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Dell Inspiron 530
Date & Time: April 09,2008 10:46 PM CST

SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Dell Inspiron 530 Qty 1
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English Unit Price $1,049.00
$325 off Inspiron desktops over $999!
Expires Thursday, April 17, 2008
- $325.00

Dell EPP Members 10% off select Inspiron and XPS systems priced $799 and up
Expires Wednesday, April 30, 2008
- $72.40

Catalog Number: 23 RDCWD1A
Module Description
Dell Inspiron 530 Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
Keyboard and Mouse Bundles Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse
Monitor 24 inch E248WFP Entry Widescreen Digital Flat Panel Monitor
Video Cards Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
Hard Drives 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Floppy Drive and Media Reader No Floppy Drive Included
Mouse Mouse included with Keyboard purchase
Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Modem and Wireless No Modem Option
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1
Optical Drive 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
Sound Cards Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Speakers No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) No Productivity software pre-installed
Security Software No Security
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options 1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor, 24x7 Phone Support
Internet Access Service No ISP requested
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
Dell Digital Entertainment No Entertainment software pre-installed
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
Datasafe Included 3 GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Yr

Sub total:$651.60

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Additional Discounts and Coupons
Receive 2% off systems priced less than $800 with 1/2yr At-Home service!
Thank you for taking advantage of your Member Purchase Program discount! -$13.03 Free Ground Shipping on Select Inspiron Desktops!
Limited Time Only! Sub Total $638.57
Shipping & Handling $29.99
Shipping Discount -$29.99
Tax $0.00
State Environmental Fee --
Total $638.57

Thanks OP! I am in one from Dell EPP+ use my $50 Dell dollars, It cost me $593 after tax!Very good deal.

yep, this system will only take 1.8V RAM. and the Dell BIOS doesn't allow and adjustments in this area.greyhavns said:clearanceman said:greyhavns said:doesn't the 530 MB require only 1.8V memory chips? your offer for the crucial 1.9V won't work will it?

1.9 800mhz Corsair works at 800mhz. Not sure about Crucial.

no what i mean is that the 530s motherboard i thought only supported 1.8V memory. therefore, if the crucial requres 1.9V, it won't work cause i originally had OCZ Gold at 2.2V i think and it wouldn't boot up until i read on the forums it was incompatible. so, with that being said, can it be confirmed this memory will work on the inspiron 530 motherboard?

lookingdeals said:Don't forget to use the 100.00 Dell gift cards from december we received.

Thanks for the post OP, in for 1

These are already been redeemed for Vostro 200 Desktop deals.Thanks for reminding anyway.

ROYALTY OEM DVD's FTW! Go with all o/s

Dell is really hurting right now. they are laying off tons of people to re-organize into more competitive markets.

so yeah it will happen again, because Dell is going down. they used to be #1 now they are not.

Dell gives away product to win loyalty and first rule of FW there is no loyalty except to the deal of the moment.

24" can be bought for $299 all day long
the pc is probably worth $350~

its an okay deal; good deal; but not fire hot.

if it was $399 with a 22" then yeah that would be fire hot buy 10; but this is great if you need to upgrade now.

the Q6600 cpu price has dropped so much that we'll probably see quad core celerons in the next year or 3 core (built from defective quads) celerons.

honestly man my box i've never seen it peak out a single cpu. the drive is too slow and with 2gb of ram vista is swap mad. i even have a microsoft turbocache 2gb stick it's not any faster than a single cpu or core 2 duo imo for typical use.

p.s. teh hotness is royalty oem dvd vista ultimate recovery DVD FTW if you need that o/s that is.

rigor said:Dell is really hurting right now. they are laying off tons of people to re-organize into more competitive markets.

so yeah it will happen again, because Dell is going down. they used to be #1 now they are not.

Dell gives away product to win loyalty and first rule of FW there is no loyalty except to the deal of the moment.

24" can be bought for $299 all day long
the pc is probably worth $350~

its an okay deal; good deal; but not fire hot.

if it was $399 with a 22" then yeah that would be fire hot buy 10; but this is great if you need to upgrade now.

the Q6600 cpu price has dropped so much that we'll probably see quad core celerons in the next year or 3 core (built from defective quads) celerons.

honestly man my box i've never seen it peak out a single cpu. the drive is too slow and with 2gb of ram vista is swap mad. i even have a microsoft turbocache 2gb stick it's not any faster than a single cpu or core 2 duo imo for typical use.

p.s. teh hotness is royalty oem dvd vista ultimate recovery DVD FTW if you need that o/s that is.

Thanks for the response. I would be purchasing the base Q6600 system with the 24inch monitor, and upgrade the ram to 4GB 800MHZ within a month of purchase so I'm not too worried about the ram. Also regarding the O/S I'm not worried because I have an extra Vista Ultimate license laying around.
I understand that the monitor is only worth $300 and Dell is charging $440 but with the discounts, you're getting it near the $300 mark anyway.
I'm not really sure how you feel that this PC is only worth $350. I really can't see being able to build an identical PC for around this price as I have tried to spec it out. Even with all the greatest FW deals on the parts individually, I wasn't able to come near $400 for an identical PC. I belive that it makes sense that Dell's BULK purchasing power has us typical consumers beat in this regard.

I think in my case this purchase makes sense however it's really just about timing for me. I may just hold off for the next one and hope that I can match or beat this deal with Dell or any other similar competitor. Building just doesn't seem like good option when the price is THIS good for a similar spec PC which would be used for typical day to day stuff - not really any gaming.

Great deal, thanks OP.

(edit: coupon is used, thanks)

Bokoo said:Do the Dell DPA 4% need to approval for credit.
If it didn't approve, will the order get cancel?
Or do they let you pay cash?
Its a line of credit, so you do need credit approval. And no, you can't pay cash.

shumke said:who can share a 10% coupon? @foodsci.umass.edu is not a valid email address. Thank you.

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