Advice on whether to buy this tower

Y

yasmanybz

New Member
I am buying off a dell refurbished website a Dell Precision T5500 12GB RAM 1000GB HDD with a Nvidia Quadro FX 580 and 512mb video ram, for $330. This includes the tower, mouse and keyboard. Is this a good deal? First time buying a computer, I will be using mainly for gaming and video editing. Thank you for your assistance. Processor = 1x Xeon Quad Core (E5506) 2.13 GHz
 
Last edited:
It will work great for video editing, and really suck at gaming. You want GeForce or Radeon series GPUs for Gaming and they also work fine for video editing, Quadros and Firepros are for pro work like AutoCAD, Video Editing, etc but not for gaming at all. Get a GTX X50, X60, X70, or X80. Or in AMD's case, HD XX7X, XX8X, or XX9X. All these will game reasonably. GTX's X's are: 4, 5, 6, or 7. No 2 series. HD's X's are 5, 6, and 7. No older than 5.
 
Since these are refurbished products they bring only Quad, would it worth it to buy the product and then just buy a new gpu and install it?
 
You'd need to buy a new power supply as well if you bought a new GPU.
 
Would that be better than building one like this? I am leaning more for gaming.


CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($117.96 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek GAIA SD1283 56.3 CFM CPU Cooler ($31.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($104.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Raidmax ATX-249B (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $526.87
 
Thal looks great. A CPU cooler is not need unless you will be over clocking though, the CPU comes with a cooler that cools the processor adequately. U would also try for a FX 8320 if possible, shouldnt be much more then that 6300. Also, while that case isnt too bad for the price, a refurbished NZXT 210 from Newegg will be much better and just a few bucks more.
 
yasmanybz said:
its $40 more for the other AMD. Would it make a significant difference?
Click to expand...

Not necessarily now, but it should give you better performance down the line when games start taking advantage of 8 cores. I'm guessing that's soon since the new consoles have 8 cores/threads.
 
For future reference, if I ever want to upgrade my specs would I run into any complications? Specifically processor, graphics card and RAM. Ive heard of people having to rebuild from scratch to get some upgrades.
 
Sure, it has upgradability. However that doesnt mean you WONT run into complications, that motherboard might have one more generations of CPUs. The GPU you will be able to upgrade until they get rud of PCIe. And Denther., you WILL get better performance, by roughly 20 percent as the 8320 gas a higher IPC.
 
PCunicorn said:
Sure, it has upgradability. However that doesnt mean you WONT run into complications, that motherboard might have one more generations of CPUs. The GPU you will be able to upgrade until they get rud of PCIe. And Denther., you WILL get better performance, by roughly 20 percent as the 8320 gas a higher IPC.
Click to expand...

I will definitely be upgrading to 8320 then. Thank you all :)
 
Is it possible to just upgrade the old one I have?

As for my old system.
It is a AMP Sempron Processor LE-1300 2.30 GHz.
2GB RAM
Windows 7 32-BIT operating system
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
300GB storage

Would it be easier to just upgrade this one
 
I'm not saying you shouldn't buy the 8320 over the 6300, the two extra cores will most likely benefit you a lot in the future, but it's by no means 20% better clock for clock than the 6300.
In Far Cry 3 1920x1200 at max settings, with a HD 7970 3GB GHz Edition, a 8350 at 4GHz scores 64FPS. The 6300 at 3.5GHz scores 58FPS. (Toms Hardware)
It depends on the game. Far Cry 3 performs similar on quad, hexa and octa processors - but as mentioned, the consoles and AMDs Mantle are pushing better core management.
I would go as far to say that the only difference between the 8320 and 6300 is the amount of cores - and price.
 
Its no 20 percent, you are right, but I say its absolutely worth the extra 40 bucks. Especially with the new consoles using 8 cores. It was like back with the Core 2 Duos and Core 2 Quads. Back then, people probably said a C2Q is a lot of overkill. Like a 8320 to a 6300. But what about now? A Core 2 Quad can still just barely game and not bottleneck most GPUs, a C2D started acting crappy during gaming back in 2010.
 
Last edited:
I agree, the $40 is a sound investment - it just seemed like he based his decision solely on the "you WILL get better performance, by roughly 20 percent". And I know that's not all you wrote, but that's probably all he read/understood (you think he knows what IPC is if he doesn't know how to tell sockets apart). No offense to yasmanybz, but lesser experienced people tend to focus on the quick numbers, if you can say it like that.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Rosewill AIOLOS 50.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($21.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7850 2GB ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 330R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $538.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-02 14:42 EST-0500)

This is a much nicer build in my opinion, and with an 8320 it's about the same as your previous draft.

This will allow you to moderately overclock your CPU and GPU, which will net you a bit more speed. Or you can leave it as it is and keep it cool and quiet.
 
Last edited:
Ypu are quite right. I take no offence. I really only took the 8320 because of the special offer, its only $10 more at the moment. I will take a look at your build when i get the chance. Thank you.
 
Jiniix said:
I agree, the $40 is a sound investment - it just seemed like he based his decision solely on the "you WILL get better performance, by roughly 20 percent". And I know that's not all you wrote, but that's probably all he read/understood (you think he knows what IPC is if he doesn't know how to tell sockets apart). No offense to yasmanybz, but lesser experienced people tend to focus on the quick numbers, if you can say it like that.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Rosewill AIOLOS 50.5 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($21.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7850 2GB ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 330R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $538.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-02 14:42 EST-0500)

This is a much nicer build in my opinion, and with an 8320 it's about the same as your previous draft.

This will allow you to moderately overclock your CPU and GPU, which will net you a bit more speed. Or you can leave it as it is and keep it cool and quiet.
Click to expand...

Decent, but do a 990FX(A) board if possible, and don't get 1 x 8GB. Get 2 X 4 GB. Jinnix, you should know better.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top