michaelusaf
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Just found this site. Alot of knowledgeable people here, very helpful for those of us who are not "pros" when it comes to computers. I was hoping to get some feedback for this Dell system. I am recently retired military and can get this deal through the military exchange system (sort of like Wal-Mart for the military). I know I could build a better one for less money, but if I tried at my current level of computer expertise it would probably just catch fire. On the other hand if you need almost any type of jet engine rebuilt, send me an email
. It will be a family computer used for email, webserfing, word documents and gaming of the CC zero hour, Rome Total War type. Here are the specs for the system I can get for $2.2k. Please post your thoughts and /or alternate suggestions and thank you very much for your input.
ItemDescription Quantity Unit Price Ext Price
Dell XPS 600;Pentium® D Processor 830 with Dual Core Technology (3.0GHz, 800FSB)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
Hard Drive: 320GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 160GB SATA HDDs w/ Native Command Queuing)
CD or DVD Drive: Dual Drives: 48x CD-RW Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ double layer write capable
Floppy Drive and Media Reader: 3.5 in Floppy Drive
Monitors: 19 inch UltrasharpTM 1905FP Digital Flat Panel
Video Cards: 256MB PCI ExpressTM x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) nVidia GeForce 6800
Sound Cards: Sound Blaster AudigyTM 2 ZS (D) Card w/Dolby 5.1, IEEE 1394 capability
Speakers: Dell 5650 5.1 100 Watt Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer
Keyboard: Dell USB Keyboard
Mouse: Dell Optical USB Mouse
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed): Microsoft Office Basic - Includes Word, Excel and Outlook email
Security Software: New! Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition 15-months
Digitial Music: Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
Digital Photography: Photo AlbumTM SE Basic
Financial Software: No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
Adobe Software: Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
Internet Access Service: No ISP requested
Modem: 56K PCI Data Fax Modem
XPS Specialized Support: Dimension XPS, Specialized Support
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 4Yr Ltd Warr,At-Home Service,and Tech Support plus Nights and Weekends
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Total: $2,206.00


ItemDescription Quantity Unit Price Ext Price
Dell XPS 600;Pentium® D Processor 830 with Dual Core Technology (3.0GHz, 800FSB)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
Hard Drive: 320GB Performance RAID 0 (2 x 160GB SATA HDDs w/ Native Command Queuing)
CD or DVD Drive: Dual Drives: 48x CD-RW Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ double layer write capable
Floppy Drive and Media Reader: 3.5 in Floppy Drive
Monitors: 19 inch UltrasharpTM 1905FP Digital Flat Panel
Video Cards: 256MB PCI ExpressTM x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) nVidia GeForce 6800
Sound Cards: Sound Blaster AudigyTM 2 ZS (D) Card w/Dolby 5.1, IEEE 1394 capability
Speakers: Dell 5650 5.1 100 Watt Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer
Keyboard: Dell USB Keyboard
Mouse: Dell Optical USB Mouse
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed): Microsoft Office Basic - Includes Word, Excel and Outlook email
Security Software: New! Norton Internet Security 2005 AntiSpyware Edition 15-months
Digitial Music: Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
Digital Photography: Photo AlbumTM SE Basic
Financial Software: No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
Adobe Software: Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
Internet Access Service: No ISP requested
Modem: 56K PCI Data Fax Modem
XPS Specialized Support: Dimension XPS, Specialized Support
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 4Yr Ltd Warr,At-Home Service,and Tech Support plus Nights and Weekends
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Total: $2,206.00
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