This new HP Pavilion desktop is clearly geared toward consumers and PC enthusiasts; it does show that the Intel Core i7 is likely to make it into more mainstream desktops and notebooks within a short amount of time. It uses the Intel Core i7-940 processor, running at 2.93GHz. This is one of three Core i7 chips Intel introduced in November. The HP Pavilion Elite m960 offers newer DDR3 (double data rate 3) memory, and HP is offering between 3GB and 12GB of SDRAM (synchronous dynamic RAM) and between 500GB and 1TB of data storage with the new desktop using a SATA (Serial ATA) hard disk drive. HP also allows for RAID configurations with the HDDs. In terms of graphics, HP offers a choice of a pair of Nvidia GeForce GPUs: the GeForce 9600GS and the 9800GT. In addition, the desktop can support an ATI Radeon HD graphics card.

The HP Pavilion Elite m960 will cost you around $949 for this desktop, the desktop will also support 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium and Vista Ultimate.

Via [HP]