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Dell Studio

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About a year ago I was looking into building a computer through AvaDirect however some issues came up that prevented me from going through with the purchase. After looking around for a bit it would appear that it is no longer advised to buy a system through Avadirect .

I've started looking into the Dell Studio lines, more precisely the Studio Desktop and the Studio XPS Desktops. However a few questions have come up.

I'm wondering if the Studio XPS line is worth the money over the normal studio line. The computer will be used as a general purpose machine. You know internet browseing, e-mail, watching videos, listening to music, some gaming, and so on.

I've also read that they both have some noise issues and was wondering if anyone knew just how loud they are and if it was possible to make them quieter.

I have a couple older EIDE hard drives that still work just fine and was wondering if I would be able to install them into the Dells or if I would need an external enclosure.


I don't have a lot of clearance on my desk so I'm also wondering if the Dell S1909WX is any good and if not if anyone could recommend a good sub 22 inch monitor.
 
I almost bit on the deal Dell was offering for a core i7 machine for under $999 and included a 23" monitor. But when I really started looking into it, I couldnt accept the fact that it uses a Dell proprietary mobo, a weak yet overpriced vid card and a sub 400W PS. To upgrade the things that I thought needed upgraded, it would have been nearly the same price as it would have been to build it myself.
 
Been somewhat busy but I've got around to further looking into them.
I've configured the following Dell Studio build and was wondering if there were any real problems with it. It will be a general use computer and probably be ran at a resolution of 1280x1024 or 1400x900.

Dell Stuido
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q8200 (4MB L2, 2.33GHz, 1333FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit
WARRANTY & SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 4DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
VIDEO CARD ATI RADEON HD 4670 512MB
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell Consumer Multimedia Keyboard and Laser Mouse
Price - $794
 
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