Dimension 5150 with 3.0Ghz P4 630HT, 512MB DDR2, 80GB HD, CD-RW/DVD, 20" LCD for $599 Shipped

[Cobolman]

Originally posted by: pcman83
Do you have to be a small business to order this?

Nope.

You'll have to enter in a business name, but it will take anything.

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: pcman83
I might jump on this so my mom can get a new computer and I will get a big monitor.

Would you guys bump it up to the 3yr warrenty so the monitor is covered for 3 years?

I think I recall reading the monitor already has a 4 year warranty.

 

[cockeyed]

I have one on order but wanted a better videocard. I learned that the 5150 has a "305w continuous output" power supply. From what I understand, consumer PS's are rated at their "peak" output, not "continuous" output. Also, the 2-12v rails are rated at 18 amps; comments I've read claim that even some 400w PS's aren't rated this high. Anyway, from what I've been able to find, it seems that this power supply should support some of the better videocards, other than maybe the high end.

Since Dell sells the 5150 with an X600 option (about 58w) which is close to the power draw of the 6600GT (about 65w), I decided to buy a 6600GT 256mb to drive the 2007. Also, no extra power plug is needed.

 

[pcman83]

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: pcman83
I might jump on this so my mom can get a new computer and I will get a big monitor.

Would you guys bump it up to the 3yr warrenty so the monitor is covered for 3 years?

I think I recall reading the monitor already has a 4 year warranty.

But if the computer comes with a one year warranty doesnt that include the monitor?

 

[Centauri]

Does anybody know if there is any way to overclock this system? I hear the 630 has a bit of headroom but my experience with Dell's BIOS has been that there are no overclock options.

I bit anyways, BTW.

 

[pcman83]

I called and am correct, the warranty covers the monitor too. So its only a one year warranty on the monitor.

 

[DAGTA]

Originally posted by: pcman83
I called and am correct, the warranty covers the monitor too. So its only a one year warranty on the monitor.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Powermoloch]

dang man.....dang you hot deals

dunno what to decide =/

well I have extra 2 x 512 mb pqi DDR 400 sticks hanging around (and can OC to 230 mhz easily with no tweaks)

and a 6600 AGP collecting dust...

might differentiate the cost @_@?

 

[TantrumusMaximus]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
dang man.....dang you hot deals

dunno what to decide =/

well I have extra 2 x 512 mb pqi DDR 400 sticks hanging around (and can OC to 230 mhz easily with no tweaks)

and a 6600 AGP collecting dust...

might differentiate the cost @_@?

Dude bear in mind this is a PCI-E board not AGP.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
dang man.....dang you hot deals

dunno what to decide =/

well I have extra 2 x 512 mb pqi DDR 400 sticks hanging around (and can OC to 230 mhz easily with no tweaks)

and a 6600 AGP collecting dust...

might differentiate the cost @_@?

That memory and that video card won't work in the 5150. It has PCIe, not AGP. And, it uses DDR2 memory, not DDR.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
dang man.....dang you hot deals

dunno what to decide =/

well I have extra 2 x 512 mb pqi DDR 400 sticks hanging around (and can OC to 230 mhz easily with no tweaks)

and a 6600 AGP collecting dust...

might differentiate the cost @_@?

To really make this into a real computer You need 2GB DDR2 667 ram to OC via clockgen.

$115 2GB DDR2 667

Add top of the line video card.

7900 GT Xtreme $299

Dimension 5150 with 3.0Ghz P4 630HT, 512MB DDR2, 80GB HD, CD-RW/DVD, 20" LCD for $599 Shipped

=$1013

For $1000 you got a screaming system and huge monitor.

I don't know what BigJ was talking about PSU - all video cards comes with molex to PCIe power adaptor and 7900GT only uses 50W, nothing for PSU.

Your DDR and AGP card are both worthless for this system.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: PowerMacMan
Does anybody know if there is any way to overclock this system? I hear the 630 has a bit of headroom but my experience with Dell's BIOS has been that there are no overclock options.

I bit anyways, BTW.

Bios overclocking is not possible must use a OS utility such as clockgen. Using default voltage 3.8 should'nt be too hard as long as you keep CPU cool.

 

[BooGiMaN]

Originally posted by: Zebo

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
dang man.....dang you hot deals

dunno what to decide =/

well I have extra 2 x 512 mb pqi DDR 400 sticks hanging around (and can OC to 230 mhz easily with no tweaks)

and a 6600 AGP collecting dust...

might differentiate the cost @_@?

To really make this into a real computer You need 2GB DDR2 667 ram to OC via clockgen.

$115 2GB DDR2 667

Add top of the line video card.

7900 GT Xtreme $299

Dimension 5150 with 3.0Ghz P4 630HT, 512MB DDR2, 80GB HD, CD-RW/DVD, 20" LCD for $599 Shipped

=$1013

For $1000 you got a screaming system and huge monitor.

I don't know what BigJ was talking about PSU - all video cards comes with molex to PCIe power adaptor and 7900GT only uses 50W, nothing for PSU.

Your DDR and AGP card are both worthless for this system.

i looked at the 7900 you linked..what the heck is a double life time warranty ?

 

[Showtime]

Originally posted by: BooGiMaN

i looked at the 7900 you linked..what the heck is a double life time warranty ?

i believe that means that you can transfer the warrantee over to the next person you sell/give the card to.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Zebo

Originally posted by: PowerMacMan
Does anybody know if there is any way to overclock this system? I hear the 630 has a bit of headroom but my experience with Dell's BIOS has been that there are no overclock options.

I bit anyways, BTW.

Bios overclocking is not possible must use a OS utility such as clockgen. Using default voltage 3.8 should'nt be too hard as long as you keep CPU cool.

Really? I have never heard of this. Any experience using this?

Downloaded and am giving it a shot. No luck so far, doesn't seem to work. Clocks don't change.

 

[McRhea]

Oh man... What have I done!!!

Damn hot deals!! Haha. Well, the monitor makes it totally worth it though. If I didn't jump on this deal I would be kicking my self in the morning for sure.

 

[Zebo]

Did you select a PLL?

 

[McRhea]

Zebo, you asking me?

 

[DorkBoy]

nice

 

[ramkumar]

I got a coupon from dell for 399bucks, 19" lcd and 2.8 ghz desktop. is this better than the post ?

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: ramkumar
I got a coupon from dell for 399bucks, 19" lcd and 2.8 ghz desktop. is this better than the post ?

Is that the Dimension B110 model?

This is a better deal.

 

[cdmccool]

Originally posted by: cockeyed
I have one on order but wanted a better videocard. I learned that the 5150 has a "305w continuous output" power supply. From what I understand, consumer PS's are rated at their "peak" output, not "continuous" output. Also, the 2-12v rails are rated at 18 amps; comments I've read claim that even some 400w PS's aren't rated this high. Anyway, from what I've been able to find, it seems that this power supply should support some of the better videocards, other than maybe the high end.

Since Dell sells the 5150 with an X600 option (about 58w) which is close to the power draw of the 6600GT (about 65w), I decided to buy a 6600GT 256mb to drive the 2007. Also, no extra power plug is needed.

The way Dell rates their PSUs is very misleading. I did some research and found that people were running 7800/7900 GTs on the 305w PSU so they are very strong. I bought an E510 earlier this month and am running a 7600GT.

 

[DAGTA]

Well, I'm in.

 

[EKKC]

dell underrates their PSU unlike PSU sellers. and their PSU are very high quality. also the practice of using proprietary Dell PSUs is no more (it happened like 5-6 years ago i believe)

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Thanks!

$300 was what I was thinking of asking for both together. Parting out requires more effort and time.

If I do get this Dell (still unsure), I may build a computer from the guts of the Dell using my case and power supply.

Keep in mind that this Dell uses the newer BTX motherboard form factor and not ATX so you would not be able to use your old case.