Which sockets on a Dell Inspiron desktop?

wadewade

Thank you, Bob-a-Builder, when people start complaining that the church feels cold we'll turn the tubular heater on for a few hours each day and when they start moaning that the church is too hot we'll turn it off again. No high-tech temperature sensors needed!!

marms

http://www.buy-hp.com/products.asp?partno=WU262EA%23ABU should do, you need to check that the software will work with windows 7 though.

wadewade

Thanks, Marms, that's very useful. I'm no expert at all in reading computer specs - am I right in thinking this is complete with DVD reader and the necessary video board and is ready to go? I can see it doesn't include a monitor, keyboard or mouse but then we won't need to replace these. We shall be upgrading the software they use (Easyworship) to the current version that runs on Windows 7.

Also, can you tell from the spec whether it could connect to the vicarage wireless network (adjacent) if we bought one of those USB things you plug in?

Thanks again for your help.

macman

Every modern PC comes with a DVD/CD-RW drive. A USB wireless adapter can be used for connectivity if the range permits.
That model comes with a DVI port on the graphics card.

wadewade

Many thanks, Macman, for your quick reply. As you may have gathered I know little about reading computer specs. I just wanted to make sure before I spent their money.
I must say this Forum is so useful for people like me.
Thanks everybody.

bikerchris

wadewade wrote: »

Thanks, Bikerchris, for a very useful reply. You've put me on the right path with your suggestion. Yes the computer is 6 or 7 years old (although it's obviously not used every day). I'm trying to sort this out although I'm not actually involved in it's use. The team say they want to stick with the desktop so there's no point in pushing them to change to a laptop. Buying an additional video board seems the best answer all around. Thanks again.

That's quite good going for a computer (to last considering the conditions). That's understandable about the laptop.

macman wrote: »

Every modern PC comes with a DVD/CD-RW drive. A USB wireless adapter can be used for connectivity if the range permits.
That model comes with a DVI port on the graphics card.

Just thought I'd say that I totally agree with the above.


After a long and drawn out chat with a dell person (see below), I've found the solution (one of many of course):

Model: XPS 7100 (D00SX701)

Price (including all that you need): £539

NOTE: 64-bit Operating system, ensure your prayer related software works with 64-bit, or is at least compatible

Include in price (if you went to https://www.dell.co.uk and bought it):

"1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5450 graphics card with Vision Premium" (£80)

"Dell 1525 Wireless PCIe Network Card 802.11n" (£30)

Includes 'datasafe' that would backup your information (no more than 2G to keep it as a free service) remotely, so that if the machine goes 'pop', you can log onto your backup account from any computer in the world and recover your information. if you need more than 2GB, a company called idrive do a free 5GB version.

It does not include a monitor, but does include a keyboard and mouse (always nice to have a spare)

Many on here will say that you can get a graphics card and wifi card a bit cheaper than this (an external usb wifi dongle is less than a tenner for example), however this way you don't have to fiddle with the insides of a brand new machine, which may affect the warranty (by breaking a seal).

here is the transcript I had with the Dell person (for your interest):

17:34:25 Bikerchris
Initial Question/Comment: Does the XPS 7100 integrated graphics card allow dual screens?
17:34:33 System
https://chatadengine.dell.com/chatadsengine/adengine/Default.aspx?Queue=893e7a88-498a-43fa-a939-840e8c0678b1
17:34:33 System
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17:34:33 System
Connected with Niharika_Naidu
17:34:47 Niharika_Naidu
Welcome to Dell Chat Sales, This is Niharika , your Dell Sales Advisor. My email address is niharika_naidu@dell.com.
17:34:52 Niharika_Naidu
Hello Chris,
17:34:59 Bikerchris
hi there Niharika
17:35:18 Bikerchris
Can you see the initial question?
17:35:57 Bikerchris
It relates to the stock build including an "Integrated ATI® Radeon™HD 4200 with Vision Premium label"
17:36:19 Bikerchris
I saw the gallery pictures show dual DVI, but I suspect that isn't stock.
17:36:19 Niharika_Naidu
There are a few instances where chats get disconnected (we don't disconnect you on purpose),just in case this happens Can I have your contact number to get back to you or alternatively please email me or come back on chat with my name.
17:36:38 Bikerchris
We'll stick to email thanks
17:37:39 Niharika_Naidu
the "Integrated graphics card does not support Dual screen
17:37:44 Bikerchris
Thank you
17:37:48 Niharika_Naidu
you need to have dedicated graphics card
17:38:19 Niharika_Naidu
you're welcome
17:38:22 Bikerchris
Will the optional £80 upgrade for a" 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5450 graphics card with Vision Premium" include dual graphics?
17:40:53 Bikerchris
Also, is the optional wifi card "Dell 1525 Wireless PCIe Network Card 802.11n" backwards compatible with both b/g frequencies?
17:42:03 Niharika_Naidu
Yes the 802.11n is compatible with b/g
17:42:16 Bikerchris
Thank you - what about the graphics card question?
17:42:33 Niharika_Naidu
iam checking them for you
17:42:55 Bikerchris
thank you, I appreciate I'm asking non-standard questions, but I'm a computer engineer assisting a client.
17:43:08 Niharika_Naidu
ok
17:43:59 Niharika_Naidu
the 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5450 graphics card support dual monitor
17:44:15 Bikerchris
Excellent, that will be all. Thank you for your help Nijarika.
17:44:25 Niharika_Naidu
as the come with 1 VGA port, 1 HDMI port and 1 DVI port
17:46:24 Bikerchris
thank you, that's great. So the VGA and DVI ports can be used to either clone screens or expand the desktop.
17:49:00 Niharika_Naidu
yes

wadewade

Thank you, bikerchris.

I really appreciate all your efforts, I could never have sorted this out by myself.

bikerchris

wadewade wrote: »

Thank you, bikerchris.

I really appreciate all your efforts, I could never have sorted this out by myself.

You're very welcome wadewade, I like to do the occasional freebee help and as I've already earned my needed income today I thought I'd help :-)

Incidentally, I did look at the inspiron models but the first few I checked, didn't offer a graphics card upgrade.

You'll also note that in the chat record, he confirmed that it would have a vga and dvi output, so it should be perfect.

marms

bikerchris wrote: »

After a long and drawn out chat with a dell person (see below), I've found the solution (one of many of course):

Model: XPS 7100 (D00SX701)

Price (including all that you need): £539

The Dell Inspiron 560 has VGA and HDMI outputs, if you have a maplins nearby you can get http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?moduleno=97886 to convert HDMI to DVI, would be a lot cheaper than what Dell reccomend.

KillerWatt

Building a system that suits all the OP's needs from the ground upwards would be cheaper than buying a "supermarket" PC, and they would end up with better hardware than what they were expecting to start with.