HP Updates Pavilion Elite Line with Core i7 Power

The Pavilion Elite m9600 series can be equipped with an Intel Core i7 940 processor, up to a 1TB hard drive, and 12GB of system memory.HP on Wednesday updated its high-end multimedia Pavilion Elite PC line with the Intel Core i7 processor. The Pavilion Elite m9600 series can be equipped with an Intel Core i7 940 processor, up to a 1TB hard drive, and 12GB of system memory. The Pavilion Elite continues in the same chassis as the previous model (like the HP Pavilion Elite m9550f), with its two media drive bays and HP Easy Backup button.

The base model starts at $949 with the Intel Core i7 920 processor, a Nvidia GeForce 9600 GS graphics card, a 500GB hard drive, and a SuperMulti DVD burner (dual layer DVD+/-RW). A Blu-ray drive (reader) and an ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card are optional upgrades.