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JakSplitter Expert Cheater
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: How good is this computer? |
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PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4500 (2MB L2 Cache,2.20GHz,800 FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English edit
MONITOR 20 inch E207WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel edit
MEMORY 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive edit
VIDEO CARD nVidia GeForce 8300GS 128MB edit
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive Included edit
MODEM & WIRELESS 56K PCI Data Fax Modem edit
I would recommend a graphics card upgrade but other than that how is it? It's for 699 btw.
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| Everything was okay, Until I saw the Video Card and that it was a Dell, I don't think you can overclock this so the computer is sorta...bad. I have this Pentium 3 Dell that I can't overclock because Dell sucks, not sure if you could overclock that one though.
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JakSplitter Expert Cheater
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| Sm4rtOne wrote: | | Everything was okay, Until I saw the Video Card and that it was a Dell, I don't think you can overclock this so the computer is sorta...bad. I have this Pentium 3 Dell that I can't overclock because Dell sucks, not sure if you could overclock that one though. |
Well, there is an option to upgrade it to nVidia Geforce 8600GT 256mb, I mean dells aren't that bad, I've been running on this computer(which is dell) for about 4 years now. XD
Edit: What does overclocking it do btw?
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Another human Master Cheater
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Basically makes some parts of your computer run faster than usual. Depending on what you overclock. Which causes better performance, BUT generates heat because the parts run faster and takes more power to make them run faster. This may be bad for your computer depending on how much you overclock.
Here is a link so you can read about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overclocking
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| JakSplitter wrote: | | Sm4rtOne wrote: | | Everything was okay, Until I saw the Video Card and that it was a Dell, I don't think you can overclock this so the computer is sorta...bad. I have this Pentium 3 Dell that I can't overclock because Dell sucks, not sure if you could overclock that one though. |
Well, there is an option to upgrade it to nVidia Geforce 8600GT 256mb, I mean dells aren't that bad, I've been running on this computer(which is dell) for about 4 years now. XD
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get the 8600gt its worth it, overclocking increases speed like processor for example 2.3 you overclock it to like 2.6 or so. Dell locks your bios so you cant overclock unless you have the xps. Overclocking is only recommended for the pros cuz you can really burn something out in like 3 seconds
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if you're going to use that computer for gaming...don't.
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| No, I overclocked the first system I built and it was pretty simple. And the only reason I mentioned overclocking was because the E4500 is a good overclocker and reaches 3.6 on stock cooling with some minor voltage tweaks.
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wowomgwow Master Cheater
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you cant over clock a dell computer, it VOIDS your warranty.
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Memory could be upgraded to 4G if you want. Vista...er... good luck with that.
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Vista is horrible if you don't customize it. (I.e. turn off everything...) The only reason why I want Vista curently is for the DX10 graphics.
But defiantly upgrade the Video Card.
You most likely won't want to overclock it, just for simplicity's sake.
You could use it for gaming, just expect to run everything at medium-low/medium settings, possibly medium-high if the game has been out for a year and a half or more.
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| Chances are for whatever you're doing you won't need to overclock, and if you want to game at all definitely upgrade the video, no question there. The 8600 will be decent, but don't expect too much from it.
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blackdiamond Expert Cheater
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| Another human wrote: | | Lilxkid224 wrote: | | JakSplitter wrote: | | Sm4rtOne wrote: | | Everything was okay, Until I saw the Video Card and that it was a Dell, I don't think you can overclock this so the computer is sorta...bad. I have this Pentium 3 Dell that I can't overclock because Dell sucks, not sure if you could overclock that one though. |
Well, there is an option to upgrade it to nVidia Geforce 8600GT 256mb, I mean dells aren't that bad, I've been running on this computer(which is dell) for about 4 years now. XD
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get the 8600gt its worth it, overclocking increases speed like processor for example 2.3 you overclock it to like 2.6 or so. Dell locks your bios so you cant overclock unless you have the xps. Overclocking is only recommended for the pros cuz you can really burn something out in like 3 seconds |
No.. Anyone can overclock. It just takes common sense. Which isn't so common
Just read some guides and you can learn how to overclock. If its done only by pros, where do normal people begin? It is not so hard. |
just don't rush it (raising the FSB 50mhz at once isn't that smart), then it's easy, when it gets less stable, you make it a bit slower.
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ravicus Master Cheater
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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Build your own computer, that thing is a piece of crap.
It will simply allow you to run web browsers and n33b games for a long time, no real fun.
Edit: If you insist on buying a dell, buy one with the MINIMUM specs for that model, being sure to get the minimum RAM and video card, and maybe even hard drive as well, then upgrade it.
Much cheaper.
Take a look at this.
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1 Rosewill TU-155 Black 0.8mm SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply - Retail
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