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is this a good pc for the price?, whats ur opinion
ryanoman
post Dec 5 2004, 03:26 PM
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I'm getting money for Christmas to customize a Dell, and my budget is under $600. mad.gif I was wondering if you thought this was good...

$569 for: Dell Dimension 3000

Pentium 4 3.0 GHZ W/ HT Tech 800MHZ FSB
512 MB RAM
80 GIG HD
Integrated Video/Audio
No software, I will have that.
No Moniter (I'm waiting for an upgrade.)
XP Home
DVD-ROM and CD-RW Drives

I thought it was good, I just wish the Motherboard came with an Integrated 8x AGP. I might need to pick up a PCI Graphics card in the future like a ATI Radeon 9200 or something.
 
 
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post Dec 6 2004, 06:49 AM
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What will you be using this computer for?
 
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post Dec 6 2004, 04:01 PM
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Not much, Photoshop, music, word processiong, AIM, ect.
 
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post Dec 7 2004, 09:29 PM
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Not much, Photoshop, music, word processiong, AIM, ect.

Yeah, I guess it's good enough. However, you're going to want a real graphics and sound card (not just the garbage integrated). See if you can upgrade the RAM too, although 512 is ok for photoshop.
 
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post Dec 8 2004, 07:29 AM
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Yeah, it's just the moherboard only has 3 PCI slots so it won't be as easy. If I need to get one later I'll pick up a PCI video card or something.
 
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post Dec 8 2004, 03:08 PM
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Yeah, it's just the moherboard only has 3 PCI slots so it won't be as easy. If I need to get one later I'll pick up a PCI video card or something.

PCI slots? You mean there's no AGP slot?
 
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post Dec 8 2004, 03:39 PM
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LOL yeah, I mean it comes with no AGP slot. Not one.

After doing some more research I realized that Dell just wasn't for me. I'm looking for something with a little more room for upgrade. These have AMD processors and the reviews say they run just as fast if not faster than Pentium 4s.


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