maddog808
09-15-2012, 09:42 PM
Hi there. I'm trying to help a friend replace his 10 year old Gateway. He was looking at this Dell for $840 + tax from the "Scratch & Dent" section of the Dell outlet site:
Studio XPS 9100
Processor: Intel Core i7-930 Processor (8MB L3 Cache, 2.8GHz)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
Studio XPS 9100 Desktop
500 GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
6 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz (3 DIMMs)
6X Blu-ray Writer
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
1GB ATI Radeon HD 5670 GDDR5
Cost: $840 + tax
http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&brandid=2202&fid=2788
He will be doing web surfing, watching HD youtube videos, and checking email/Facebook, with occasional word processing. ZERO gaming or video editing. He will download some movies, TV shows, and music, so a large storage drive is probably a good idea. He has no intention of ever burning a Blu Ray disc.
I told him to save a couple hundred dollars and do something like this:
Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case. $53
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
MOBO/APU combo: ASUS F1A55-M LE FM1 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
bundled with:
1x AMD A8-3850 Llano 2.9GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core. $152
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1051828
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V V2.2 Intel Core i7 Compliant Dual 80mm Fans Full Cable Sleevings Power Supply. $40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory. $43
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
OS/App Drive: Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD). $73
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441.
Data Drive: Western Digital AV-GP WD20EURS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive. $120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136783
Blu Ray drive: LITE-ON Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Internal 12X Blu-ray Combo Model ihes112-04 - OEM. $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106374
CD/DVD-Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM. $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM. $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
Total cost after MIR: $633
Does this look OK for the money? They want it to last another 10 years. Do I need to get a CPU cooler? I realize the passmark is better on the i7, and the discreet GPU in the Dell is better than the integrated one with the A8, but wouldn't that be overkill for his needs? Also, will the MOBO I chose do dual monitors for multi-tasking?
Thanks for any help, everyone.
Studio XPS 9100
Processor: Intel Core i7-930 Processor (8MB L3 Cache, 2.8GHz)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
Studio XPS 9100 Desktop
500 GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
6 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz (3 DIMMs)
6X Blu-ray Writer
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
1GB ATI Radeon HD 5670 GDDR5
Cost: $840 + tax
http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineSales/Online/InventorySearch.aspx?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&brandid=2202&fid=2788
He will be doing web surfing, watching HD youtube videos, and checking email/Facebook, with occasional word processing. ZERO gaming or video editing. He will download some movies, TV shows, and music, so a large storage drive is probably a good idea. He has no intention of ever burning a Blu Ray disc.
I told him to save a couple hundred dollars and do something like this:
Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case. $53
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042
MOBO/APU combo: ASUS F1A55-M LE FM1 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
bundled with:
1x AMD A8-3850 Llano 2.9GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core. $152
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1051828
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC 430W ATX12V V2.2 Intel Core i7 Compliant Dual 80mm Fans Full Cable Sleevings Power Supply. $40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory. $43
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
OS/App Drive: Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD). $73
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441.
Data Drive: Western Digital AV-GP WD20EURS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive. $120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136783
Blu Ray drive: LITE-ON Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Internal 12X Blu-ray Combo Model ihes112-04 - OEM. $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106374
CD/DVD-Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM. $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM. $100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
Total cost after MIR: $633
Does this look OK for the money? They want it to last another 10 years. Do I need to get a CPU cooler? I realize the passmark is better on the i7, and the discreet GPU in the Dell is better than the integrated one with the A8, but wouldn't that be overkill for his needs? Also, will the MOBO I chose do dual monitors for multi-tasking?
Thanks for any help, everyone.