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The_Other_One

The_Other_One

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I spoke with my "mentor" at work, and he suggested getting a Dell though the hospital. Of course I must pay for it, but I'll get some discount due to the bulk sales.

OptiPlex GX620 Mini-Tower
Intel® Pentium® D Processor 930 (3.00GHz, 2X2M, 800MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2 2.0GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM,533MHz, (2DIMM)
Integrated Video, Intel® GMA950(plan to purchase 7600GT separatly)
1394 Controller Card
160GB SATA 3.0Gb/s and 8MB DataBurst Cache™(DataBurst??)
1.44MB 3.5 Inch Floppy Drive
Dell USB Keyboard, No Hot Keys
Dell USB 2-Button Entry Mouse with Scroll(got my own mouse)
Integrated AC97 Audio
16X DVD+/-RW, with Roxio Creator Dell Edition, no Media edit
3 Year Economy Plan (Next Business Day onsite support only)

$1,052 was the quote from Dell, but it should be a good bit cheaper than that. And I know these are good systems, so don't start flaming about Dell or Intel. I use two identical to this one and they work very nicely :P But yeah, I would like come general comments on it...
 
The_Other_One said:
I spoke with my "mentor" at work, and he suggested getting a Dell though the hospital. Of course I must pay for it, but I'll get some discount due to the bulk sales.

OptiPlex GX620 Mini-Tower
Intel® Pentium® D Processor 930 (3.00GHz, 2X2M, 800MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2 2.0GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM,533MHz, (2DIMM)
Integrated Video, Intel® GMA950(plan to purchase 7600GT separatly)
1394 Controller Card
160GB SATA 3.0Gb/s and 8MB DataBurst Cache™(DataBurst??)
1.44MB 3.5 Inch Floppy Drive
Dell USB Keyboard, No Hot Keys
Dell USB 2-Button Entry Mouse with Scroll(got my own mouse)
Integrated AC97 Audio
16X DVD+/-RW, with Roxio Creator Dell Edition, no Media edit
3 Year Economy Plan (Next Business Day onsite support only)

$1,052 was the quote from Dell, but it should be a good bit cheaper than that. And I know these are good systems, so don't start flaming about Dell or Intel. I use two identical to this one and they work very nicely :P But yeah, I would like come general comments on it...
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that looks great, you should get a decent discount. dell makes some nice pc's, and since you already have 2 at work, i say go for it.
 
Im sorry to say, but that is extremely expensive for that computer. I bought a similar system a month ago with the following specs: (Pentium D 930, 1GB DDR2-800, 7600GS, 250GB SATAII 16MB, and a 19" 8ms LCD, as well as alot of other accessories such as a G5 mouse and misc parts), all for around $1,050.

I highly recommend you go with your previous plan of building your own.
 
I don't know exactly what the discount will be, but my mentor mentioned something in the range of $600 earlier today... Again, for those who can't read the post, I'll see an exact price tommarow.
 
Yeah, I thought the system was a fairly decent deal, with or without farther discounts... As for that warranty, that's actually the least I could get with that system!
 
The_Other_One said:
I spoke with my "mentor" at work, and he suggested getting a Dell though the hospital. Of course I must pay for it, but I'll get some discount due to the bulk sales.

OptiPlex GX620 Mini-Tower
Intel® Pentium® D Processor 930 (3.00GHz, 2X2M, 800MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2 2.0GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM,533MHz, (2DIMM)
Integrated Video, Intel® GMA950(plan to purchase 7600GT separatly)
1394 Controller Card
160GB SATA 3.0Gb/s and 8MB DataBurst Cache™(DataBurst??)
1.44MB 3.5 Inch Floppy Drive
Dell USB Keyboard, No Hot Keys
Dell USB 2-Button Entry Mouse with Scroll(got my own mouse)
Integrated AC97 Audio
16X DVD+/-RW, with Roxio Creator Dell Edition, no Media edit
3 Year Economy Plan (Next Business Day onsite support only)

$1,052 was the quote from Dell, but it should be a good bit cheaper than that. And I know these are good systems, so don't start flaming about Dell or Intel. I use two identical to this one and they work very nicely :P But yeah, I would like come general comments on it...
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how much cheaper... cus i built a system that wus better (except it had a Pentium D 820) for my dad and it only cost $585... besides the 820 my dad's was better... and i think you could do better... that is just me...
 
The_Other_One said:
I don't know exactly what the discount will be, but my mentor mentioned something in the range of $600 earlier today... Again, for those who can't read the post, I'll see an exact price tommarow.
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When you said you were getting a discount, I was figuring somewhere in the $900 range, I honestly didnt think you would get that good of a discount. If you do get that for around $600, I think it would be an excellent choice. However if it costs you more than $900, I would build my own.

I dont remember you as being one of the "overclocking finatics", however just keep in mind that you can't overclock Dell's, and you wont be able to tweak CPU or RAM settings. It also makes upgrades a bit harder, since alot of Dell's parts are proprietary.
 
Yeah, I don't overclock, and hopfully I won't really need to upgrade for a while. I mean I'll be fine with a 160G HD, and I've managed with a 6200 for a while, so the 7600GT should be fine. I picked that one because the option for Dell was an X600. I read up on it and both seem to draw about the same amount of power, so the PSU SHOULD hold up.

Perhaps I'll upgrade again fairly soon, like in two years or something. I can't decide. Honestly, I'm not all into gamming and such, so just a good "workstation" is all I really need.
 
The_Other_One said:
Yeah, I don't overclock, and hopfully I won't really need to upgrade for a while. I mean I'll be fine with a 160G HD, and I've managed with a 6200 for a while, so the 7600GT should be fine. I picked that one because the option for Dell was an X600. I read up on it and both seem to draw about the same amount of power, so the PSU SHOULD hold up.

Perhaps I'll upgrade again fairly soon, like in two years or something. I can't decide. Honestly, I'm not all into gamming and such, so just a good "workstation" is all I really need.
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and what your getting looks like a great workstation.
 
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