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Carrie
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 Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade? |
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I have a limited budget of about $700 to buy a new or refurbished
system.Would it be to my advantage to bump up the ram or order a faster cpu
on a system.I realize that one may bottleneck the other but what would be
best. I do some photo work and not much gaming at all.Looking at a E520 or
E521.Appreciate any advice.Thanks, Harry |
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Tom Scales
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject: RE: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade? |
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Memory.
$700 would buy a pretty nice machine at the Dell outlet.
You want the E520, not the E521. Right now the Intel chips are a much
better processor (price/performance) than the AMD.
Right now it looks like there is free shipping at the outlet too
(http://outlet.dell.com)
Looking right now, the MOST expensive at the outlet is $539, but the
selection is a little light. Nothing with a very fast processor.
There are, however, a number of well priced XPS410 (also known as the
Dimension 9200). A more expandable machine -- the next notch up in the
line.
I would avoid the nVidia 7300 LE video card and I would try for 2GB of
ram. ONLY look at models with Core 2 Duo. Older processors are not as
good.
Tom
| Quote: | -----Original Message-----
From: Carrie [mailto:cgoodman319@tampabay.rr.com]
Posted At: Saturday, June 02, 2007 9:54 AM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade?
Subject: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade?
I have a limited budget of about $700 to buy a new or refurbished
system.Would it be to my advantage to bump up the ram or order a
faster
cpu
on a system.I realize that one may bottleneck the other but what would
be
best. I do some photo work and not much gaming at all.Looking at a
E520
or
E521.Appreciate any advice.Thanks, Harry |
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Nota Clu
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade? |
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RAM for photo work.
"Carrie" <cgoodman319@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46617666$0$12493$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
| Quote: | I have a limited budget of about $700 to buy a new or refurbished
system.Would it be to my advantage to bump up the ram or order a faster
cpu on a system.I realize that one may bottleneck the other but what would
be best. I do some photo work and not much gaming at all.Looking at a E520
or E521.Appreciate any advice.Thanks, Harry
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Carrie
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:23 am Post subject: Re: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade? Thank You All |
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"Carrie" <cgoodman319@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46617666$0$12493$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
| Quote: | I have a limited budget of about $700 to buy a new or refurbished
system.Would it be to my advantage to bump up the ram or order a faster
cpu on a system.I realize that one may bottleneck the other but what would
be best. I do some photo work and not much gaming at all.Looking at a E520
or E521.Appreciate any advice.Thanks, Harry
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On the day I wrote this post about ordering a new computer something
happened. I smelled a burning electricial smell.There was smoke coming out
of my mother board.I called Dell immediately and they are replaceing the
system( 4600).The ram modules and processor are fried and who knows what
else.It was not a power surge or lighting strike..They want their engineers
to have a look at it.The computer has been problematic all along.Three
mother boards and a couple of power supplies.
But anyway with your advice I found An XPS 410 on the refurb site dual core
1.86, 256 Nivida Go 7900 GS, 320 gig hd , and 2000 megs ram.All within my
budget.I want to sincerely thank all of you for your time to respond to my
question, Peace, Harry |
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Tom Scales
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: RE: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade? |
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| Quote: | -----Original Message-----
From: Carrie [mailto:cgoodman389@tampabay.rr.com]
Posted At: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:23 PM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade?
Subject: Re: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade? Thank You All
"Carrie" <cgoodman319@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46617666$0$12493$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
I have a limited budget of about $700 to buy a new or refurbished
system.Would it be to my advantage to bump up the ram or order a
faster
cpu on a system.I realize that one may bottleneck the other but what
would
be best. I do some photo work and not much gaming at all.Looking at
a
E520
or E521.Appreciate any advice.Thanks, Harry
On the day I wrote this post about ordering a new computer something
happened. I smelled a burning electricial smell.There was smoke coming
out
of my mother board.I called Dell immediately and they are replaceing
the
system( 4600).The ram modules and processor are fried and who knows
what
else.It was not a power surge or lighting strike..They want their
engineers
to have a look at it.The computer has been problematic all along.Three
mother boards and a couple of power supplies.
But anyway with your advice I found An XPS 410 on the refurb site
dual
core
1.86, 256 Nivida Go 7900 GS, 320 gig hd , and 2000 megs ram.All within
my
budget.I want to sincerely thank all of you for your time to respond
to
my
question, Peace, Harry
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Excellent choice and a nice config. The 7900GS is a particularly good
choice. I have two of them and they have been absolutely rock solid.
They run 24/7 with almost constant activity and run very well.
Tom |
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Timothy Drouillard
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:30 am Post subject: Re: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade? Thank You All |
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The outlet store is a wonderful thing.....
Great choice on your part.
"Carrie" <cgoodman389@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
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"Carrie" <cgoodman319@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:46617666$0$12493$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
I have a limited budget of about $700 to buy a new or refurbished
system.Would it be to my advantage to bump up the ram or order a faster
cpu on a system.I realize that one may bottleneck the other but what
would be best. I do some photo work and not much gaming at all.Looking at
a E520 or E521.Appreciate any advice.Thanks, Harry
On the day I wrote this post about ordering a new computer something
happened. I smelled a burning electricial smell.There was smoke coming out
of my mother board.I called Dell immediately and they are replaceing the
system( 4600).The ram modules and processor are fried and who knows what
else.It was not a power surge or lighting strike..They want their
engineers to have a look at it.The computer has been problematic all
along.Three mother boards and a couple of power supplies.
But anyway with your advice I found An XPS 410 on the refurb site dual
core 1.86, 256 Nivida Go 7900 GS, 320 gig hd , and 2000 megs ram.All
within my budget.I want to sincerely thank all of you for your time to
respond to my question, Peace, Harry
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RnR
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| Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade? Thank You All |
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On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 22:30:18 -0400, "Timothy Drouillard"
<timothydrouillard@comcast.net> wrote:
| Quote: | The outlet store is a wonderful thing.....
Great choice on your part.
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Yes, I concur. I think the OP will be happy with that selection. |
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