Reviewed on July 26, 2010Its newly designed tower, HDMI port, and generous hard-drive capacity aren't enough to make the Asus Essentio CM5671-05 stand out next to the HP Pavilion p6510y, a similarly priced system with a faster quad-core processor and built-in Wi-Fi. The Asus system is no slouch, and we recommend it to shoppers who are concerned with storage capacity rather than speed, but even amateur media editors will benefit from the HP p6510y's extra speed.TAGS:ASUS, chassis, HP Pavilion SlimLine, HP Pavilion, graphics chip, Gateway Inc., Ethernet LAN, optical drive, HP, 64-bit, Ethernet, LAN, AMD
Reviewed on March 11, 2010A midtower PC with a Blu-ray drive isn't for everyone, especially if that option requires you to make sacrifices elsewhere. Fortunately, HP's Pavilion Elite HPE-112y strikes the right balance between its features and performance, such that the niche customers interested in a desktop with Blu-ray won't feel like they're giving up too much.TAGS:HP Pavilion Elite, Blu-ray drive, HP Pavilion, Blu-ray, burner, HP, Dell Inspiron, 64-bit, video card, Dell, networking, AMD, hard drive