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DEAD: Dell Inspiron 530 for $239+ship (Pent E2180 + 2GB + 250GB + DVDRW)

If anyone wants to buy this and strip all the parts and sell me the case, psu, mobo, and cpu cooler; PM me. I might be interested for the set at the right price.
 
How is this for a file/media server on a home network? I know it comes with a 300W power supply, but how much power does it actually use when idling or under a light load?
 
Originally posted by: skywhr
300W PSU?

How hard is it to replace the PSU in this?
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It's a standard ATX power supply, easily to replace. I have a friend who works for dell, they make 50%+ profit on almost every pc sold to the non-deal seeker consumer.. the ones who goes online, pays full price and add a nice useless 4-year warranty on top.

Case - $20
Motherboard - $25
Intel Pentium E2180 - $60
1GB DDR2 667MHz (expandable to 4x1GB) - $15
250GB SATA - $40
16x DVD+/-RW Drive - $30
Integ Audio/Video (Available PCIe x16) - $0
Dell USB Keyboard - $0
Dell Optical USB Mouse $0
 
Originally posted by: skywhr


Whats a good video card to put in this to run dual monitors
What type of ram upgrade also
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As for a video card, the PSU may not have any 4pin molex nor 6pin PCIe power connectors. So, something cheap. Most video cards do dual monitor these days.

As for memory, get some 1.8V 1GB modules. These will work...
http://shop4.frys.com/product/5564980
 
Originally posted by: kkrull
Originally posted by: ActiveX
Originally posted by: skywhr
How hard is it to replace the PSU in this?
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It's a standard ATX power supply, easily to replace.
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Are you sure? I am pretty sure Dell uses BTX powersupplies motherboards and cases.
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Don't quote me but I believe they stopped doing this on their new machines. Even if it is a proprietary PSU, putting in a normal ATX PSU often requires at most a screw and MB power converter for $10.

The Dell PSU's aren't too bad for what it is intended for. You'd be surprised how much load those little rinky dink PSU's can handle. My spare 4600 only had problems when I added a 3rd HD to it on top putting it WAY out of power spec. 3.0ghz P4, 4x sticks of ram, X1950 Pro requiring 2 power connectors!, DVD+-RW, PCI sound card, and 2 HD's. I added the 3rd and it couldnt handle it. That's really impressive for what is probably a 240 watt PSU.

P.S. this is a good deal. Beats that Lenovo $199 deal (this is a much better comp). I will probably get this for my niece who needs a comp. 1year warranty and Vista make the deal.
 
the 530 has 4 DDR2 slots, it is also ATX and not BTX, 2 PCI slots, one PCI-e video slot (not sure if it is 8x or 16x) and one PCI-E 1x slot, G33 chipset (G33M03) heatsink uses screws to bolt down, not the plastic clips. Motherboard is made by foxconn

edit: the stock power supply it comes with has no pci-e power connector, if you were to get a 530 with a q6600, then it would come with a 375w power supply with a pci-e power connector.
 
You don't need to upgrade the power supply unless you plan on adding a quad core processor with a high end graphics card. Dell's power supplies are of high quality.
 
without upgrading the power supply (because of no pci-e power connector) the higherst you can go i believe is a 7600GS or 8600GT. there are sata power to molex adapter, then you need to get molex to pci-e adapter.
 
and the entire HD 3400/3600 line will work as well, they dont require external power plugs, great cards too for video work/encoding 🙂
 
Yup, I'd personally got with one of the higher clocked 8600GTs, as they don't require external power. Otheriwse, if you're not a gamer and/or want to save a few bucks, the HD3650 & HD3450s are solid cards for the money. I just put a 3450 in a relative's Dell so they could gain DVI output and do some light gaming.
 
vista and office installed and running smoothly
looking at OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR8002GK - Retail $24.99 after mir
 
Originally posted by: skywhr
vista and office installed and running smoothly
looking at OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR8002GK - Retail $24.99 after mir
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Might want to go with something that requires lower vDimm.
 
Originally posted by: skillyho
Originally posted by: skywhr
vista and office installed and running smoothly
looking at OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2RPR8002GK - Retail $24.99 after mir
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Might want to go with something that requires lower vDimm.
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Is it that big of a difference 1.8-2.1?
Maybe a better question is what the best memory I can put in this?
 
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