The saving graces of this HP desktop are its good general performance, its ample memory, and its average hard-drive space. If you're shopping for a basic workhorse, however, it barely outpaces the Acer AM3970, a desktop that costs hundreds less. And for just a few hundred more, the dwarfs the H8-1010 in performance and features. Among desktops, the competition is a bit too fierce for the HP Pavilion Elite H8-1010 to distinguish itself.