HP Pavilion Elite m9300t Desktop PC | Q6600, 3GB, BLU-RAY = $599

HP Pavilion Elite m9300t Desktop PC

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz
3GB RAM; 320GB HDD
Blu-Ray drive & DVD burner
Vista Home Premium
NVIDIA Geforce 9300 256MB w/ HDMI
ATSC & NTSC HDTV tuner
built-in card reader
1yr warranty
no monitor

$999.99 - $400 off Coupon Code: DT1158 = $599.99 Free Shipping

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week video and smallish hard drive for the price. could do better on the bay.

fatwalletfreakazoid said: week video and smallish hard drive for the price. could do better on the bay.

Hmmm... Show me a new quad core Pavilion Elite 9300 with a Blu-Ray/HD DVD drive and a real 1 year warranty plus free shipping on the "bay" for less. This is an excellent deal OP. It is better than a similar deal Pavilion Elite last month which did not even include the Blu-Ray/HD DVD drive and cost $100 more.

Nearly at the Pavilion Elites on the "Bay" are refurbs that sellers buy from us that we dump through uBid. Those "bay" sellers consistently lie to their customers about he fact they are selling refurbished HPs and that the 90 day HP warranty they advertise in their “bay” auctions is not transferrable and goes into effect to the original purchaser at the moment of purchase through uBid.

zeps7784 said: Even though it isnt combinable with the instant $100 like last months deal was, it is still decent. I bought one last month for 766 to my door.

HP Pavilion Elite m9300t customizable Desktop PC
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q9300 (2.5GHz)
4GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM (4x1024)
512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500GS, DVI-I, VGA, HDMI
802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN card
320GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
16x max. DVD-ROM
15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, video, audio
ATSC-NTSC TV tuner with PVR, FM tuner, remote
$766 to my door

 

Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q6600 (2.4GHz)
– FREE UPGRADE to 3GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM from 2GB
– FREE UPGRADE! 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 9300, DVI-I, VGA adapter, HDMI
– 320GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
– No additional (Ethernet LAN port on system board)
– Blu-ray DVD writer/player & Lightscribe SuperMulti DVD burner
– 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, video, audio
– ATSC-NTSC TV tuner with PVR, FM tuner, remote
$745 to my door


Granted You are getting a BR player, but you are limiting your processor, wireless, RAM, 2nd bay and graphics. For optimal BR performace, upgrading to the NVIDIA GeForce 9500GS may be worth it.

Hmmm something does not add up? Either you must have one heck of a sales tax or you conveniently screwed your numbers because the OPs config as listed and AZ sales tax is $640 delivered for me or $610 with 5% Live CB factored into the net price.
Your second comparison config is not relevant beuuase it includes a Blu-Ray writer not a BD-ROM like the OPs deal. Also last month’s base m9300t posted deal included 3GB not 4GB, No wireless, NO Blu-Ray and was not combinable with the HP instant savings because there was no instant savings offered during that deal. The ONLY advantage for the previous deal was the newer Intel processor but that is only a power saving consideration and no real processor gain. In fact the sock Q6600s & Q6700s consistently outperform the newer Q9xxx series and cannot be OCed in these Pavilion Elites like the Q6600s. Even if you configure the exact same $766 config you listed is now only $839 or $797 after 5% Live CB delivered for me and that includes the addition of the Blu-Ray Drive and the newer draft N integrated wireless. Here is last months m9300t deal

cnIsfg said: Nearly at the Pavilion Elites on the "Bay" are refurbs that sellers buy from us that we dump through uBid. Those "bay" sellers consistently lie to their customers about he fact they are selling refurbished HPs and that the 90 day HP warranty they advertise in their “bay” auctions is not transferrable and goes into effect to the original purchaser at the moment of purchase through uBid.
Wow, where do you come with this stuff?

Actually, I had an experience buying refurb European Dell's listed as new on the Bay and later discovered the Dell support agreements could not be transferred.

I believe we can agree that there is some risk to buying on the Bay as opposed to directly from the manufacturer.

For this reason, I would not equate the Bay prices directly to manufacturer prices without considering the risk.

anybody tell me which one is better???

HP Pavilion Elite m9300t customizable Desktop PC

– Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
– Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad processor Q9450 (2.66GHz)
– FREE UPGRADE to 3GB DDR2-800MHz dual channel SDRAM from 2GB
– 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9500GS, DVI-I, VGA, HDMI
– 320GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
– No additional (Ethernet LAN port on system board)
– LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
– 15-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB, 1394, video, audio
– ATSC-NTSC TV tuner with PVR, FM tuner, remote
Order total $760.36

and this

http://www.CircuitCity.com/ssm/Gateway-GT5674-Desktop-PC-GT5674/sem/rpsm/oid/207699/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

for games(diablo3 etc) and stuff
If I go with the gateway one I am gonna get a video card probably 512MB.

kirio81 said: for games(diablo3 etc) and stuff
If I go with the gateway one I am gonna get a video card probably 512MB.

BY the time you add the video card upgrade to the Gateway your cost basis is nearly the same as the OPs $599 config and you still have HD TV or Blu-Ray support . Personally I prefer the HP with the Intel vs the Gateway you linked with the AMD.

superflysocal said: can this video card pass audio through hdmi like ati 3450? If not, is there an spdif out? Can it pass True HD like ATI 3650?

anybody?

also, does it have gigabit built in?

BargainBoy said: Actually, I had an experience buying refurb European Dell's listed as new on the Bay and later discovered the Dell support agreements could not be transferred.

I believe we can agree that there is some risk to buying on the Bay as opposed to directly from the manufacturer.

For this reason, I would not equate the Bay prices directly to manufacturer prices without considering the risk.

You knowingly bought a refurbished system from another country without looking into the warranty? Sounds like YOU didn't do your homework. Plenty of legit resellers with no hassle warranty transfers. Bottom line is you can get this system NEW cheaper. No way is this hot. Be my guest though and follow the leader.

This is a good deal, but for the expansion-minded the d500t deal last week was better.

I got this machine in the last sale, some thoughts:

- This does sound through the HDMI port. I've gotten Dolby 5.1 to work on the sound test under control panel in Vista, but can't figure out how to get 5.1 for Blue Ray with the player it has

- The TV tuner is a not a Hauppauge 1800, it is a VIXS PureTV. It does have an analog and digital port (for HDTV). Clear QAM support in Windows is pretty terrible all around. You will not get Clear QAM HDTV with Vista Media Center. With a LOT of finagling, I got it to kinda work in SageTV. There's some unofficial upgrades to the VIXS drivers that made it work with SageTV. This will not work with BeyondTV, and is unlikely to be supported by BeyondTV whenever Clear QAM support comes out. The bottom line with OEM tuners is, the more you drift from brand names (read HAUPPAUGE) the less support you get with the various applications. MS really dropped the ball with disabling Clear QAM support.

- The infrared in/out is the Vista Media Center IR blaster. This will work for Windows Media Center with some finagling and reteaching it your set top boxes controls. HOWEVER, since the drivers are proprietary, this will not work with any 3rd party TV tuner applications such as SageTV or BeyondTV without a lot of extra work (of which I couldn't exactly figure out) and 3rd party applications.

- Connected to a 1080p flat panel via HDMI, looks great. Video does go out from time to time, and cannot be recovered without a hard restart. I think it's a display driver issue, it's worth the time to go in and upgrade all the drivers that ship with it.

- Standard suite of crapware comes installed with this system... pretty easy to uninstall.

It's a fast system (especially if you get the 45nm chip, 64 bit with lots of RAM). This was my first experience with Vista... if I had access to a 64 bit XP license, I'd gladly nuke Vista and install XP.

Question,

why is it after I enter the coupon code the $100 instant savings disappears. Therefore, it seems like I am really paying $1,099 + tax and not $999 + tax. Is this correct?

fatwalletfreakazoid said: week video and smallish hard drive for the price. could do better on the bay.

I think your avatar explains your stupid comment.

cnIsfg said: Matschtick said: Don't know about anyone else, but I am only getting this config for $699.99, it seems the $100 instant PC rebate is removed once I apply the coupon code. Just a heads up

The HP coupon always removes the HP instant discount. The OPs does deal not use the $100 HP discount The Ops config is $999 - $400 coupon = $599. It will show as $899.99 in the cart with the $100 discount applied before you checkout. Once you apply the HP $400 coupon code during checkout the $100 instant saving will be removed and the $400 coupon applied. The price will drop to $599.99 before applicable taxes. If you do not see those numbers you inadvertently added upgraded something from the Ops stated configuration.

I am trying this and still get $999. Are you sure this hasn't expired?

Christ, for some reason I thought this was a notebook and was ready to pull the trigger.

PC Blu Ray drives are about $100 now.

good deal. ordered one, thanks

With all the $350-$450 Quads that Dell is selling these days, it's kind of hard for HP to compete in the budget market.

The code is dead!

Anymore $400 off coupons for this month?