HP - Pavilion Desktop - 8GB Memory - 2TB Hard Drive

An excellent replacement for my old dual-core HP rig. Overall, for the price, this is an excellent deal!

I don't know if I had a lemon but every time I tried to open a web page or even tried to a simple word document the computer would freeze. the first time I tried booting it up it started with the menu of repairing C Drive. it went okay for about a day or two before I started having issues. the last time it booted up it had a whole bunch of numbers and different characters where the text supposed to tell you the name of the programs.

This is a great PC. I've been wanting something for my casual gaming tendencies (Skyrim/Portal/Steam games) and I think the specifications are a little above what I actually needed. I've had a laptop for 5 years and this is my first PC after it. My only complaint is the Wireless card (which can of course be changed, I'm sure). With my laptop in my room, and the router in the living room, I had no problems (4-5 bars). With the desktop however, I had 1-2 bars so the internet was slow. I'm not too PC saavy so I just grabbed a long ethernet cable and plugged the desktop in. Works great now. No complaints so far. First time using Windows 8.1 (Windows is giving the free upgrade which took some time to download) so it takes some getting used to.

I bought this for my brother who is constantly killing his laptops by over heating them or just some how breaking them. price and features are a real eye candy and because its modifiable, it makes it all the more better. 2TB of storage and 8GB of ram? he is set for his games!! Included keyboard and mouse are definitely a nice touch'! HP knows what they are doing its funny because as I was looking at this, a cute girl who's boyfriend is similar to my brother was also eyeing this

When I went in the store I had a PC that was dying and needed a good reliable replacement, preferably with dual monitor support. This PC had that, with a fast quad-core processor. Initially I was hesitant about purchasing an AMD processor because I have always had Intel processors, but to my delight this PC delivers a fast, reliable processor for all of my apps, including the full Microsoft Office Suite--which opens lightening fast. As with all big-brand PCs, they deliver too much unnecessary software that I had to strip out to reduce clutter. I would also prefer if they had reduced the price by $15 and not provided keyboard and mouse since I use other devices I prefer.

This replaced an Asus I bought that failed after 3 days, and I'm pretty happy with it. The only problem I had was I installed a graphics card to get HDMI output, and plug-and-play didn't work. Called my son and he figured out that the latest BIOS (8 something) wouldn't work with older peripherals because of a security thing. I had to go in and change that. It was a hassle, but now it works. Oh, and I didn't care for the keyboard, but I had a spare one floating around and plugged it in.

Had this computer for a few years already and it runs great. With 8GB of RAM and 2TB, you have plenty of speed and space to do all types of computer tasks, from browsing, emails, and video streaming. The computer can also be used for moderate gaming, and even has room for expansion so that you can use it for a long time.

I purchased this PC for my office to use MS Word/ Excel/Power-point, work with emails and watch videos on you-tube. I was mostly concerned about noise (as I'm very noise sensitive), and boot-up time. I'm a therapist/holistic practitioner and needed a computer to be in the background (off or quiet) as I'm working with clients, and that would also come online quickly if I needed to look something up in the middle of a session. The tech support gentleman at Best Buy suggested I upgrade to a solid state hard disc (which I did - Intel 530 Series 204GB Internal SATA solid state drive - model # BBSSDSC240A4KS). Together, the Gateway PC (i5) and the solid state drive, the system is EXTREMELY FAST. In fact, for my needs this is probably overkill - but I wanted a computer that I could invest in and use in years to come and I'm pretty happy with my purchase. Also, the computer and ss drive together are AMAZINGLY QUIET. This is a huge relief given my sensitivity. I'm really pleased. My only challenge is I'm still trying to learn Windows 8. I can do everything I need to with no problem... but I'm still figuring out nuances. One of the Best Buy tech support guys gave me a demo when I first purchased the computer (I had bought tech support) and I have gone back to Best Buy once to ask a sales rep there questions about it... and I have watched online videos about how to use Windows 8 and downloaded the Gateway user's manual. I'm mostly there now but... it's taken some effort. I suspect I'm not as intuitive re user interfaces as other users. I don't dislike it. It's just different and takes some getting used to.