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SiMPL

Australia94 Posts

March 19 2009 01:14 GMT

Hi,

Im looking at buying a computer from Dell, I was hoping that some of you guys could give me some feedback on the system that the Dell rep recommended I buy.

Im not really familiar with any of this stuff but im sure its better than my Pentium 2 back home, anyway:

Base
Intel(R) Core 2 Due Processor E7400 (2.8GHz, 1066FSB, 3MB)

Hard drive
500GB SATA 3.0 Gb/s hard Drive with Native Command Queuing.

Memory
6GB (2x2GB/2x1GB) DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz Memory

Operating system
Pre-loaded Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit SPI

Optical drives
16x DVD+/-RW with dual layer white capabilities

Sound
Integrated 7.1 channel

Speakers
Dell A525 Stereo speakers with subwoofer

Video card
512MB ATI Radeon HD4670 + CD kit.

The price for all of this is
$1,733.60 AUD so in American that is $1,171.15 USD

Can anyone tell me if this system is good value?
Thanks in advance.

Forgot to add it does come with a 23 inch widescreen flatpanel monitor

T.O.P.

Hong Kong4685 Posts

March 19 2009 01:25 GMT

I'm not sure how much computer costs in Australia. I'm assuming the price does not include a monitor. I could get a computer with a similar configuration online without the graphics card for $400 before tax. Dell will charge you $200 for the graphics card. You could buy the video card aftermarket for $80. But still, $350 + $200 = $600. In America, that system is a very expensive for what it has. But I don't know how things are in Australia.

Look at this deal. http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?threadid=1249691
$650 includes a 20 inch monitor, and a quad core.

Hacksaw11

Australia359 Posts

March 19 2009 01:37 GMT

http://staticice.com.au/ check on each parts

You can find em for alot cheaper, i have around the same setup as yours and got it for 1100$ custom made

Have you got a 22" LCD? it would go great with it its about 250 bucks, Dell ones are great esp if your a graphic/media user or like little details to shine

640gig is more value than 500gig imo :p

If you have 24" > and is savvy with high end resolutions then Radeon 4870 is perfect for that, anything below is overkill and 4850 is GREAT.

Pm if you want more info

shavingcream66

United States1219 Posts

March 19 2009 01:41 GMT

if you have time..i would build a computer. I built one with
E8400 3.0 ghz dual core
4 gb RAM
geforce 9600gt
32x ? DVD+/-RW drive
640 gb hard drive

for around 650 after tax

also..6 gb ram is kinda unnecessary, i rarely use all 4gb of my ram

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

March 19 2009 01:44 GMT

AFAIK that looks pretty good. From what I know that's a pretty good graphics card and can play most games out there. The computer specs look pretty good and and a free 23" monitor is always nice.
Worth it IMO, but I don't know too much about computer specs, so take this with a grain of salt.

Hacksaw11

Australia359 Posts

March 19 2009 01:53 GMT

On March 19 2009 10:41 shavingcream66 wrote:
if you have time..i would build a computer. I built one with
E8400 3.0 ghz dual core
4 gb RAM
geforce 9600gt
32x ? DVD+/-RW drive
640 gb hard drive

for around 650 after tax

also..6 gb ram is kinda unnecessary, i rarely use all 4gb of my ram

this

thats like 900-1100 in au dollars ;> (includes case + psu)

but yeah it sounds he wants Dell, and its nice, go for it.. Its worth the effort to get custom but in the end its the same

edit: not just the same, it has more sentimental value and you know your pc inside out if you custom it

decafchicken

United States20168 Posts

March 19 2009 03:20 GMT

pretty decent, but quite overpriced

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