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Stunt2061
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_ 		31. August 2005 @ 21:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Here are the specs and the price is 699 Canadian( i just want to use if basically for homework, no gaming or anything like that) Just wanted to know if the price is worth it?:

Dell Dimension 3000 Series: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor (2.80GHz, 533 FSB)
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Memory: FREE Upgrade to 512MB Memory from 256MB- $100 Value
Keyboard: Dell Quietkey® Keyboard
Monitors: 17 inch E173FP Analog Flat Panel
Video Card: Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics 2
Hard Drive: 80GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive
Floppy Drives and Additional Storage Devices: No Floppy Drive Included
Mouse: Dell Optical USB Mouse
Network Interface: Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Modem : No Modem Requested
Document Management: Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD or DVD Drive Single Drive: 48x CD-RW Drive
Sound Card: Integrated Audio
Speakers: No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed): No Productivity Suite - Corel WordPerfect® word processor only
Security Software: No Security Subscription
Digital Music: Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
Digital Photography: Photo Album™ SE Basic
Hardware Support Services: 1 Yr Limited Warranty with 1 Yr NBD Onsite Service and 1 Yr Tech Support
Internet Access Services: No ISP requested
Dell Media Experience: Dell Media Experience™

thx
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ozzy214
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_ 		1. September 2005 @ 02:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If ya looking for performance and speed....then DONT buy one of them. Its a good price, but they are ficking slower than my grandma in heat..lol. Build your own and you can have so much better for that price. The reason I say this is I owned one and it aint worth it. Encoding with divxtodvd with a gig of ram and two hard drives was two hrs. See my point?

You can buy a dell 3.2 ghz that has a higher bus speed all by itself for less than three hundred american and a mobo for a hundred. It may turn out expensive in the long run, but it is well worth it to build your own and satisfying to know you dont have some oem peice of crap. BTW...amd is a lot better. Look at the post amd versus intel
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ScubaBud
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_ 		1. September 2005 @ 02:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It will be fine for what you are looking for.
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Ragnarok2
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_ 		1. September 2005 @ 14:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Its a good price, but they are ficking slower than my grandma in heat..lol.
LMFAO!!!
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ozzy214
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_ 		1. September 2005 @ 17:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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lmao
Thank you...thank you very much. My mom always said I should have been a comedian, but no I had to be a mechanicn..lol
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borhan9
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_ 		2. September 2005 @ 14:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
@Stunt2061

Mayb u should let us know what exactly u want to b able to do with the PC and we can let u know if the one u posted is good enough...

To me it looks pretty basic system... Also I personally dont like Dell PC's I dont know y but i just doo...
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ScubaBud
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_ 		2. September 2005 @ 16:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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(i just want to use if basically for homework, no gaming or anything like that)
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borhan9
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_ 		3. September 2005 @ 00:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
"I just want to use if basically for homework, no gaming or anything like that"

Well if its for homework and things like that its more than good enough and then some...
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