HP Compaq DC 5100 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Performance on the whole was as expected, the machine scoring 2,179 and 119 in 3DMark 2001 and 2003 respectively, along with frame rates of 56.3fps and 31.3fps in Quake 3 and Serious Sam. The PC scored 6,842, 5,198 and 1,041 in the PCMark CPU, memory and

Verdict: A disappointing offering from HP Compaq that is somewhat behind the times. Loses out due to its lack of a hyper-threading CPU and graphics upgradability.

Review summary: This corporate and small-business machine performs adequately, but its performance and features are far from stellar.

Verdict: The HP Compaq Dx2000 Microtower is an above-average business system that does the job at a reasonable price, without going above and beyond.

Review summary: The HP Compaq Dx2000 Microtower we tested was a little shy on some features, coming equipped with only 256MB of RAM and a 40GB hard drive--incredibly small for a new system. But our $1138 review unit was very modestly priced for a system based on a 3-GHz

Verdict: The standard keyboard and mouse are unremarkable--neither includes any programmable shortcut keys--but nevertheless adequate. The default configuration for this system uses an internal speaker, although our test system came with a set of $25 JBL Platinum

Pros: Straightforward, office-friendly features; 3.0EGHz Pentium 4 CPU; 15-inch LCD.

Cons: Limited expansion room; bare minimum of features for office use only; small hard drive.

Verdict: The HP Compaq dx2000 delivers fast performance in a spare, budget-and-business-friendly configuration, but it's not hard to find PCs with more features for less.