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List Price: $997.00
Our Price: $809.87
Your Save: $ 187.13 ( 19% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
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Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Color: Black/ Silver
CPU Manufacturer: AMD
CPU Speed: 2.2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 X2
EAN: 0883585738922
Feature: Powerful multimedia desktop with 2.2 GHz AMD Phenom 9500 quad-core processor
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Graphics Memory Size: 256
Hard Disk Size: 720
Label: Hewlett Packard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: M8400F
Modem Description: Fax / modem
Processor Count: 1
Publisher: Hewlett Packard
Studio: Hewlett Packard
System Bus Speed: 1000
System Memory Size: 3000
System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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Powerful multimedia desktop with 2.2 GHz AMD Phenom 9500 quad-core processor
Dual 360 GB hard drives, 3 GB RAM (8 GB max), 16x LightScribe DVD drive
NVidia GeForce 8500 GT graphics with up to 1535 MB total available memory; 10/100 Ethernet; open bay for optional HP Personal Media Drive
Connectivity: 6 USB, 2 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 HDMI, 1 DVI, 1 S-Video, 1 composite A/V, digital audio output, surround sound speaker output, 15-in-1 memory card reader
Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (Service Pack 1); includes remote control and wired keyboard/mouse
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Editorial Reviews:
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The HP Pavilion Media Center m8400 series is the perfect PC for families looking for the best all-rounded digital entertainment in their living rooms.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: superb
Comment: Extremely happy with my new system. No porblems have surfaced using Vista as of yet.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: AV input
Comment: This is a nice computer but one of the main reasons that I bought it was because it had the audio/video input card in the front of the tower in the fourth picture. I was wrongly mislead when I just got it in the mail there was no such interface, but other than that I don't really have a problem with it. This makes me mad because I bought a new monitor separately in faith that I would be able to use it to hook my 360 to my computer and play on my monitor (I have to still see if that is possible).
Customer Rating:
Summary: Like the computer - don't like the operating system.
Comment: The HP Pavilion M8430F Desktop PC I purchased from amazon.com arrived within 2 days of the order. Perfect timing. Initial setup was easy and the documentation, though minimal, was adequate. After several days of working with the unit the DVD recorder/player stopped working. I immediately called HP's toll free customer support and after turning the unit over to their control on-line, the technician edited the registry and solved the problem. I was impressed to say the least. The unit is fast at rendering video clips, which is the main reason I chose this computer in the first place. However, that said, not all of my video/audio editing software has installed successfully. The software in question was updated to work with Vista but apparently only works with Vista's 32 bit version. From what I can glean from user forums the software really doesn't like any version of Vista. So, now I am at a crossroad. I'd like to go back to Windows XP Pro in order to get ALL of my software to work, but in so doing I will apparently lose the use of that 4th gig of ram and possibly all of the Windows Media Center capability that the unit has to offer. Decisions, decisions. I like the computer - but I don't like the operating system.
Customer Rating:
Summary: WoW... Amazing PC!!!
Comment: I must say that after buying Dell for the last 5 years this is such a much better system for the hard earned buck. I replaced my monster XPS700 with this one and I slapped an NVIDIA 9800 GTX card on it and this baby rocks. I am running WoW and AoC without any issues whatsover. This one is worth getting....!!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Value Computer
Comment: I have had this computer for 3 months and love it. I have had no problems at all it runs very quiet and blazingly fast. My Vista experience rating on this is 5.7. This is a great machine.
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