I just bought this for the wife because her present system is over four years old and running like a dog. I've cleaned it up but seriously, the thing just needs to be kicked out the door. I would build her a system but pulling 80 - 100+ hours a week just doesn't leave me the desire to build the system for a woman. It's not an amazing deal but I know it saves me a lot of time and headaches. Check it out.

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[B][U]Specifications[/U][/B] Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E6550 (2.33GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 1333MHz Front Side Bus) Memory: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM memory (2 x 1024MB), expandable to 8GB Hard Drive: 400GB (7,200RPM) SATA hard drive Optical Drive: LightScribe DVD?RW drive with double layer support Video Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® 7350 LE graphics card with TurboCache. 128MB dedicated graphics memory, TV-out and DVI capability. Up to 623MB total available graphics memory as allocated by Windows Vista TV Tuner: NTSC TV tuner, over-the-air ATSC TV tuner and FM tuner (antenna included) Ethernet: 10/100/1000 network interface Modem: 56K modem Audio:: High Definition Audio, 8-speaker configurable Keyboard & Mouse: HP wireless keyboard & wireless optical mouse, HP Media Center remote control with IR receiver Expansion slots: one PCI (occupied); one PCI-Express x16 (occupied); two PCI-Express x1 (one available) Drive bays: two external 5.25" (one available); one external 3.5" (available); two internal 3.5" (one available) Operating System: Microsoft® Windows Vista Home Premium Warranty: Refurbished, 90 days Warranty

[B][U]Ports[/U][/B] Front panel 15-in-1 media card reader supports Compact Flash I/II, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, Mini Secure Digital, xD, RSMMC, MMC Mobile, MMC+ and IBM Microdrive Six USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 4 rear) Two IEEE 1394 (Firewire) ports (1 front, 1 rear) Microphone/headphone/line-in (FRONT) Two PS/2 ports digital audio in/out LAN rear speaker out/side speaker out/center (subwoofer) microphone/line-in/line-out

Re: HP a6177c

sweet, I have the exact same one that I bought in december, only mine's got a 5600+ AMD with 3 gig RAM and I had to install my own TV Tuner

Re: HP a6177c

I saw that one at Fry's with the 5600+, 3GB of RAM and it had a 500GB HDD but the thing was $100 more which was bullshit. Even though I'm an AMD supporter... for the wife (who is mostly PC-tarded) I had to get her the Core 2 Duo.

Re: HP a6177c

ok deal might get one for my folks, looks like integrated Vid card?

anyone bought a refurb HP desktop in the past? care to comment on reliability?

Re: HP a6177c

Nope. It's an actual card. I would not be getting this system if it had integrated video.

Re: HP a6177c

[QUOTE=beanzncheez;572857]Nope. It's an actual card. I would not be getting this system if it had integrated video.[/QUOTE]

are you buying a card ? cause it doesnt come with a card by default fyi

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[QUOTE]Video graphics

* Integrated graphics using Intel GMA 3100
* Also supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards*[/QUOTE]

Re: HP a6177c

The one I ordered, shows it comes with a graphics card. Look at the specs up there. The PCI-E x16 slot is used, that's the graphics card. The PCI slot used is the TV tuner card and I'm assuming the PCI-E x1 slot that is being used by the Ethernet card. Also comes with wireless keyboard and mouse which is not standard.