HP Pavilion A6620f Review

HP Pavilion desktops are shiny boxes that win everyone over with their ultra-cool looks, but performance varies with model to model. The HP Pavilion A6620f desktop is aimed at budget PC users. It has great looks and a decent configuration too.

HP Pavilion A6620f specifications :

• Dimensions : 6.9″ x 16.3″ x 15.3″
• Weight : 22 lbs
• Processor : Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200/ 2.5 GHz
• Chipset : Intel G33 Express
• Graphics : Intel GMA 3100
• RAM : 4GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz
• Hard Disk : 500GB SATA-300 7200rpm
• Optical drive : Dual Layer DVD-Writer with Lightscribe
• Input devices : Keyboard, Mouse
• OS : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
• Approx. price :$519

The HP Pavilion A6620f is one of the cheapest and best looking desktop in the market. It has a decent processor with the processor department a bit weak. The target audience for the desktop is an average home user who does not do processor or graphics intensive tasks. Having a digital audio port is one of the advantages of owning this desktop.

The desktop has uber cool looks with its all black shiny front panel. It integrated a card reader on the top. The dual layer DVD burner is placed below it. The front ports consisting of USB 2.0, Firewire 400, microphone and headphone jacks are concealed at the bottom.

As mentioned above, the desktop has the digital audio in and out, not found in budget desktops usually. Rest of the ports are standard with VGA being the only option to connect a display to it. HP has left enough space in the cabinet for expansion. There is hard drive bay for addition of an additional hard drive. You also have a bay in the front to add a portable hard drive. Then there are a two PCI 1x cards or a graphics card too.The four memory slots are all filled with 1GB of RAM module each. So you have to sacrifice atleast 1GB memory in order to upgrade RAM.

The performance of the desktop is good though not great. The Dual Core processor is not as good as Core 2 Duo but gives decent performance. The 4GB RAM is enough for almost all tasks. The onboard graphics are just enough to run Vista and few games at low settings.

Pros :

• Great looks
• Digital audio port
• Good expandability

Cons :

• Only VGA port
• No dedicated graphics
• Slower processor

Final Thoughts

The HP Pavilion A6620f desktop is a desktop with good looks but average performance. HP could have included better components at this price. The desktop has good expansion options which should somewhat rectify this. Overall an average package.

Rating : 3/5