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HP Compaq Business Desktop Dc5850

HP Compaq Business Desktop Dc5850

120 reviews

Mar, 2025

Positive
price (49)
usability (38)
size (9)
design (9)
reliability (7)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 120 reviews of HP Compaq Business Desktop Dc5850. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Desktops for all reviews. Reviewers really like the design and size. The reliability and usability are also appreciated.

price, usability, reliability, size, design

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the HP Compaq Business Desktop Dc5850 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 82/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for HP Compaq Business Desktop Dc5850

alaTest has collected and analyzed 10 user reviews of HP Compaq Business Desktop Dc5850 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 2.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other Desktops on Amazon.com. People really like the usability, but some have doubts about the reliability.

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40% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Mar, 2025

Expert review by : J.R. Nelson (desktopreview.com)

HP Compaq dc5850 Review

While most people look at HP and think of their consumer Pavilion (and now Compaq) lines, this area only constitutes one part of their overall business strategy.

While not a game changer in terms of business desktops, the HP Compaq dc5850 offers good value for the money. Its solid construction, large expandability and dual display capability all begin to add up. While I wouldn't call it a powerhouse, the...

Oct, 2008

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Expert review by : James Hutchinson (goodgearguide.com.au)

HP Compaq dc5850 desktop PC

This diminutive desktop PC from HP has low power consumption and is easy to maintain

Tool-less maintenance, PCI/PCI-Express expansion card slots, low power consumption

No media card reader, no reset button, single-core CPU, not very powerful

Offices will find the Compaq dc5850's small form factor and low power consumption appealing, and it has a decent price tag for a business PC. In addition, its case makes maintenance easy.

Apr, 2009

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Expert review by : James Hutchinson (pcworld.idg.com.au)

HP Compaq dc5850 desktop PC

This diminutive desktop PC from HP has low power consumption and is easy to maintain

Tool-less maintenance, PCI/PCI-Express expansion card slots, low power consumption

No media card reader, no reset button, single-core CPU, not very powerful

Apr, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

work good

I got this for my sister and it work good and do every she wants

The only bad thing is since this is a rebuild one for window 7 there is no software for this computer, you really have to be in to computer and know what you are doing if something go wrong with it.

May, 2016

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Good value

Good value for a system that includes Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit. I used the system to replace an old XP computer in a business network. The new system is faster and provides better security. The system is only used for email (Office 2010) and...

Low cost (under a hundred dollars). System worked right out of the box. Power cable included. Has VGA and DVI connections. Everything was very clean inside the tower.

The exterior was pretty beat up (dropped one egg for this). This did not affect the functionality of the system in any way. Some wear was expected as this is a refurbished system, but the wear was more than I expected.

May, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

great media server

with a few tweaks and upgrades this little unit makes one heck of a media server unit for a great price. i bought this one as a spare to another that just fried after running 24/7 for 3 12 years. pull this one out of storage and popped it in the old...

cheap, easily to upgrade, lots of usb ports, DVI Sub out.

none

Mar, 2016

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Exactly what I was looking for...

Perfect size, performance was as expected, everything worked...eligible for free W10 upgrade...setup was quick

I don't care for the preinstalled apps but no big deal just uninstalled them.

Mar, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great buy at great price.

I would recomend this to any one. Hp has Great low profile computers that work Good. And do the job for you right from the start. New Egg you keep up the Great work. Very Very Great Deals. And Great Products!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Works right from the box when you plug it in and all the cables and keyboard and mouse came with it.

This is a great starter computer and at a Supper Price. Went from $ 49.99 to $ 64.99 right after i bought it. Still A Great Buy!!!!!!!

Feb, 2016

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sent back because it came with a virus!!!

nothing

the virus it came with

Feb, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great price works fine it will run Windows 10

For what I paid($69) it works great. In hindsight I should have just installed Windows 10 from the get go. I tried 2 Windows Fix-it's and numerous other solutions to get Windows 7 to update.

This was a replacement PC for my son. Plays Mine Craft, you tube videos. I upgraded the memory to 4GB and installed a Nvidia Geforce GT 610 video card. For less than $100 a functional PC.

I was unable to get Windows 7 to update. I wasted a weekend trying to do that. So I installed Window 10 from a flash drive and it works great.

Jan, 2016

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