gila
09-16-2005, 01:14 PM
I am looking to buy a new computer so I can use my laptop for some other things besides poker. I missed out on the dell 9100 deal yesterday but found this one. Is this a good deal or is this fairly normal? And is there any glaring weakness in this setup?
Dimension 5100 Qty 1
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB), Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition Unit Price $1,494.00
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Catalog Number: 29
Module Description Show Details
Dell Dimension 5100 Series Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 400MHz (4x256M)
Keyboard Dell Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse
Monitors 20 inch Ultrasharp™ 2001FP Digital Flat Panel
Video Cards 128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory
Hard Drives 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Floppy Drive and Media Reader No Floppy Drive Included
Mouse Mouse included in Dell Wireless Package
Network Interface Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet
Modem 56K PCI Data Fax Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD or DVD Drive Single Drive: 48x CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Sound Card Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ Audio
Speakers Dell AS501 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for UltraSharp™ Flat Panels
Office Productivity Software No Productivity Suite - Corel WordPerfect® word processor only
Security Software No Security Subscription
Digitial Music Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
Digital Photography Photo Album™ SE Basic
Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr At-Home Service, and 1Yr Technical Support
Dial - Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
Financial Software No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
Operating System Backup & Recovery Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition backup CD
TOTAL:$1,224.00
And here would be another option from cyberpower. This one does not have a monitor so I would have to buy that seperate. Although I already have 1 2001fp. This computer is a little over $1100.
Is this one worth the extra money? It has duel-core, whatever that means...plus two hard drives. Or should I go with an Athlon 64 machine?
CASE 350 WATT (BLACK COLOR)
CPU : (Sckt775)Intel® Pentium® D 830 CPU @ 3.0GHz w/ 800FSB Dual-Core 2x1MB Cache, 64 Bit
MOTHERBOARD : MSI P4N SLI-FI nForce4 SLI Chipset LGA775 DDR2/667 SATA RAID Dual PCIE w/7.1Audio, GbLAN, IEEE1394&USB2
MEMORY : (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 DDR2/667 Dual Channel Memory
VIDEO CARD : NVIDIA Geforce 6200 Graphics with TurboCache supporting 256MB 16X PCI Express VIDEO CARD
VIDEO CARD 2 : NONE
MONITOR & LCD : NONE
HARD DRIVE : 160GB Hard Drive (SATA150 - Hitachi 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache -- Recommended)
Hard Drive 2 : 80GB Hard Drive (SATA150 - Seagate 80GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive)
Optical Drive : COMBO DRIVE (16X DVD-ROM & 52x32x52 CD-RW) (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2 : NONE
SOUND : NEW!!! Creative Labs SB AUDIGY 2 VALUE 7.1
Dimension 5100 Qty 1
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB), Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition Unit Price $1,494.00
Dell Home Customers: Save $270 instantly off this Dell Dimension 5100!
Limited Time Offer! View Details
- $270.00
Catalog Number: 29
Module Description Show Details
Dell Dimension 5100 Series Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 400MHz (4x256M)
Keyboard Dell Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse
Monitors 20 inch Ultrasharp™ 2001FP Digital Flat Panel
Video Cards 128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory
Hard Drives 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Floppy Drive and Media Reader No Floppy Drive Included
Mouse Mouse included in Dell Wireless Package
Network Interface Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet
Modem 56K PCI Data Fax Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD or DVD Drive Single Drive: 48x CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Sound Card Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ Audio
Speakers Dell AS501 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for UltraSharp™ Flat Panels
Office Productivity Software No Productivity Suite - Corel WordPerfect® word processor only
Security Software No Security Subscription
Digitial Music Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
Digital Photography Photo Album™ SE Basic
Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr At-Home Service, and 1Yr Technical Support
Dial - Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
Financial Software No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
Operating System Backup & Recovery Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition backup CD
TOTAL:$1,224.00
And here would be another option from cyberpower. This one does not have a monitor so I would have to buy that seperate. Although I already have 1 2001fp. This computer is a little over $1100.
Is this one worth the extra money? It has duel-core, whatever that means...plus two hard drives. Or should I go with an Athlon 64 machine?
CASE 350 WATT (BLACK COLOR)
CPU : (Sckt775)Intel® Pentium® D 830 CPU @ 3.0GHz w/ 800FSB Dual-Core 2x1MB Cache, 64 Bit
MOTHERBOARD : MSI P4N SLI-FI nForce4 SLI Chipset LGA775 DDR2/667 SATA RAID Dual PCIE w/7.1Audio, GbLAN, IEEE1394&USB2
MEMORY : (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 DDR2/667 Dual Channel Memory
VIDEO CARD : NVIDIA Geforce 6200 Graphics with TurboCache supporting 256MB 16X PCI Express VIDEO CARD
VIDEO CARD 2 : NONE
MONITOR & LCD : NONE
HARD DRIVE : 160GB Hard Drive (SATA150 - Hitachi 160GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache -- Recommended)
Hard Drive 2 : 80GB Hard Drive (SATA150 - Seagate 80GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive)
Optical Drive : COMBO DRIVE (16X DVD-ROM & 52x32x52 CD-RW) (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2 : NONE
SOUND : NEW!!! Creative Labs SB AUDIGY 2 VALUE 7.1