HP Pavilion Elite HPE-053uk Desktop PC (Windows 7 Home Premium, Intel Core i5 Processor 750, 6GB DDR3, 640 GB SATA, NVIDIA GeForce, Ethernet 10/100bt, 802.11 B/g/n PCI-EX1)

Immersive gaming and inspiring design
The new HP Pavilion Elite HPE-053 desktop PC is streamlined for speed and performance. Inside this sleek, race car-inspired Merlot red chassis and glossy black casing lurks an affordable, compact micro-tower desktop PC with the performance you need for power-intensive gaming and other demanding tasks and the expandability to keep wowing you tomorrow.

Stylish, streamlined red-chassis design for optimal style and performance

This desktop doesn’t just look good, it delivers maximum performance. Inside the HP Pavilion Elite HPE PC, the powerful Intel Core i5 processor and the latest NVIDIA GeForce GT220 graphics card equip you with the power you need for the gaming experience and creative form you crave. The processor ensures you don’t have to compromise on what you want to do, giving an incredible PC experience.

On board the two hard drives mean you can store all you music, movies and photos in one place. HP Easy Back-up, a simple to use one-touch back-up button, provides an increased layer of security by automatically duplicating media and personal files. Leaving you to enjoy a powerful computing experience, with the peace of mind that your personal documents and favourite films are stored safely and securely.

Experience your digital world like never before
HP MediaSmart software, an exclusive with the latest HP PCs and notebooks. With MediaSmart your PC is turned into a mobile entertainment centre and your media is at your fingertips.

The one-click menus provide instant access to multimedia content including, movies, photos, music and TV* shows. View slide shows of your favourite holiday snaps or use built-in editing tools to help you instantly improve photos, effortlessly rotate, crop, enhance or remove red-eye in one simple click. It is just as simple to record and edit videos; you can even rate, tag and search videos with easy to use built-in management tools and if it’s DVDs you’re watching, you can be sure that the clarity and smoothness is optimised through HP SmoothMotion software.

Have fun with your personal music collection and explore new music. Create, edit, search and browse your music playlists using the interactive software, in a fun new way. With a TV tuner* you can watch your favourite TV programmes and enjoy primetime, classic shows and cartoons from around the world, over the Internet, at a time that suits you.

With HP MediaSmart having fun has no limits.

Experience maximum gaming performance with a powerful Intel Core i5 processor and NVIDIA GeForce GT220 graphics card

Breathtaking graphics and audio performance
A wide range of stylish HP LCD wide flat panel monitors** are available to complement the design style of the HPE-053 and help your movies come alive with the crispest and most vibrant colours.

Graphics performance is achieved using an NVIDIA GeForce GT220 with PureVideo HD technology graphics processor with 1GB dedicated memory, delivering immersive realism and heart pounding performance for demanding gamers. The combination of high-definition video decode and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate colour and precise scaling for movies and video.

The sound doesn’t disappoint either with High-Definition Audio 7.1 you can enjoy your movies with the highest quality sound and it deserves, in complete HD surround sound. Two front audio ports, six rear analog audio ports and one rear digital audio port gives you multiple acoustic options.

For the “big-screen” effect, through the HDMI and VGA ports you can even watch movies through your HDTV or another VGA monitor or projector. This is achieved using the appropriate cables***.

Incredible expansion and connectivity
The HPE-053uk will accommodate as many as twelve peripherals at any time with its ten USB 2.0 ports (four in the front), and also two IEEE 1394 FireWire ports (one in front), enabling you to quickly transfer photos from your digital video camera or music from your MP3 player. Also on board are 2 external optical drive bays, 2 internal HDD bays, 1 pocket media drive bay,1 Landing pad for USB and 1394 devices and 4 PCI-Express slots.

It also incorporates a 10/100BT integrated network interface, so you can quickly and easily share your files with your family, friends and colleagues. In terms of connectivity, it features the latest high-speed wireless 802.11b/g/n technology for you to connect rapidly to the internet. So, providing you have access to a WiFi signal, you can access the Internet, check e-mail, and keep in touch with family and friends at all times.

A full complement of connectivity ports with 10 USB 2.0 ports, 2 IEEE FireWire ports and an integrated 5 in 1 digital media reader

Truly monstrous processing power
The HP Pavilion Elite HPE is powered by Intel; Core i5 Processor 750 and delivers truly monstrous performance. Based on Intel Core micro architecture this processor includes four complete execution cores within a single processor delivering unprecedented performance and responsiveness in multithread and multitask.

The Intel Core i5 750 processor is at the centre of today’s most interactive and content rich software experiences. Game play can achieve greater visualisation and realism and users are able to complete more tasks, faster. For gaming, photo editing and HD video encoding, this processor has plenty of power for running demanding applications in the background whilst you work on other tasks.

Hard drive, optical drive and memory
The 640GB Serial-ATA (SATA) 3G hard drive (7200 RPM) maintains high data transfer speeds, meaning you don’t need to wait long for your documents and pictures to open. To support this, the HPE-053uk comes with an impressive 6GB DDR3-SDRAM standard memory and four DIMM sockets for memory expansion. DDR3 is the next generation memory, twice as fast as its predecessor DDR2. DDR3 offers an impressive increased performance whilst using less power, only 1.5 volts. Rapid data transfer speeds of up to 1600Mbps allow you to run many simultaneous tasks.

The versatile DVD writer SATA DVD RAM and Double Layer supporting LightScribe technology allows you to write to virtually all DVD formats and with LightScribe you can laser etch your own disc labels from right inside your DVD drive. No ink, no messy markers or clumpy adhesive labels, with LightScribe you simply burn your data, flip the disc over and burn a precise, silkscreen-like text, photo or graphic label directly onto your LightScribe CD or DVD.

This drive will write to:
DVD+R, DVD-R at up to 16x speed
DVD-RAM at up to 12x speed
DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, and DVD+RW at up to 8x speed
DVD-RW at up to 6x speed
CD-R at up to 48x speed
CD-RW at up to 32x speed

And read industry standard DVD-ROM at up to 16x speed, CD-ROM at up to 48x speed

Other features and accessories
Rapidly upload all your holiday snaps with the integrated 5-in-1 memory card reader. So whether you are saving your information on Secure Digital, Multimedia, xD Picture cards or using Memory Stick or Memory Stick Pro, you can rest assured that the HPE-053uk desktop will be able to read your documents easily. To complete the impressive array of hardware the HP Pavilion Elite also comes complete with a full-size wireless keyboard and optical mouse.

Powerful software for a powerful machine
The HPE-053 is pre-packed with the latest applications, tools and operating systems to ensure that you get the ultimate computing experience. It comes with Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) as standard, the perfect choice for going beyond mere email and web surfing to improve personal productivity and get the best in all kinds of digital entertainment.

The latest Microsoft operating system, Windows 7 comes with several performance improvements that are designed to sleep and resume quicker, be less memory hungry and spot USB devices much faster. Windows 7 simplifies everyday tasks such as introducing improved taskbar previews, bigger icons and creative ways to personalise on the desktop. It provides easy and quick access to your favourite pictures, songs, websites and documents through new jump lists. Finally search has been improved to make searching your PC as easy as searching on the web.

Well that’s just for starters, and there’s a lot more. Take a look at this line-up of pre-loaded software:

Microsoft Works (word processor, spreadsheet, calendar and database), Microsoft Internet Explorer, Windows Media Center, Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery, DVD Play, Windows Movie Maker, Windows DVD Maker, Cyberlink DVD Suite, EasyBits Magic desktop, HP MediaSmart Suite, Windows Media Player, HP Games Console with hours of free game play and Symantec Norton Internet Security 2009. Also included is a free 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office 2007 Home Edition.

Finally, for your peace of mind
You’ll want the best in technical support, so it comes with a one-year, pick-up and return, parts and labour warranty. And naturally, this can be extended for a small extra premium.

*Tuner sold separately
**Monitor sold separately
***Cables sold separately