Help with buying Dell PC

Cucullan

I'm thinking of buying this Dell and was wondering if its an ok deal??
Could I get a better deal for a similar PC somewhere else?
I don't want to build my own as I don't know how but I know it'd probably be cheaper.

(D10516) Dimension 5150 3.0GHz
Date & Time: Monday 24 October 2005 10:45 PM

SYSTEM COMPONENTS

(D10516) Dimension 5150 3.0GHz Qty 1
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT technology (3.00GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2MB cache), Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2 Unit Price Incl. VAT € 929.96

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT technology (3.00GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2MB cache)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
Memory - 1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 400MHz (2x512) Memory
Keyboard - Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
Monitor - Dell 17" Value Flat Panel (E173FP)
Video Card - 256MB ATI Radeon® X600 HyperMemory graphics card
Hard Drive - 160GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
Floppy Drives - Internal 9-in-1 Flash Card Reader
Mouse - Dell USB Optical Mouse
Modem - V.92 Data Fax Modem
CD/DVD Drives - 16x max. DVD+/-RW Drive
Speakers - Dell A215 speakers
Shipping Documents - System Documentation with UK Power Cord
Gedis Bundle Reference - D10516 Dimension 5150
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 7.0 - English
Standard Warranty - 1 Year Collect and Return
Cover It with Dell Support Services - 1 Year European Collect and Return Service

TOTAL Incl. VAT:€ 929.96

RicardoSmith

For gaming the X600 is not a great card. You need a x800 or 6600/6800. Its certainly no bargain.

I tried on the Dell Outlet store and got this.

Dimension 5100 (System Identifier. 09EKVB9Z)
Dimension 5100 Pentium 4 541 (3.20)
English - Win XP SP2 Home
512MB (2 X 256, NON-ECC400MHZ DDRII)
250GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
ATI Radeon X600 256MB HyperMemory
V.92 Data Fax Modem Ire/Spn
16 X DVD +/- RW
Microsoft® Works® 7.0
Dell Standard PS2 Keyboard
Dell 2 Button PS/2 Scroll Mouse

Added a Dell 17'' LCD Flat Panel Monitor and it came to

Price incl. VAT excl. del: EUR 937.34

Faster CPU and bigger HD but less RAM. There doesn't seem to be any decent bargains on the outlet lately. None with good gfx cards either.

commited

Have a look at the Dimension 9100

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 830 with HT technology (3.00GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2MB cache)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
Memory - 1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory
Keyboard - Dell Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
Monitor - Dell 17" Value Flat Panel (E173FP)
Video Card - 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 (DVI/VGA/TV-out)
Hard Drive - 160GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
Floppy Drives - None
Mouse - Dell USB Optical Mouse
Modem - V.92 Data Fax Modem
CD/DVD Drives - 16x max. DVD+/-RW Drive
Speakers - Dell A425 speakers
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 7.0 - English
Standard Warranty - 1 Year Collect and Return
Cover It with Dell Support Services - 1 Year European Collect and Return Service

TOTAL Incl. VAT&shipping:€ 960

or

Have a look at the Dimension 9100 (D10917) ( The most expensive option: http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?b&c=ie&cs=iedhs1&l=en&oc=D10917&rbc=D10917&s=dhs&sbc=iedhsrsdimen_9100_1 and downgrade cpu & warranty )

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 820 with HT technology (2.80GHz, 800MHz fsb, 2MB cache)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition, SP2
Memory - 1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory
Keyboard - Dell Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
Monitor - Dell 19" Value Flat Panel (E193FP)
Video Card - 256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 (DVI/VGA/TV-out)
Hard Drive - 320GB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x160GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache]
Floppy Drives - Internal 9-in-1 Flash Card Reader
Mouse - Dell USB Optical Mouse
Modem - V.92 Data Fax Modem
CD/DVD Drives - 16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives
Speakers - Dell 5650 5.1 Surround Speaker System
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 7.0 - English
Standard Warranty - 1 Year Collect and Return
Cover It with Dell Support Services - 1 Year European Collect and Return Service
Price: €956

not a bad pc for the price - i'd go with the second - it's actually a ridiculous bargain. Buy asap though - offers only on for 2 more days. Btw - the 800 series of processors are far superior to the 600 series & 2.8ghz is plenty anyway!

RicardoSmith

Nice work commited

okidoki987

If you go to www.pigsback.com and click on the "dell" link on the left,
you can get 5 piggypoints for every € spent with Dell.
So if you spent €929 on a system, you'd get 4645 points which is worth (roughly) 46.45 in cash terms.
Same machine, same everything but at least you get something back!