HP Pavilion HPE h9 Phoenix (h9-1100z). The HP Pavilion HPE h9 Phoenix (h9-1100z) is HP's (re-) entry into the gaming PC market. While HP's HPE h8 series PCs go after multimedia enthusiasts, the h9 Phoenix goes after the entry level to mainstream gaming enthusiast with similar gusto. What HP brings to the table, in addition to performance, are a lot of standard features that would've been extra-cost options on other entry-level gaming PCs.
The h9 Phoenix line extends the usual HP HPE tower chassis' looks by adding a new faceplate and side panels. The HP Pavilion Elite h8-1124 and its brethren are basic tower desktops, with fairly sedate looks. The h9 Phoenix swaps in a more aggressive front panel with angry red backlighting and a perforated side panel with red internal lighting. It's not quite as outré as the Alienware X51 or Velocity Micro Edge Z40, but it's definitely going for the same slice of the gaming market. The inside of the chassis has the room you'd expect from a tower, with plenty of breathing room for the included Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 graphics card. Another improvement over the HPE h8 series is an up rated 600W power supply (compared to the relatively paltry 300W in some h8 PCs).
The h9-1100z comes with an eight-core AMD FX-8100 processor, from AMD's new multi-core FX line of processors. Other niceties include a Blu-ray player optical drive, 802.11n WiFi, a 1TB hard drive, and Beats Audio. As on HP's all in one PCs, Beats Audio modifies the system's internal audio to enhance music listening and movie watching. Beats Audio works through headphones or through external speakers, and you don't have to be using Beats Audio branded headphones to use the sound enhancements. The h9-1100z comes with a two-year warranty, double that of most other desktops. There is some bloatware, but the system comes with a 15-month subscription to Norton Internet Security, which is a totally useful period of time compared to the paltry 30-day subscription included with many PCs.
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