HP Pavilion p6751c-b

HP Pavilion p6751c-b

The HP Pavilion p6751c-b ($729.99 list at Costco) desktop is an attractive, relatively inexpensive system-in-a-box that comes with a bright, crisp 23-inch widescreen panel. It has the power to keep the budding multimedia hound happy, along with a price tag and warranty to keep the head of the household happy. The p6751c-b is a HP Pavilion p6000 series desktop that has a tower design with a decent amount of internal expansion. It has the usual glossy black front made of plastic, with matte black metal sides. The utilitarian design is nice enough to fit in with most rooms, but can do well enough under your desk. It's pretty quiet in operation, with the only cooling fan in the back. There is also has a fan cooling the CPU, but you won't hear that since it's buried inside the chassis. Inside there's plenty of room for upgrades, including one free memory slot, 3 PCIe x1 slots, space for two internal hard drives, and one optical drive. The system has an internal 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi card, so you can hook the desktop up to your home's wireless network. This setup is way more convenient than stringing a network cable from wherever you have the cable modem in your den or living room.