This sound like a good deal on a desktop.

Was looking for a good deal on a everyday desktop to replace my 5 year old Emachines that has continued to get slower and slower and found this at the Dell Outlet for $247.20 using a 20% off code.

Inspiron Desktop 570 MiniTower Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium

Certified Refurbished

Piano Black

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Operating System DVD
Software

Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 645 (3.1GHz, 2MB)

6 GB DDR3 ECC SDRAM 1333MHz (4 DIMMs)

1 TB SATA 3Gbps 3.5-in (7200RPM)

16X DVD +/- RW Optical Drive

Microsoft Office Starter

No Speakers

No Modem

DataSafe Online Backup Software

Dell Support Center 64 Bit 2.0

Thermal Module Heatsink,95W

Wave Systems Software

Dell Support 2.0 Software

Dell 2-Button Mouse

125V Power Cord

Image Restore Software

Dell USB Entry Keyboard


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Fine for just internet browsing and watching videos. Not for gaming. (assuming it's integrated graphics)

great deal. this is a perfect for your emachine.

Quote from cavan : format your computer reload windows it will be like new computer

Well what I neglected to tell you was that the Emachines wasn't that great to begin with and with it being a little over 5 years old I was thinking its days were numbered anyways.


I thought about just keeping it and doing a few upgrades on it but in the end the price to upgrade it just didn't make sense vs the price/performance I hope to get out of the Dell.


Here's a brief comparision of the two. (Please don't laugh at the Emacines specs)


RAM - 1.5GB vs 6GB
The Emachines came with 512MB and I upgraded to 1.5GB soon after I bought it, plus it's shared with the video card and you can only expand it to 2GB.

Processor - Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 524 vs AMD Athlon II X4 645.

Hard Drive - 160GB vs 1TB

Windows XP vs Windows 7

Price - Think I paid about $20 more for the Dell than I for the Emachines, which at the time was a good deal.


Crazy what is now considered a "Everyday Use" computer compared to just a few years ago.


Thanks to everyone for the replies.

yes that PC will be fine for you the minitower has lots of space and good cooling you can always add a basic video card if you want to

That looks fine. The processor is about 105-110 brand new but the ram is just abuse for that system. I don't understand why it is using more than 4GB while also using 64 bit machine when it doesn't need it with those parts.

Quote from IxSyaoranxI : That looks fine. The processor is about 105-110 brand new but the ram is just abuse for that system. I don't understand why it is using more than 4GB while also using 64 bit machine when it doesn't need it with those parts.

Can to much RAM cause problems?

Just curious how it would be "abuse" for the system.


Thanks