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28th Mar 2008, 18:15
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what do you think of the dell inspiron 530.
does any one have one. so far no bad reviews |
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28th Mar 2008, 18:32
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29th Mar 2008, 16:14
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A bloke at work has one for the kids, he's happy with it.
It's never going to be a gaming machine in stock build but it's rather good value for money considering the various build/price combo's. So it depends on your needs as to whether or not it's worth purchasing. And you simply can't go wrong with a Dell monitor. On the downside the service is going to be crap, should you experience any issue's that you can't resolve yourself. But I guess that's what forum's are for (hint).  .Dell's stock keyboards are responsive if overly loud when typing. Their standard mice, however, are a whole different story; crap. Just an opinion. 
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29th Mar 2008, 16:17
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Alex your spot on , pretty much the same for my dell my girlfriend moans when i type late at night lol
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29th Mar 2008, 17:41
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Hi m8
mate of mine just got the £479 option says everythings fine but its not for playing games with, its ok for surfing net, downloading,burning dvds general workstation stuff, just dont ask to much of it
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9th Apr 2008, 18:51
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thanks every one
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10th Apr 2008, 04:12
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It's probably different in the UK (really low dollar), but here I can actually outbuild a Dell system with non-proprietary parts and a PCI-E slot. If you're at all familiar with computers you may check into the lowest-price system you can build comparable to that Dell. Having a good barebones system will be nice later on if you ever want to do some light gaming - throw in a 8600 and you're off.
For example, I recently put together a budget mid-tower beigebox for around $400 (£200 or so) with a Core 2 Duo (not using the 45nm E7xxx ones that came out, but that's easily an option instead of the one I looked at), 512MB of RAM, 80GB HDD. You can easily mess around a bit with with the price constraint to get a 19" monitor and a larger HDD and some more RAM (you can get 2GB of DDR2 for $30 with rebates here sometimes, often $10 for 512mb) to equal the lowest-price Dell on that page. It may not be worth the hassle, but you may want to look into it.
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11th Apr 2008, 16:23
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I am getting dell to make a computer for me
This is the website http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b&c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&kc=DRS53001&l=en&oc=D 045001&rbc=D045001&s=dhs&fb=1 this is the choice I have made Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core E2160 Processor (1.8GHz,800MHz,1MB cache) [Included in Price] Genuine Windows® XP Professional - English [Included in Price] 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return [Included in Price] Monitor Not included [Included in Price] got a monitor already 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] [Included in Price] 500GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive [Included in Price] Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 3100 [Included in Price] DVD +/- RW Drive (read/write CD & DVD) [Included in Price] Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY) [Included in Price] Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black [Included in Price] I am just wondering if the whole thing is compatible with each other I don’t know what dells motherboard is like? I just use it for downloading, future web design and serving net What do you people think? |
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11th Apr 2008, 17:50
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Well, it'll be something you may have to throw away in a couple years or less. The Pentium D is not the best processor - a Core 2 Duo is much better, it'll work but I would grab a C2D.
You will be locked into a integrated video chipset and you will be unable to upgrade anything else (PSU is proprietary, no GPU upgrades, motherboard is very basic). Like I said before, you can probably order a better computer via parts off a UK site and have someone build it for cheaper and get a better deal.
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12th Apr 2008, 03:47
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Dell are OK if you stick to the basic build. Once you start to customize prices soar. £50 for the hard drive upgrade when a 500Gb is only £20 more than a 160Gb. You could do better for your money especially since you don't want the Dell monitor. Don't snub the E2160, it is a baby Conroe and is Core2Duo with a lower FSB and less cache.
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