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Testseek.com have collected 40 expert reviews of the HP TouchSmart 520-1xx Series All-in-One and the average rating is 75%. Scroll down and see all reviews for HP TouchSmart 520-1xx Series All-in-One.
 
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The editors liked

  • Great looking allinone. Good performance
  • Great display with touch control and audio output
  • HP TouchSmart interface
  • Beats Audio
  • Wireless everything
  • Wireless dongle pre-installed to connect keyboard and mouse
  • Intel Core i3 processor
  • USB 3
  • 0
  • Large touch screen
  • Minimal bloatware
  • 1
  • 5TB hard drive
  • 2-year warranty
  • Strong performance
  • Very accurate touchscreen
  • Quad-core Intel Core i7-2600s processor is fast
  • Huge 2TB hard drive
  • Big 1080p display
  • HDMI-in offers long term use
  • Blu-ray
  • TV-tuner and remote
  • Bundled with wireless keyboard and mouse
  • Design is both good-looking and highly functional
  • Substantive touch software
  • Excellent application performance
  • Impressive audio and video output
  • High-end hardware not typically found in most all-in-one systems
  • Discrete graphics opens the door to game play
  • Lots of storage space
  • Wireless mouse and keyboard
  • HP's Magic Canvas software works extremely well with the touchscreen
  • Beats Audio works wo
  • The retail-only HP TouchSmart 520-1050y offers solid performance for its price
  • And has most of the features we look for in a midrange all-in-one
  • Robust build quality
  • Excellent 1080p display
  • Great sound quality
  • Well-designed touch software

The editors didn't like

  • Touch is not as smooth as it should be. Bloatware detracts from the experience
  • Only 60-day subscription to Internet Security
  • Bloatware
  • No USB 3
  • 0
  • No eSATA
  • No HDMI
  • No HDMI in or out
  • No Blu-ray
  • Low powered integrated graphics
  • Touchscreen is a bit dim
  • Large power brick
  • Short 60-day subscription to Norton Internet Security
  • Radeon graphics in test model didn't add much gaming muscle
  • Windows 8 would make this machine more appealing
  • But won't be available for months
  • You won't be playing overly demanding DX11 titles on this
  • Slow spinning hard drive
  • The lack of an HDMI input is inexcusable
  • But worse is the fact that you can get the same model for $50 less via HP.com
  • Expensive as tested
  • Poor discrete graphics performance
  • No HDMI out

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  Published: 2012-05-27, Author: Michael , review by: maximumpc.com

  • Abstract:  HP once built its TouchSmart line using notebook components because they required much less active cooling. Limiting the number of fans inside the machine made it quieter. This TouchSmart not only uses a desktop CPU—Intel’s low-power Core i7-2600S, run...

 
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  Published: 2012-03-20, Author: Shawn , review by: gadgetreview.com

  • Shawn Sanders 4.0 5.0 The HP TouchSmart nails it! Its not only a fine all-in-one PC. It's also a ri...

 
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  Published: 2012-03-19, review by: techspot.com

  • Great looking allinone. Good performance, great display with touch control and audio output
  • Touch is not as smooth as it should be. Bloatware detracts from the experience
  • I measured the power draw of the TouchSmart 520 using a Kill A Watt power consumption meter. At Idle, the system fluctuated between 60-65 watts. I used a combination of Prime 95 and OCCT’s PSU stress tool to generate a full load on the system of 132 w...

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  Published: 2012-03-13, Author: Matt , review by: Digitaltrends.com

  • Robust build quality, Excellent 1080p display, Great sound quality, Well-designed touch software
  • Expensive as tested, Poor discrete graphics performance, No HDMI out
  • It’s the base model of this all-in-one that swoops in from the night sky to save our luxury-priced 520 from itself....

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  Published: 2012-01-23, review by: hothardware.com

  • High-end hardware not typically found in most all-in-one systems, Discrete graphics opens the door to game play, Lots of storage space, Wireless mouse and keyboard, HP's Magic Canvas software works extremely well with the touchscreen, Beats Audio works wo
  • You won't be playing overly demanding DX11 titles on this, Slow spinning hard drive
  • Content creation, light gaming, and multimedia chores are where the TouchSmart 520-1070 really excels, and while we would have preferred a faster spinning hard drive or, even better, a solid state drive + HDD combo, HP opted to give users oodles of storag...

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  Published: 2011-12-22, Author: Matthew , review by: computershopper.com

  • Design is both good-looking and highly functional, Substantive touch software, Excellent application performance, Impressive audio and video output
  • Radeon graphics in test model didn't add much gaming muscle, Windows 8 would make this machine more appealing, but won't be available for months
  • No matter how you configure the TouchSmart 520, you’ll get a well-designed entertainment PC with a crisp 23-inch display, booming audio, and the best touch software going. ...

 
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  Published: 2011-12-13, review by: gearlive.com

  • Abstract:  Related Tags: 520-1070, adslice, all in one, all-in-one, all-in-one, hewlett packard, hewlett-packard, hp, hp touchsmart 520-1070, pc desktops, review, reviews, sidefeatured, touchsmart Tools: Permalink Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Digg This Co...

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  Published: 2011-12-12, review by: pcmag.com

  • Quad-core Intel Core i7-2600s processor is fast, Huge 2TB hard drive, Big 1080p display, Beats Audio, HDMI-in offers long term use, Blu-ray, TV-tuner and remote, Bundled with wireless keyboard and mouse,
  • Large power brick, Short 60-day subscription to Norton Internet Security,
  • The HP TouchSmart 520-1070 all-in-one desktop PC isn't for the budget set, but a quad-core Intel processor, 2TB hard drive, and a slew of entertainment features make it a worthwhile purchase. ...

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  Published: 2011-11-30, review by: pcmag.com

  • HP TouchSmart interface, Beats Audio, Wireless everything, Wireless dongle pre-installed to connect keyboard and mouse, Intel Core i3 processor,
  • Only 60-day subscription to Internet Security, Bloatware, No USB 3,0, No eSATA, No HDMI,
  • The HP TouchSmart 520-1030 is a midrange all-in-one PC with a speedy Intel processor and the best touch screen software in the business. However, it lacks some features that the majority of like-priced competitors have, and ultimately costs the system...

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  Published: 2011-11-30, review by: pcworld.com_techhive.com

  • Strong performance, Very accurate touchscreen
  • Touchscreen is a bit dim
  • This is a great deal: an excellent performer with premium specs for less than $1400 Images (click to enlarge) HP TouchSmart 520: Great Performance, Great Value HP TouchSmart 520 PC Review, by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal November 30, 2011 If you're in ...

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