Q6600 Quad-Core 2GB 160GB $679

[djc950]

Dell Biz: Dimension 9200 desktop Q6600 Quad-Core 2GB 160GB $679 shipped
good deal or not

 

[KenAF]

Link?

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Wow :Q

I was able to configure it decently for $619. *Must Resist.....*

Edit: Make sure to check off the "I will select a 27inch..." option under monitors. Just don't select the 27inch display

 

[KenAF]

I wonder if this link is a better deal?

http://www.dell.com/content/pr...?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

Price is $789 for a Q6600 with a 16x CD/DVD burner (instead of a 16x DVD-ROM), 20" flat panel (instead of 19"), and XP Home.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

Originally posted by: KenAF
I wonder if this link is a better deal?

http://www.dell.com/content/pr...?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

Price is $789 for a Q6600 with a 16x CD/DVD burner (instead of a 16x DVD-ROM), 20" flat panel (instead of 19"), and XP Home.

It's a decent trade-off if you need a monitor as well. (Also note that the hard-drive is half as large).

Either way it seems the best pre-built Q6600 system for the money right now.

 

[bamacre]

LOL, Dell is likely to cancel your orders if you try to get by without ordering that 27in LCD.

Originally posted by: KenAF
I wonder if this link is a better deal?

http://www.dell.com/content/pr...?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

Price is $789 for a Q6600 with a 16x CD/DVD burner (instead of a 16x DVD-ROM), 20" flat panel (instead of 19"), and XP Home.

That seems like a better deal with the DVDRW and 20in LCD.

 

[EKKC]

they shipped mine Monday and its getting here tomorrow

so trust me, dell is not going to cancel orders if you don't get a 27" LCD.

$619 now with 160GB and DVDROM. it's a steal if you ask me. Dim9200 = XPS410. very very good machine

 

[KenAF]

EKKC,

Do those use Intel or Nvidia-based mainboards?

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: KenAF
EKKC,

Do those use Intel or Nvidia-based mainboards?

965P chipset

 

[thatolchestnut]

wow thats a pretty nice deal

edit: cant select xp w/ Q6600 proc. Also cant select home premium which is kinda a bummer. How did you get a Q6600 system for sub 700? Did you exclude the monitor?

 

[webdawg77]

edit: cant select xp w/ Q6600 proc. Also cant select home premium which is kinda a bummer. How did you get a Q6600 system for sub 700? Did you exclude the monitor?

Make sure to drop the monitor.

@bamacre ... got that PC the Dell won't ship on Tuesday

 

[EKKC]

link for u all : http://configure.us.dell.com/d...&l=en&oc=bdcwyfz&s=bsd

add quad core, remove monitor (select 27" LCD later option)

some people called dell cust service and added home premium for free. dell customer service is really getting better at their SB division (limited hours now, but i think they're all americans which is understandable) I did dell chat and got a $25 concession coupon (i ordered last saturday, this is now 30 bucks cheaper and has 160GB instead of 80GB, but they removed the DVDRW drive)

and yes as bamacre said this is an intel chipset mobo. no raid 5. raid 0 and 1 supported. onboard Raid 5 only supported in their workstation Precision 390 (very similar to this XPS410/dim9200)

 

[BigLar]

Never mind...I blew it.

 

[superfob99]

Originally posted by: EKKC
link for u all : http://configure.us.dell.com/d...&l=en&oc=bdcwyfz&s=bsd

add quad core, remove monitor (select 27" LCD later option)

some people called dell cust service and added home premium for free. dell customer service is really getting better at their SB division (limited hours now, but i think they're all americans which is understandable) I did dell chat and got a $25 concession coupon (i ordered last saturday, this is now 30 bucks cheaper and has 160GB instead of 80GB, but they removed the DVDRW drive)

and yes as bamacre said this is an intel chipset mobo. no raid 5. raid 0 and 1 supported. onboard Raid 5 only supported in their workstation Precision 390 (very similar to this XPS410/dim9200)

Bah, I tried Dell Chat and the person wouldn't give me any credit saying that they "priced" it to be more than what I bought it at (they couldn't understand that 160GB > 80GB since the dvd-bruner upgrade is makes it priced at like 690 now.

 

[Tweak155]

Any more information I can get on the motherboard and PSU? Main concerns being PCI-E, how many DIMM slots and wattage of PSU. Also, is that video card onboard?

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Tweak155
Any more information I can get on the motherboard and PSU? Main concerns being PCI-E, how many DIMM slots and wattage of PSU. Also, is that video card onboard?

This is the top desktop model from Dell, expect for the uber XPS 700 series.

Intel 965P chipset
One PCI Express x16
4 DIMM slots (DDR2)
375W PSU (dual 12V rails @ 18A each)
No onboard video

http://www.majortoker.com/images/xps410a_01.jpg
http://www.majortoker.com/images/xps410a_02.jpg
http://www.majortoker.com/images/xps410a_03.jpg
http://www.majortoker.com/images/xps410a_04.jpg

 

[Tweak155]

Originally posted by: bamacre

Originally posted by: Tweak155
Any more information I can get on the motherboard and PSU? Main concerns being PCI-E, how many DIMM slots and wattage of PSU. Also, is that video card onboard?

This is the top desktop model from Dell, expect for the uber XPS 700 series.

Intel 965P chipset
One PCI Express x16
4 DIMM slots (DDR2)
375W PSU (dual 12V rails @ 18A each)
No onboard video

http://www.majortoker.com/images/xps410a_01.jpg
http://www.majortoker.com/images/xps410a_02.jpg
http://www.majortoker.com/images/xps410a_03.jpg
http://www.majortoker.com/images/xps410a_04.jpg

Thats actually really nice. Nice and organized. Thanks for the info, I'm really tempted now.

 

[Yurkinator]

Possible overclock? Anyone have any more info?

http://www.starless.nl/overclock

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: Yurkinator
Possible overclock? Anyone have any more info?

http://www.starless.nl/overclock

Interesting. If anyone tries this, please post results.

 

[hytek369]

overclocking dells, WOW

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: hytek369
overclocking dells, WOW

It has been done, but only using pin mods, and the cpu had to have a stock FSB lower than what the motherboard supported.

 

[RightSaidRed]

Hi guys,
So I bit, thanks OP and thanks bamacre for the extra info. $659 shipped. Kinda curious about the PSU as well, would I be able to drop a bigger aftermarket in there when I want to add an 8800? Wasn't sure if they're still using proprietaries.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: RightSaidRed
Hi guys,
So I bit, thanks OP and thanks bamacre for the extra info. $659 shipped. Kinda curious about the PSU as well, would I be able to drop a bigger aftermarket in there when I want to add an 8800? Wasn't sure if they're still using proprietaries.

Original PSU will run an 8800 GTX fine.

 

[amd4life]

anyone know how many more hard drives can be added to these? I cant tell from the pics if there are any open 5.25 slots and or sata connectors ( I have a lot of HDD's)

thanks

 

[Vikroda]

Originally posted by: amd4life
anyone know how many more hard drives can be added to these? I cant tell from the pics if there are any open 5.25 slots and or sata connectors ( I have a lot of HDD's)

thanks

It looks similar to the XPS 400 build, which has 4 HDD bays inside (assuming both the optical drive bays are used and no floppy drive is installed). To connect more HDDs I installed a PCI SATA board and use long SATA cables to my "external" internal HDDs powered by an old SCSI boxes' p/s (cooled by Zalman heatpipes). I was able to connect 7 or 8 HDDs total that way; however, when I do that XP seems to stall every now and then so I usually have only 5 HDDs connected at one time.

Look at the pictures posted by bamacre. Looks like there are 4 SATA ports.

Tempted to get the E4400 system for $429+tax and upgrade later to the Q6600...