HP Pro Tower 290 G9 Desktop Computer, 12th Gen Intel 4-Core Processor (Beats Core i7-9700), 32GB RAM, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200RPM HDD, 2-Monitor Support, HDMI, VGA, DVD-RW, Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Pro

This tower is for my home use. It is nice and new and much faster than my old tower. Very pleased with performance so far. Was packed well and arrived intact.

If my memory serves correctly, in the history of computers I've owned over approximately 20 years I've never owned a tower type of computer. I was strictly a laptop guy, but the fact I've gotten involved with working as a Cybersecurity Analyst and who has a side gig as a photographer mostly working with astrophotography has meant I needed more power, more RAM, and a much more powerful processor than what laptops could provide without spending literally thousands (like $2,500 - $3,000) of bucks to give me what I need. I've always been a HP loyalist, but my last laptop frankly was a total lemon so I hesitated to go back to the well again, but this seemed to have almost everything I wanted and needed for a good price too. Now I'm glad I did.Amazon got this baby to me at warp speed (36 hours from time of order) and, with the exception of my needing to transfer about 500 GB of data from 'Lemonhead' (aka, my lobotomized, doomed-from-birth HP Pavilion laptop) to this machine, set up was also at warp speed. Once I had it booted up and had my astrophotography image processing software (which is a HUGE memory and processing hog), and Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom loaded up I gave the new guy a hardcore, pedal to the medal test drive and I was blown away. Lemonhead had a supposed quad-processor with speeds touted as being around 3.0 GHz and 16GB of RAM, and it would take that poor thing literally 2-3 minutes to load the most current version of Photoshop. This one, we'll call him 'Blur' did the same task in, no kidding, a blistering 13 seconds. I actually thought it'd had crashed because I'd looked away for a moment and missed the entire splash screen for the application and it was already fully loaded. I did it 2 more times to make sure I wasn't high for having blackouts. After three days of nearly 12 hours each putting Blur through the paces I'm still almost drunk with power. One other thing, she is literally whisper quiet. I haven't even heard a fan kick in once nor a hint of noise from the hard drive. Lemonhead's fans were noisy and constant trying to keep up with me...it was like watching Diana Ross's hair constantly blowing from the wind machines that apparently follow her everywhere she goes. Now I feel like I'm dating a mime. It's almost spooky, but I can live with it ;-)My only complaints about Blur are that she doesn't have doesn't a built-in SD card reader (my bad for not checking that in the specs) which; a letdown for someone who needs to transfer bazillions of phots from a DSLR digital camera. It also lacks even a single USB-C port (odd for a model that supposedly came out in August 2023), and oh yeah, having a 2nd HDMI port would've been nice since I've used a two-monitor setup for a long time (with one being Lemonhead's built-in laptop screen) and I've been very used to and dependent upon having the two-screen extended desktop setup. Those are the only complaints I have for it though.One final note / warning. If you've never had to, or never experienced a thing called updating your computer's BIOS, be prepared that once you've got your machine powered up and it begins downloading all it's tons of updates to Windows and such that are always a part of giving birth to a new cyber-baby, a BIOS update is amongst those updates. A BIOS update literally burns new information onto a chip in the computer that is the underlying instructions that tell the computer what it is, what it's parts are, and how to get to loading the operating system. The thing about flashing a new BIOS is that it is absolutely critical that you are plugged into a solid power connecting that isn't likely to fluctuate (i.e. when you turn on the microwave and the kitchen lights dim) in any way, or be interrupted or you happen to in any way power off the tower...if any of these things happen during the process it will almost certainly fry the motherboard of your new computer (i.e. lobotomize your newborn baby) and that will be that. Take it from me. 15 years ago I flashed a BIOS on a brand new HP laptop, not out of the box for even an hour and I did it on battery power not plugged in and it cost me a $1,500 laptop I'd used for perhaps a total of 35 minutes). So, it's okay to let the BIOS update do it's thing but when you see that your computer says it's updating the BIOS or anything related to UEFI DON'T TURN THE THING OFF until you're sure it's over. I get a panic attack or a case of PTSD every time I see a new BIOS update wanting to begin, and I sat through that anxiety this time but it went without a hitch. Just thought I'd give that warning to anyone not familiar with the process, now that I'm a fully experience cyber-nerd / dork. LOL.Great computer overall. Fast as lightning and a heck of a good price to boot (pun intended). I'd thrilled with this baby so far and I definitely recommend it.

Bought this PC to replace my laptop. I was looking for something basic since I mainly use the computer for creating music videos to upload onto my You Tube channel. I did want something that I can upgrade if I needed or wanted to (ie: larger hard drive, more memory, sound card...etc). Its got plenty of USB ports that can be used without having to sacrifice one device for another. I've had this computer for a few months not and so far there's been no issues with it. Again, I don't play any video games so its got plenty of power for what I use it for. I would recommend this computer for anyone looking to use it for basic computing needs. It won't break the bank like others out there and you can do some upgrading if you need a little extra out of it.

Other than the missing adapter issue (advertised as having WiFi but doesn' mention you will need an adapter to use it) I find this machine to be more than capable of performing the tasks my wife uses it for.

Exactly what I wanted to replace my 12-year-old Windows 10 desktop PC, at a great price.HP quality at excellent price. Processor, integrated graphics, memory (32GB), and SSD (1TB) are sufficient for home or office. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi built in. DVDRW drive is a plus, not typically present. No bloatware/crapware installed.

Returning, not upgradable, not for gaming. If this is what your wanting this for, NO don't even look at, sorry I did🤬

Well... it's been 3 weeks now and I gotta say, it's taken alot more effort to get this thing to where I expected it to be. For touting as a gaming pc, it's graphics card is basic at best... can hardly get 3-4fps out of it. Out of the box, they supplied the wrong power cord... the one included was for a Playstation Thankfully, I had a spare. Set it up, plugged it in and was pleased it worked. Tested the video capabilities and that's when the problems started. First off, the graphic capabilities were extremely slow. 4fps at best. For doing 3D rendering I needed something a bit beefier. So I bought a Radeon 8gb PCIe card. Went to put it in and guess what... no power supply for extra cards. JOY! So I had to go searching for a new power supply... found one, swapped it out and installed the video card. Turned it on and everything worked great, until I tried to get on the internet thru wifi. It keeps telling me that there's no wifi internet available, even thou I'm still able to get online. Not a problem until you run a program that relies on internet to connect and then it can't detect it. Not sure if that is a PC problem or a Windows 11 Pro problem. Am thinking of going back to Windows 10 pro and hopefully will solve the issue. But as for recommending this PC for gaming... I can't honestly do that. It's not for gaming at all. It's got a fast 4 core processor, but the integrated video sucks balls at only 128mb on board and 4fps.UPDATE - 2 weeks later... Found a 400w power supply and was able to get the Wifi working. If you want to add an extra drive you will need a cable for it. It's now screaming fast with the 8gb GPU and 10Tb extra HD I put in... out of the box it's not for gaming, but after adding a few extra things (another 32gb DDR4 ram, 8GB GPU and 400w Power Supply) this sucker is screaming fast.

The HP Pro Tower 290 booted up as soon as I connected the cables, updated the operating system and within approximately three hours I had installed all the programs I need. The machine runs very quietly and is fast. An excellent purchase.