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  • 09-11-2007 3:37pm
    #1
    danindublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 230 ✭✭


    Hey guys,

    Just looking for a quick bit of advice. Do a lot of photoshop work (and the occasional flight with flight sim). Looking to move from my 2 year old laptop to a PC. Trying to compare the following specs to see if they are good value :

    InspironTM 531 DT (D115112)
    Unit Price Incl. VAT € 1,038.99
    AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
    Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
    2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
    Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP) - UK/Irish
    256MB nVidia™ GeForce 8600GT graphics card
    500GB Dual Hard Drive Non RAID (2x250GB - 7200rpm)

    -- V --

    InspironTM 530 DT (D115012)
    Unit Price Incl. VAT € 1,045.99
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6750 processor (2.66GHz, 1333MHz, 4MB cache),
    Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
    Memory 3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024+2x512]
    Dell™ 19" Silver Wide Flat Panel (SE198WFP) - UK/Irish
    256MB nVidia™ GeForce 8600GT graphics card
    500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache


    Thanks in advance

    D


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    #2
    white_falcon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭white_falcon


    danindublin wrote: »
    Hey guys,

    Just looking for a quick bit of advice. Do a lot of photoshop work (and the occasional flight with flight sim). Looking to move from my 2 year old laptop to a PC. Trying to compare the following specs to see if they are good value :

    InspironTM 531 DT (D115112)
    Unit Price Incl. VAT € 1,038.99
    AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+
    Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
    2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
    Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP) - UK/Irish
    256MB nVidia™ GeForce 8600GT graphics card
    500GB Dual Hard Drive Non RAID (2x250GB - 7200rpm)

    -- V --

    InspironTM 530 DT (D115012)
    Unit Price Incl. VAT € 1,045.99
    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6750 processor (2.66GHz, 1333MHz, 4MB cache),
    Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
    Memory 3072MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024+2x512]
    Dell™ 19" Silver Wide Flat Panel (SE198WFP) - UK/Irish
    256MB nVidia™ GeForce 8600GT graphics card
    500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache


    Thanks in advance

    D


    well the intel core 2 duo processor is miles better than the AMD
    but the AMD comes with a 22" monitor

    I'd go for the core 2 duo and upgrade the monitor


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    #3
    danindublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 230 ✭✭danindublin


    Thanks white_falcon,

    Just did some online comparision and the intel chip comes out faster ever time. Only €90 to upgrade to 22" so I think I'll go with that.

    Cheers


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