For a PC gamer, the most important component of the system is the graphics card. It is the key piece that will make the difference and is responsible for the impressive look of all your games. The more powerful the graphics card, the higher and smoother the frame rates, the higher the resolution and the better your games look. For graphics, this HP computer is equipped with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050.
The processor is next on the list. The processor at the heart of your gaming computer is the brain of the whole thing, and it’s vital to making sure you can get the most out of your graphics card in terms of gaming performance. The number of cores is not vital for gaming, beyond four cores performance drops, but you need to make sure the ones you have are running at a high frequency. The HP Pavilion 27-inch all-in-one computer is equipped with an Intel Core i7-8700T capable of running at 2.4 GHz. This level of power from an Intel chip means that it is designed to run 920 of the 1000 most popular PC games at a recommended level.
The level of RAM in a gaming computer is also important. More system memory allows your PC to process large amounts of data quickly, and for today’s massive, open gaming worlds, quick access to this information is vital to speed up game loading. Too little RAM can lead to slowdowns and a poor experience. This system comes with 16GB of RAM. That’s better than most dedicated gaming PC setups, according to the Steam hardware survey, and it’s perfect if you want to do more with your desktop, like streaming.
Like most all-in-one systems, the HP Pavilion has most of its ports on the back. A single USB Type-A port is on the right side of the display, while the power button is on the bottom left. On the back, there are three more USB-A ports and a USB Type-C port, as well as an SD card slot, a Gigabit Ethernet jack, an HDMI-out port for connecting to a secondary display, and an HDMI-in port that can be used to connect a cable set-top box or gaming console to the HP display.
Wireless connectivity is provided by 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5, and a wireless mouse and keyboard are also included in the package. The HP 27-d0072 produces good quality sound thanks to B&O technology, though it falls on the lower end of the spectrum of what Bang & Olufsen typically offers in terms of sound quality.
