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HP Pavilion Elite M9060N (Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4GHz, 3GB RAM, 640GB HDD, Windows Vista Home Premium) comparison

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HP Pavilion Elite m9040n

HP Pavilion Elite m9040n
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HP Pavilion Slimline S3330f

HP Pavilion Slimline S3330f
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Price $1,111 to $1,652 at 6 stores $749 to $1,399 at 3 stores $949 to $1,349 at 4 stores $1,199 to $1,215 at 6 stores $919 to $1,073 at 4 stores Rebate
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3.5 stars Very good
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Editors' choice 4.5 stars Spectacular
Average user rating 4.5 stars out of 1 review 2.5 stars out of 24 reviews 4.0 stars out of 6 reviews 0 stars No reviews, write one! 3.0 stars out of 13 reviews
Release date November 16, 2007 September 07, 2007 June 25, 2008 June 24, 2008 February 01, 2008
The Bottom Line HP's new digital-media-oriented Pavilion Elite m9040n is fast, loaded with features, and its new looks and newly integrated receivers improve its profile. Our main issue is the redundant bays for two of HP's proprietary external hard drives. If you can get past that, there's a solid desktop here. The HP Pavilion Slimline S3330f delivers a remarkable combination of features, value, and flexibility. It excels as both a traditional desktop, and a full-fledged living room PC, complete with a Blu-ray and HD DVD drive. Any nongamer in the market for a sub-$1,000 PC should put this system at the top of their list.

Basic specs

Features See What's the Same or What's different
Graphics Controller PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT - 512 MB
PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS - 256 MB
PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS - 512 MB
PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX - 512 MB
PCI Express x16 - NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT - 256 MB
Storage Removable None
None
None
None
None
TV Tuner Type Digital and analog TV - DVB-T
Digital and analog TV - DVB-T
Digital and analog TV
Digital and analog TV
Digital and analog TV - ATSC - NTSC
Floppy Drive None
None
None
None
None
Optical Storage (2nd) None
None
None
None
None
Storage Controller Serial ATA
Serial ATA
Serial ATA ; None
Serial ATA ; None
Serial ATA ; None
Type Media center
Media center
Media center
Media center
Personal computer
Hard Drive (2nd) - None
- None
- None
- None
- None