Sword
11-24-2005, 04:52 PM
Ok, after my failed attempt to upgrade my old comp for more RAM, I've been looking at just buying a new one. Last time I bought a comp, it was through my father, so I was working on a limited budget and wound up with an "ok" comp. Which meant it could run new games, but not extremely well, and after 6 months it was allready starting to have problems with some games.
So, this time around I'm trying to invest a bit more (being my money this time around :chuckle: ) and thereby getting something a bit more lasting. Now, I basically had a comp all lined up but was waiting to see if some nice christmas offer would show up to make it cheaper. But, instead I've spotted another comp (both of these are Dell) that seems to actually be as good as, or outperform the one I'd first spotted. At the same time it's cheaper and I get a monitor and speakers with it. Which makes me wonder: is there somthing I'm not seeing?
So, what's the difference between these comps and is there a reason to shell out the extra cash for the more expensive one?
XPS 600 (D12XP5)
Intel® Pentium® 4 Prosessor 640 with HT (3.20GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB cache)
Microsoft Operativ System Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (4x512MB)
Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard
No Monitor Required
Dual 256MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 6800 graphics cards
160GB (7200rpm) SATA Harddisk 8MB DataBurst™ cache
Dell™ USB 2-Button Mouse with Wheel
16x max. DVD+/-RW (Dual Layer) Drive
Sound Blaster Audigy™ 2 ZS, PCI Dolby Digital, 7.1 Speaker Support
Microsoft® Works 7.0 - English
Photo Album Photo Album™ SE Basic
Paint Shop Paint Shop™ Pro® Basic Edition
Dell Media Experience Dell™ Media Experience 3.0 Basic
Adobe Reader Adobe Reader 6.0 - English
Dimension 9150 (D12917)
Intel® Pentium® 4 640 (3.2GHz, 800FSB, 2MB Cache)
Microsoft Operativ System Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (4x512MB)
Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard
Dell 19" E193FP Value Flat Panel TCO'99 Midnight Grey Monitor
256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 (DVI/VGA/TV-out)
320GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x160GB 7200rpm Harddisker DataBurst™ cache]
Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader
Dell™ USB 2-Button Mouse with Wheel
16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives
A525 Speakers,Zylux,EUR
Microsoft® Works 7.0 (Norwegian)(Do not include the Office package)
Photo Album Photo Album™ SE Basic
Paint Shop Paint Shop™ Pro® Basic Edition
Dell Media Experience Dell™ Media Experience 3.0 Basic
Adobe Reader Adobe Reader 6.0 - engelsk
So, this time around I'm trying to invest a bit more (being my money this time around :chuckle: ) and thereby getting something a bit more lasting. Now, I basically had a comp all lined up but was waiting to see if some nice christmas offer would show up to make it cheaper. But, instead I've spotted another comp (both of these are Dell) that seems to actually be as good as, or outperform the one I'd first spotted. At the same time it's cheaper and I get a monitor and speakers with it. Which makes me wonder: is there somthing I'm not seeing?
So, what's the difference between these comps and is there a reason to shell out the extra cash for the more expensive one?
XPS 600 (D12XP5)
Intel® Pentium® 4 Prosessor 640 with HT (3.20GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB cache)
Microsoft Operativ System Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (4x512MB)
Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard
No Monitor Required
Dual 256MB PCI-Express nVidia GeForce 6800 graphics cards
160GB (7200rpm) SATA Harddisk 8MB DataBurst™ cache
Dell™ USB 2-Button Mouse with Wheel
16x max. DVD+/-RW (Dual Layer) Drive
Sound Blaster Audigy™ 2 ZS, PCI Dolby Digital, 7.1 Speaker Support
Microsoft® Works 7.0 - English
Photo Album Photo Album™ SE Basic
Paint Shop Paint Shop™ Pro® Basic Edition
Dell Media Experience Dell™ Media Experience 3.0 Basic
Adobe Reader Adobe Reader 6.0 - English
Dimension 9150 (D12917)
Intel® Pentium® 4 640 (3.2GHz, 800FSB, 2MB Cache)
Microsoft Operativ System Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (4x512MB)
Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard
Dell 19" E193FP Value Flat Panel TCO'99 Midnight Grey Monitor
256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 (DVI/VGA/TV-out)
320GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x160GB 7200rpm Harddisker DataBurst™ cache]
Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader
Dell™ USB 2-Button Mouse with Wheel
16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives
A525 Speakers,Zylux,EUR
Microsoft® Works 7.0 (Norwegian)(Do not include the Office package)
Photo Album Photo Album™ SE Basic
Paint Shop Paint Shop™ Pro® Basic Edition
Dell Media Experience Dell™ Media Experience 3.0 Basic
Adobe Reader Adobe Reader 6.0 - engelsk