Thinking of buying this dell. Expert opinion needed!!

lovebargains

Hi, hmmmm techie site is turning into my fave at the moment, thanks to you experts! Anyway, thinking of buying a new Dell, and at the moment this is my current selection. I wont be playing games on it, well apart from the occasional card game!!. I will use it for my photo editing and storing, and all the other general stuff, word processing, internet, burning cds, and errrr oooo just the usual really, any opinions guys?

Dell Dimension 3000. Intel Celeron D processor 330. (2.66ghz, 533 FSB. 256k cache) Windows XP home edition SP2. 1024mb DDR333 ram( 2x512mb). Dell quiet keyboard. Dell A215 speakers. 15" value flat panel monitor. 80gb IDE ( 7,2000rom) hard drive. 3.5in 1.44mb floppy drive.Dell scroll mouse. Dell v92 Data fax modem. 48xCDRW and 16x DVD-Rom. Dell A215 speakers. Microsoft works 7. 1 year collect and return. No security subscription, and the usual freebie software trials.

Hellion

You didn't mention how much this sysytem costs. Would be useful to know the price and see if it's worth the money.

lovebargains

Ooops £392

alared

Buy it at that price,seems to have most things you need.

Hellion

If your just doing general stuff and nothing that is processor hungry then I suppose it will be ok. The Celeron isn't a great processor (thats prob why it's so cheap). Hard drive capacity is resonable but not great compared to current drive capacities available. If your doing stuff such as photo editing then the files can be rather large when saved in their raw BMP format, etc.
The V92 modem wouldnt be much use unless your using dial up, so you may find you need an ADSL modem if you havent allready got one. You may want to consider future upgrades such as DVD burner and card readers for multimedia cards, etc, may need the card reader if your editing photos from dig cameras and CD's dont store as many raw images as DVD's can.

BLONDIE64_2

just ordered a dell dimension 3000 with 1024mb ram and pentium 4 processor flat 17" screen. speakers etc... bla blah oh and dell 920 all in priner scanner etc for £530...i think thats a good deal....have been checking pc world etc ....what you think??????????????

lovebargains

Thanks guys, I went ahaead and bought it. I thinks its a great price! Will be better than my annoying emachine, dont anyone even think of getting one of them!
I wont need the modem as I am on cable broadband, but handy to have one in case I need to dial up. Always save my pics as jpegs anyway so thats no prob! and I always have celeron, I rate them!

ukbill69

I suggest getting a better dell, you can pick up a gen 4 machine for about £800 on outlet, these are the best machines for power. Ive got a 8400 and a gen 4 machine in my office and they are both kick !!!!!! machines to have. They both have P4 HT tech that means that you get 2 processors etc. 8400 case are the best as they open up in half. that makes it easy to add new parts to your machine. The gen 4 machine doesnt fdo this but I wouldnt care with the power that it gives you.

lovebargains

:eek: :eek: :eek: Yes its cracking!!! ( Jealous now) Nice, if you have £800 to spare. I dont :rotfl:

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