It's a fine price for a budget machine, but it's already last generation's processors. If you understand what you're getting yourself into, it's a deal. It would probably make a fine backup PC for the kids or something, but I'd want something more heavy duty as a primary machine.
That being said... a deal is a deal, and this is probably a deal.
The thing I hate about my older Dell system now is the following They have only 2 SATA ports, and no way of mounting more than 2 drives. I can not make it into my NAS or MCE box without buying larger drives.
wat am I missing? Is this not a repost, ie the same as this one> a few lines below? http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/853819?highlight_key=y&keyword1=Dell
AlanS17 said: It's a fine price for a budget machine, ...It would probably make a fine backup PC for the kids or something, but I'd want something more heavy duty as a primary machine.
So if my current PC is a several-years-old Dell P4 2.4GHz 640MB RAM w/ Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB AGP, would this deal be a good backup PC for me? (and yes, this is truly my current PC, and I even managed to play the Crysis demo on it)
hudster said: AlanS17 said: It's a fine price for a budget machine, ...It would probably make a fine backup PC for the kids or something, but I'd want something more heavy duty as a primary machine.
So if my current PC is a several-years-old Dell P4 2.4GHz 640MB RAM w/ Radeon 9600 Pro 256MB AGP, would this deal be a good backup PC for me? (and yes, this is truly my current PC, and I even managed to play the Crysis demo on it)
Dude...I write software for a living and still use an 800Mhz W2K machine for developing. but, I do have 2GB of RAM in it.
It's just the Dog "Vista" that makes people need these newer machines! Also, if you want to play any modern games a new, powerful, system is a must.
Ez
lordargent
Member
posted: Aug. 26, 2008 @ 8:20p
AlanS17 said: It's a fine price for a budget machine, but it's already last generation's processors. If you understand what you're getting yourself into, it's a deal. It would probably make a fine backup PC for the kids or something, but I'd want something more heavy duty as a primary machine.
That being said... a deal is a deal, and this is probably a deal.
Heh, I'm still pimping an athlon XP in my desktop.
/On the Dell site, the image says "for illustrative purposes only". So, err, what does the box actually look like?
/laptop is a core 2 duo
neidermeyer
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 26, 2008 @ 8:29p
Havoc30 said: The thing I hate about my older Dell system now is the following They have only 2 SATA ports, and no way of mounting more than 2 drives. I can not make it into my NAS or MCE box without buying larger drives.
An aux RAID controller card and double sided foam tape will solve the drive controller and drive mounting problems...you could put 3 laptop drives in just one unused floppy bay.
neidermeyer
Senior Member
posted: Aug. 26, 2008 @ 8:34p
I'm with you ... I have an athlon 2600 desktop ($20 from Goodwill) that does fine with XP Pro ,, until 2 years ago I still had a 486/100 machine (PS2 MDL 70 with the "BERMUDA" motherboard) around to program IC's with as it had the absolute most stable power supply and I/O ports you could find. I don't do "trendy" or gamer systems ... Use what works.
poqm1977
New Member
posted: Aug. 26, 2008 @ 10:37p
Does anyone know if this baby comes with a DVI out port? I want to connect it to my HDTV from DVI to HDMI.
Plenty of horsepower for a Home Media Server, but I need to mount five hard drives somehow. Doesn't look like this case is nearly large enough for that, or I would be all over this.
myardor said: wat am I missing? Is this not a repost, ie the same as this one> a few lines below? http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/853819?highlight_key=y&keyword1=Dell
You're missing the [Alert Moderators] located in the upper right corner of each post. You are able to use that to "alert" the moderators as to a repost.
Won't let me remove the monitor. Am I missing something, or is this dead now?
Well lets see now...OP made the original post on 8/26...today is 9/7. Well yes, maybe, just maybe the deal is dead now. But I do see this unit at EPP site and the monitor can be removed.
yes thats what i was wondering cos to upgrade it from E2180 to Q9300 add 310$ BUT from Newegg a brand new retail Q9300 kit is only 260$, Dell just unreasonably raised Q9300 prices
adam3914
Member
posted: Sep. 9, 2008 @ 10:14a
You can add a 24" monitor to it for $240, that makes it a hot deal.
searchfordeal
Senior Member
posted: Sep. 9, 2008 @ 10:25a
how do you buy it from EPP? I thought you have to have retail email address..
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But + 29.99 S/H + tax (ny) 44.22 so about 580$ to ship to ny for q6600 and mem upgrade to 4gb
amcl
Addicted Member
posted: Sep. 9, 2008 @ 2:30p
Deal may be dead... 24" LCD going for $440 now.
MsLiz
New Member
posted: Sep. 9, 2008 @ 8:51p
Can you rewrite the OS Ubuntu with Windows XP or Vista on this machine?
mdburkey
Senior Member
posted: Sep. 9, 2008 @ 9:01p
69ragtop said: Does the 530N use the same motherboard with both the E2180 and Q9300/Q6600?
In other words, could you put a quad-core processor in this later?
The answer is no.
The 530 series uses a custom Dell OEM FoxConn motherboard. For all versions EXCEPT the Quads, the 530's come with a G33M02 -- which has 6 populated voltage regulators. For all Quad core units, the 530's come with a G33M03 -- which has 11 populated voltage regulators.
To prevent damage/problems, the G33M02 is hardwired to refuse to start if the VID settings on the processor exceed it's rated capability. In essence, the G33M02 is incapable of accepting a Q6600 -- period.
Additionally, the Quad versions come with a 350W (typically a Lite-On) power supply and the others come with a 300W (typically Bestec or ACBel).
"Can you rewrite the OS Ubuntu with Windows XP or Vista on this machine? "
Yes, Vista or XP can be installed on this system. I am sure that drivers would not be too hard to find. Probably right at the Dell support site for Inspiron desktops.
scholar10 said: The cheapest Quad machine (with Q6600, 2MB RAM) runs about $450 (can't seem to get free shipping even from the EPP link).
Am wondering if I should upgrade to 4 MB but (very vaguely) recollect reading on a post somewhere that 3MB RAM is the most that can be effectively utilized -- is this something I've imagined or will Ubuntu benefit? My objective is to do some serious data crunching on this m/c, so more memory the better.
Btw, am I going to be able to get a Quad for about $200 within 6-mos?Unless you have a time machine, 4MB of RAM isn't worth much at all.
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