Great to know that someone else shares this apprehension. I cannot believe how callous HP is in developing their consumer products.
It first started with our HP laptop that died multiple times over the warranty period. And then some friend's machines as well .. the central issue in almost all the cases : bad thermal management.
Mine runs hot, but it's going strong after almost three years, even though it has an AMD CPU with a particularly high TPD compared to others in the same segment (Atoms).
I am terrified by the quality of their non high-end server gear.