SEO Posted May 27, 2003 Posted May 27, 2003 Not sure of the 'rules' in this forum. If specifics and/or Manufactures are not proper, please delete this thread. If not, I would love two - five cents worth from everyone. Background on use: Dreamweaver MX (some pretty intense graphics) and database work (again, some pretty large). I do programming in various languages but that is not real demanding of resources. I would like to get heavy into flash, which would be demanding. I also would like multiple monitors that would allow me to multitask easier. Thanks for input. $1938.00 Dell Dimension 8300 Series: Pentium® 4 Processor at 3GHz with 800MHz front side bus SP308B Memory: 512MB Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 400MHz 512M4 Keyboard: Dell ® Quietkey ® Keyboard QK Monitors: SAVE $150! 18.1 in 1800FP Digital Flat Panel 1800FPP Video Card: New 128MB DDR ATI RADEON™ 9800 Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI 128AT98 Hard Drive: 60GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive 60 Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices: 3.5 in Floppy Drive FD Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP Mouse: Dell® 2-button scroll mouse SM Network Interface: Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet IN Modem: No Modem Requested N CD or DVD Drive: 48x CD-RW Drive with Roxio's Easy CD Creator® 48CDRW Sound Card: SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Digital Sound Card SB1024 Speakers: Harman Kardon® HK-395 Speakers with Subwoofer HK395 Software Bundles: Upgrade to Microsoft® Office Small Business w/EducateU XPESB Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 2 Year Limited Warranty plus 2 Year On-site Service B222YOS P.S. No, I do not want to build my own and yes, I actually do like Dell Quote
leezard Posted May 27, 2003 Posted May 27, 2003 I love Dell computers, if I was ever to buy another pre built computer it would be a Dell. Awesome support, they use GREAT hardware, most everything is upgradeable (other than the motherboard, they are proprietary) If you werent doing a lot of graphics work I'd say go AMD, but Intel is your best bet for that type of computing. 400MHZ DDR is great, there IS faster RAM but no motherboards that support it yet. Its 433MHZ but its basicly just overclocked 400MHZ. /drool digital flat panel monitor 128MB DDR ATI RADEON™ 9800 Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI 128AT98 AWESOME video card!! OS: I'd go with XP pro if you have that option, more control over your OS Sound Card, soundblaster cards use a LOT of system resources and generally install a lot of stuff you dont need. Does Dell offer any other options? All the other stuff I didnt mention is pretty standard and looks good. Depending on what Dell charges, personally I'd look at a bigger hard drive, but I download a lot of stuff and rip all my music CD's to MP3 Quote
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