raybob 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2009 (edited) IT"S A DELL STUDIO DESKTOP Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q9400 (6MB L2, 2.66GHz, 1333FSB) Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit Memory 8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4DIMMs Keyboard Dell Multimedia Keyboard and Premium Optical USB Mouse Monitors Dell E207WFP 20-inch Wide Flat Panel Video Cards ATI Radeon HD 3650 256MB supporting HDMI (Ill be hooking up to my monitor via a M/M HDMI to DVI Cable) Hard Drive 640GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ Floppy Drive and Media Reader Integrated 16-in-1 Media Card Reader Mouse Mouse included with Keyboard purchase Network Card Integrated 10/1000 Ethernet Modem No Modem Option Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language Optical Drive Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable Sound Card Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio (The Sound Blaster Audigy was not available for some reason... but with 30 watt speakers it shouldn't really matter...) Speakers Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 Security Software McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 36-months Hardware Support Services 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis Environmental Options Support Reforestation: Plant a Tree for Me Labels Windows Vista™ Premium Dell Remote Access Dell Remote Access, free basic service Dell V305 All-In-One Printer Top Selling Software Norton 360 - All-in-One Security Solution Top Selling Software Webroot SpySweeper Top Selling Software Laplink PCmover – moves everything to your new PC Edited January 5, 2009 by raybob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
K.I.T.T. 2 Report post Posted January 5, 2009 no, not really. you could build a better one than that for a few hundred less. and why would you use an HDMI to DVI cable. im sure it will have a DVI-D slot on it aswell. also if youre gonna get a quad core at least make it an 8mb or higher one. what are you planning on doing with it? gaming? media work? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raybob 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2009 no, not really. you could build a better one than that for a few hundred less. and why would you use an HDMI to DVI cable. im sure it will have a DVI-D slot on it aswell. also if youre gonna get a quad core at least make it an 8mb or higher one. what are you planning on doing with it? gaming? media work? Well, without any of the software, monitor or printer I need, it would be about 1200 or 1300. Also, it does have DVI, but for some very odd reason an HDMI-DVI Cable is cheaper than DVI-DVI on Amazon, where I plan to buy it. Third, there was an 8MB Cache processor, but used 65 nm technology, 2.4 GHz and a 1066FSB,which I feel outweighs the cache loss. Also, I do a lot of internet surfing, I have many old games that are weak and GTAVC, and also I like watching movies, but not really any media work, no, but the main thing I do is MULTI-TASKING which is why I opted for the Quad-Core and 8GB Memory. My old Single-Core computer can't do that at all. For example, I may be at times running Mozilla Firefox, GTAVC, TXDWorkshop, and Microsoft Word at the same time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
K.I.T.T. 2 Report post Posted January 5, 2009 ok well it should handle your needs then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EarthwormJim 1 Report post Posted January 7, 2009 two words, CUSTOM BUILD. NEVER buy a pre built package deal computer, your always going to get a FAR better and FAR cheaper computer if you order the parts and build it yourself. if you know how to that is Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raybob 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2009 (edited) two words, CUSTOM BUILD. NEVER buy a pre built package deal computer, your always going to get a FAR better and FAR cheaper computer if you order the parts and build it yourself. if you know how to that is I've been comparing the prices with Dell and parts alone, (Dude, I'm not stupid) and most of the upgrades, plus the base cost are actually cheaper than a custom build, besides I'd be willing to pay an extra 100 or 200 hundred bucks to save the trouble. Also, this Studio I just built for $1,888 including tax, shipping, etc., and I think it's a good deal. Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q9550 (12MB L2, 2.83GHz, 1333FSB) Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit Memory 8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4DIMMs Keyboard Dell Multimedia Keyboard and Premium Optical USB Mouse Monitors 22 inch E228WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel Video Cards nVidia GeForce 9800GT Hard Drive 750GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ Floppy Drive and Media Reader Integrated 16-in-1 Media Card Reader Mouse Mouse included with Keyboard purchase Network Card Integrated 10/1000 Ethernet Modem No Modem Option Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language Optical Drive Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD) Sound Card Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio Speakers Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 Security Software McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 36-months Hardware Support Services 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis Environmental Options Support Reforestation: Plant a Tree for Me Labels Windows Vista™ Premium Dell Remote Access Dell Remote Access, free basic service Dell V305 All-In-One Printer Top Selling Software Norton 360 - All-in-One Security Solution Top Selling Software Webroot SpySweeper Top Selling Software Laplink PCmover – moves everything to your new PC Edited January 7, 2009 by raybob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
♠Grim♂ Reaper 1666◙ 17 Report post Posted January 7, 2009 two words, CUSTOM BUILD. NEVER buy a pre built package deal computer, your always going to get a FAR better and FAR cheaper computer if you order the parts and build it yourself. if you know how to that is when i build i don't need to order the parts there is a shop where i can buy good value parts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
