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Core 2 Quad-Core QX6700 (2.66GHz)
2 GIG DDR2 RAM 667 [2 x 1024]
160GB Serial ATA (10000 Rpm) Hard Drive
+ (2nd) Additional 160GB Serial ATA (10000 Rpm) Hard Drive
+ (3rd) Additional 160GB Serial ATA (10000 Rpm) Hard Drive
+ 1 x Empty Hard Drive Bay – (for future storage expansion)

2 x 512MB (Dual - Making 1 GB) nVidia GeForce 7950GX2 Graphics Cards

DVD+/-RW Drive & separate DVD-ROM Drive
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Sound Card
Genuine Dell Windows XP 'Media Centre'
 
checked dell and they dont make anything like that

they want over 1k just for that cpu... if i was u m8 id be weary of the seller
 
He's a power seller with 98.8% feedback, he says it's been refurbished by dell and comes with a 1 yr return to dell warranty..


What do you think of the graphics card
 
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1) £1300 for a generation old graphics card-based PC - and SLi at that? Don't bother. Especially given just how incompetent nV are with their drivers at the moment - especially SLi-wise

2) would you actually use the quad core, or are you just impressed that you'd have more cores?

3) how can any new PC that comes with dual drives not have both of them as writers? They only cost £17 :S

4) where are these 10,000rpm 160gb drives coming from, as the only 10,000rpm SATA drives I know of are 150gb. Just be wary - it's a little thing with little consequences if the rest is fine, but it's a general sign that the guy doesn't really know his stuff

5) because of the above it probably has a Q-tec PSU :P
 
paul_64l said:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1034452
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Thats a forum post, it's no more valid them a post here.....

However to point something out my 74gb raptor shows in windows as 69.2gb, so its the other way round..... not what they say in that forum post you linked to....

Same as my 250gb drive is shown as 232gb.... the spec you see on websites is the larger number, where as for real world use you see the smaller number.

So you have your figures wrong mate... ;) .... don't trust one forum over another, as neither are more valid then the other....
 
paul_64l said:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1034452
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And, shock horror, the only links in that thread are 1) dead now, and 2) a manual search only brings about drives of 36, 74gb and 150gb.

Shockingly, the only references I can find after a quick Goodle point to a Dell rebadged Raptor which formats to the... same as the WD one. Wouldn't be a surprise, as Dell falsely advertised the 74gb Raptor as an 80gb one previously.
 
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Arctic Cooling Arctic Fan 12025L 120mm Fan - 3 Pin Arctic Cooling Arctic Fan 12025L 120mm Fan - 3 Pin £4.99
(£5.86) £4.99
(£5.86)
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU £79.99
(£93.99) £79.99
(£93.99)
Thermalright Ultra-120 (Socket 754/939/940/LGA775) Heatsink Thermalright Ultra-120 (Socket 754/939/940/LGA775) Heatsink £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£21.14) £17.99
(£21.14)
Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 400GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £46.99
(£55.21) £93.98
(£110.42)
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £314.99
(£370.11) £314.99
(£370.11)
Team Elite 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TEDD2048M800HC5DC) Team Elite 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C5 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (TEDD2048M800HC5DC) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Abit AB9 Quad GT (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Abit AB9 Quad GT (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Intel Xeon 3200 Series X3210 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Xeon 3200 Series X3210 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £244.99
(£287.86) £244.99
(£287.86)
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66J-02289) Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66J-02289) £74.99
(£88.11) £74.99
(£88.11)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Soundcard - OEM Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Soundcard - OEM £21.99
(£25.84) £21.99
(£25.84)
Sub Total : £1,113.87
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.95
Vat : £197.19
Total : £1,324.01

;)
 
paul_64l said:
doesnt it just show 512mb of ram.. you dont gain memory from sli iirc
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Correct, the vram is mirrored.



The proper SI unit for the MB is 10^6 bytes and that is what hdd manufactures use, if dell decided there are 1024MB in a GB then the capacity would be less than 150GB not more than 150GB, they must be counting less than 1000MB in a GB! Unless WD are the only hardware manufacturer that doesn't use the proper SI unit, I think thats unlikely though as they would be selling themselves short. Of course there may actually be a 160GB drive. :p
 
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