Dell 5150 Dual Core 2.8GHz inc 19" LCD Monitor & Free Printer £429 (merged)

biglugs

Dell value code D-D04516a is a decent(ish) machine:
Dual core Pentium D820 2.8GHz
512MB memory
80GB hard disk
16x DVD ROM
FREE(!) 725 printer
E196FP 19" TFT monitor
Basic keyboard and mouse
Onboard graphics
Onboard sound
No speakers
No modem

Total price £428.99 delivered.

Throw away the mouse and DVD ROM, put in a DVD/RW (£30) and a 6600GT graphics card (£90) and you've got a great little gaming pc for about £550.

tabath

A pretty good machine but with onvoard graphics its not going to run games very at hi resolution or frame rate.

tr3mor

But does it have AGP/PCIe for a graphics card upgrade?

You'd need to at least double the RAM too, if you wanted to play newer games at decent settings.

biglugs

Has a PCI-e graphics slot so you can put in the latest graphics cards. Onboard graphics will be fine for day to day use and playing Mr Potatohead Saves Veggie Valley, but you'll need to put a separate card in for serious gaming
I bought a 5150 with the 128MB x300SE card from Dell, and to be honest that wasn't up to much so I took it out and put my own 6600GT in instead, which is why this is a good machine because you aren't paying for an underpowered card you'd have to replace.
Memory is a little bit shy of what you'd need, but a 512MB memory card would only cost £30ish if you really felt the need for more.

gravy173

im pretty sure the 5000 series have advance graphics slots, its the 3000 series which only has PCI

just checked and it has a PCI-Express slot so its looking good.


2 PCI slots
1 PCIe x 1 slot
1 PCIe x 16 (graphics) slot

Lantik

This is OK deal... but I got the exact same machine a couple of months back on a Dell offer with decent graphics card, 160GB HD, DVD burner and 1GB of RAM for £505 delivered....

biglugs

This is OK deal... but I got the exact same machine a couple of months back on a Dell offer with decent graphics card, 160GB HD, DVD burner and 1GB of RAM for £505 delivered....

Quite possible (I got one with a 250MB disk and a 17" TFT for £405) but Dell deals come and go all the time and you never know what's coming next. As a basic home PC with some future proofing this is a pretty good deal, especially for those who don't want to play lots of games. And the screen is worth about £175 in its own right - I have one and it's great.

zappahey

Lantik wrote:

This is OK deal... but I got the exact same machine a couple of months back on a Dell offer with decent graphics card, 160GB HD, DVD burner and 1GB of RAM for £505 delivered....

With Dual core CPU and 19" TFT? Excellent bargain if you did.

talkshop

Dimension 5150 Dual Core 2.8GHz
(D04516a)

Intel® Pentium® D Processor 820 with DualCore Technology (2.80GHz,800MHz fsb,2x1MB cache)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Memory 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 400MHz (2x256) Memory
Keyboard Dell Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
Monitor Dell E196FP 19" Midnight Grey (TCO99) Flat Panel Monitor
Video Card Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Hard Drive 80GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
Floppy Drives No Floppy Drive
Mouse Dell USB 2 Button Wheel Mouse
Modem No Modem
CD/DVD Drives 16x max. DVD Drive
Sound Cards Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability
Speakers No Speakers
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 7.0
Standard Warranty 1-Year Collect and Return service

FREE Dell Colour Printer 725
Cables No Printer Cable

Total Price Inc VAT & Delivery £428.99

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/desktops_Q1_W8_dimen_5150_D04516a?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

biglugs

Sorry, I already beat you to it:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=175051

talkshop

biglugs wrote:

Sorry, I already beat you to it:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=175051

Blast !

Did not see it.

Thanks