Dell Desktops from £129.99 - Quick!! [CLOSED]

Browntoa

one screwdriver

remove cover of PC

push in Ram in slot

turn PC back on an XP recognises it

biglugs

one screwdriver
remove cover of PC

Sorry but I disagree - the Dimension 5100s and 3100s don't need a screwdriver to open them! Simply lift the lever, side comes off, stick in the chip, push side back on, turn on machine and Hey Presto! faster gaming!
Just ordered one of the 5150s 3.4GHz - I think it may be a price mistake (compare it with the one labelled Advanced Desktop and there doesn't appear to be much difference).

Browntoa

I was trying to show how easy as to being technically correct

Quincy_3

Screwdriver for manlyness.

Searcher2

georgiac wrote:

Hi Searcher

I think you are right, these must be flying out. I was going to go for the top end machine but plumped for the £229 as I don't play games and have read I can increase the RAM if necessary.

Does anyone know how easy this would be, please?

Upgrading the RAM is VERY easy. You just need to order from https://www.crucial.com, flip open the PC, and stick it into the 2 spare slots on the motherboard. Upgrading everything on the DELL is pretty easy too e.g. adding a new hard drive (though you do need a right angled SATA cable instead of the normal type).

biglugs

Does anyone think that the 5100 being sold by BT will be similar to model D-D05512 being sold by Dell?
Interestingly the BT machine comes with a 200MB hard disk, but this doesn't appear to be a size which Dell sell so it'll be interesting to see what BT supply
Also the BT photo shows this having a 9-in-1 card reader, but it isn't listed in the spec.

cheets99

They look pretty good for the price but I presume all the parts are generic, what make is the Hard Drive.

TLJester

Didn't BT recently buy up DABS?

Searcher2

cheets99 wrote:

They look pretty good for the price but I presume all the parts are generic, what make is the Hard Drive.

The hard drive in the 5150 I bought from Dabs.com for £229.99 + del (which I assume is the same as the BT offering) is a Maxtor. It is quieter than my Hitachi which I thought was quiet. If you want to look up the exact spec of my machine on the Dell website the tag number is JLN032J - tells you the DVD type etc.

EDIT : It seems that this gets better and better for me. Someone over at RPoints has told me how to check the warranty from Dell online using this link

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/topics/topic.aspx/emea/shared/support/my_systems_info/en/details?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs

If you put my service tag in it says 991 days of DELL CFI with complete care left from 05/02/2006 to 04/02/2009 !!! Not sure what CFI is. You can get teh system config from that link too.

josey1964

georgiac wrote:

Does anyone know what type of guarantee there is with these please

I rang BT before I placed my order and was told that they came with a years warranty, but hey did not know if that was a collect service or a return to base. I live with an IT engineer so should not be too much of a problem to me either way. I do hope it is the 5150, lets see tuesday or wednesday.

By the way the BT number (@ 8p per minute) was answered on the first ring - very impressed.

Josey1964