quad-core

ewww vista

delete

i dont see the tv tuner card?

and whats with PS2 ports on the bottom of all these HPs

tish6 wrote:This is a pretty sweet deal!!!! I work at Best Buy and we just had this unit for 1014.99 about 2 weeks ago. Now it is clearance and is no-longer sold. The replacement model has a larger HD and offers a better graphics card for the added HD-DVD drive. But overall this is a sweet HP Quad!!! This unit never over heated and always ran our demos with no issues what so ever. THIS IS A SWEET WOOT!!!!!!!

yea i just wrote the same thing like 5 milliseconds before you! Our minds must be connected.!

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Only weird thing is ours in St Louis. MO is like $100 less than yours... thats weird?

would be a stellar deal, but refurbished computers are always trouble

I'd rather have a refurbished HP than a new Dell.

...and yes, I do have one of each.

I just custom built a home theater PC with similar specs to this. This is a great deal for the money.

The only things to watch out for are:

1. The 8400GS video card. This is a $40 video card and is underspec'd in relation to the rest of the PC. The card will not handle any H.264 video decoding like the 8500/8600 cards will do. This means the processor, while very capable, will have to bear the load during video playback. Not the end of the world, but it's nice to have the GPU do that.

2. The refurb (rox0rz!)/90 day warranty thing.

if you can get past those, this is a good deal. A similarly spec'd workstation will cost you $1400 new from HP.

jessiebyrd004 wrote:so 7.5 on CNET: http://www.cnet.com/desktops/hp-pavilion-elite-m9040n/4505-3118_7-32592298.html?tag=prod.txt.1

and 3.5 stars on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-M9040N-Desktop-Processor-Premium/dp/B000VTWROW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1201240848&sr=8-1

... definitely not bad.

Yes, but those stars mean nothing when it comes to long term reliability which HP is absolutely horrible at!

garg........ i choked forking out 480 for the a6230n that i'm using now which i must say has not dissappionted so far...*knocks on wood*...seven for this doesn't seem to bad considering the specs.... too rich for me though...nighty night

Hmmm, I could really use another computer. Too bad I hate HPs with a passion. Offer A Dell!

Jason W wrote:In my experience (2001-04), HP's service went WAY south after the merger with Compaq in 2002. At least you'll only have 90 days to spend in phone-tree hell, though.

Seriously, unless your idea of tech support is repeating the same information to three different people with 45-minute hold times in between before you get to talk to a competent tech, stay the hell away from HP. Every company has service tiers, but HP puts up such immense resistance to help you that they shouldn't even call it "support."

Man, I totally agree! I'm glad I'm not the only one that has experienced this. HP customer support blows!

efffing Vista! and Nivida...ill pass. put up a intel chipped quad core and a dual ATI card capable borad, and im in. then do a LG 22 inch lcd screen the next day (or week to help us poor people).

I think larry or garry is a fitting name.

Johnson2937 wrote:I think larry or garry is a fitting name.

lets go with garry with some silent r's...

I finded these... may be help full to many. Good evning to all!
http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/hp-pavilion-elite-m9040n/4505-3118_7-32592298.html?tag=prod.txt.1

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