Dell Dimension 3100 inc Printer and Del £299

beerbellybill999

Dell are selling the following PC seems a good deal!

use evalue code UKDHSONL-D04315

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/desktops_Q1_W8_dimen_3100_D04315?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

Processor

Intel® Celeron® D Processor 351 (3.20GHz, 533FSB, 256K cache)

Operating system

Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition

Memory

256MB DDR2 RAM

Monitor

Dell 15" UltraSharpT Digital High Quality Flat Panel

Harddrive

80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

Optical Drive
48x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive

Graphic Card

Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 900

Network Card

Integrated 10/100 NIC

Service

1 Year Collect and Return (CAR) service

£299
Includes VAT & Shipping and Free Dell 750 Printer

offer end 5/4/06

biglugs

Almost the same as the machine they were selling last month, but with a much faster processor (3.2GHz vs 2.66GHz). I bought one for £249 and upgraded the memory and graphics for my son. Great little machine which is very quiet - makes a super new machine for people who only want to do WP, email, internet etc.

ImmyLFC

Do these machines have a network port? thanks

competitionscafe

Would one of the following upgrades be a better option than the Celeron?

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 521 with HT technology (2.80GHz, 800MHz fsb, 1MB cache) [add £23.50]

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT technology (3.00GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2MB cache) [add £47.00]

Dell memory upgrades are £££££ - I assume I can buy memory from lowestonweb.com or crucial and upgrade it myself?

Roger_Rampant

My understanding is that pentium 4s were not actually designed for laptops, run hotter and use more battery power...

CL

Roger_Rampant wrote:

My understanding is that pentium 4s were not actually designed for laptops, run hotter and use more battery power...

The dimension is a desktop

Roger_Rampant

Goes off and writes on the board 100 times

"Must stop my current obsession with buying a laptop from making me think everyone else is only intered in laptops"

Sorry!

I did know that, honestly, I already have 3 dimensions myself!

(Yes, I'm three dimensional)

Horlock

Can anyone confirm or deny presence of ability to add:

agp graphics card
a second sata harddrive

I have both - both a lot better than anything that comes on the system - but I would want to add them. I phoned dell and asked - but spoke to someone in sales and they just sounded like sata was a dish of curry - and although they said yes I need to check with someone who has opened one up and knows what they are talking about.

Roger_Rampant

because the proprietary Dell motherboard has no AGP or PCI-Express 16x slot for a graphics card, you can't replace the graphics card with anything better

Source: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/reviews/83738/dell-dimension-3100.html

biglugs

You CAN replace the graphics card!! But you can only put in a PCI card, NOT a PCI-e or AGP one. Best available at present is a GeForce 6200 128MB which PC World are selling for £59.99, but occasionally drop to £39.99. And it does work because I just put one in the new 5100 which I got on Tuesday - works fine, although Sid Meier's Pirates doesn't seem to like the nvidia drivers I used.
Also has onboard network, but I haven't tried it because the new PC is being used with a USB wireless connector.
There is also a drive slot for a second SATA drive along with a power connector in situ. There is a second motherboard point to connect the SATA drive to, but no cable so you'd have to get one of those as well.

rogerramjet

ImmyLFC wrote:

Do these machines have a network port? thanks

in answer to your question Yes