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Well, my current rig is aging badly, and I've been looking at building a new computer for a while. I came across this deal on the Vostro, and figured I'd get some opinions before I pulled the trigger.
I game, lightly. Source stuff is about the max I do, but theres some other newer games i'd like to try out. Mostly do photo editing, web surfing, chatting, music, etc.
PROCESSOR Intel® Core2 Duo Proc E6750 (2.66GHz,4MB L2Cache,1333FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE No Pre-installed Productivity Software
MONITOR Dell 24 inch Widescreen E248WFP Analog Flat Panel
MEMORY 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz - 2DIMMs
OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 48x CD Burner / DVD-ROM Combo Drive
HARD DRIVE 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache
VIDEO CARD 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GT
FLOPPY OR MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive
MODEM & WIRELESS No Modem Option
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
My Accessories
SPEAKERS No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
KEYBOARD Dell USB Keyboard
MOUSE Dell Scroll Mouse
My Software
SECURITY No Pre-installed Anti-Virus/Security Software
ADOBE SOFTWARE Adobe Acrobat Reader
My Services & Warranties
WARRANTY & SERVICE 1 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 1 Year NBD On-Site Service
DELL DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP 10GB for 1 Year Online Data Backup by Dell DataSafe
AUTOMATED PC TUNEUP No Dell Automated PC Tune Up Installed
STANDARD VOSTRO SERVICES TOOLS Dell No Network Assistant
PURCHASE INTENT Purchase is not intended for resale
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Labels Windows® XP
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested
Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Now, I have a 20x Lightscribe DVD burner already that i will throw in, I have a nice KB + Mouse, and speakers. I will buy more ram, but its cheaper for me to do that myself.
811 after coupon. Monitor goes for 300 something normally. So figure like less than 500 for the computer. Sufficient for my needs? I just want to be able to play my games without a problem, and do my photo editing and my normal computer tasks.
As for HDD space, this computer is going to be delegated to Media Center duties. Probably end up putting the 24inch screen with this computer and use my 19inch for the new computer (1280x1024 res)
I game, lightly. Source stuff is about the max I do, but theres some other newer games i'd like to try out. Mostly do photo editing, web surfing, chatting, music, etc.
PROCESSOR Intel® Core2 Duo Proc E6750 (2.66GHz,4MB L2Cache,1333FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE No Pre-installed Productivity Software
MONITOR Dell 24 inch Widescreen E248WFP Analog Flat Panel
MEMORY 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz - 2DIMMs
OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 48x CD Burner / DVD-ROM Combo Drive
HARD DRIVE 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache
VIDEO CARD 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GT
FLOPPY OR MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive
MODEM & WIRELESS No Modem Option
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
My Accessories
SPEAKERS No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
KEYBOARD Dell USB Keyboard
MOUSE Dell Scroll Mouse
My Software
SECURITY No Pre-installed Anti-Virus/Security Software
ADOBE SOFTWARE Adobe Acrobat Reader
My Services & Warranties
WARRANTY & SERVICE 1 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 1 Year NBD On-Site Service
DELL DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP 10GB for 1 Year Online Data Backup by Dell DataSafe
AUTOMATED PC TUNEUP No Dell Automated PC Tune Up Installed
STANDARD VOSTRO SERVICES TOOLS Dell No Network Assistant
PURCHASE INTENT Purchase is not intended for resale
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Labels Windows® XP
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested
Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Now, I have a 20x Lightscribe DVD burner already that i will throw in, I have a nice KB + Mouse, and speakers. I will buy more ram, but its cheaper for me to do that myself.
811 after coupon. Monitor goes for 300 something normally. So figure like less than 500 for the computer. Sufficient for my needs? I just want to be able to play my games without a problem, and do my photo editing and my normal computer tasks.
As for HDD space, this computer is going to be delegated to Media Center duties. Probably end up putting the 24inch screen with this computer and use my 19inch for the new computer (1280x1024 res)
