are there ever any dell outlet coupons?

[SophiaM]

Title says it all: are there ever any dell outlet coupons?

Second question is: are the PCs in the Dell outlet actually a deal when you take into account the coupons in the regular store.

third question: how well can I do for around $400? I don't care about video (other than having a digital video ouput). Ram is cheap to buy elsewhere. Same goes for hard drive. Minimum Core 2 duo is required (I am not compressing video and have no use for a quad, but that would be very cool). I don't care what it looks like. Any bare-bones brands I could check out? I use to like Asus.

[radford]

Title says it all: are there ever any dell outlet coupons?

Second question is: are the PCs in the Dell outlet actually a deal when you take into account the coupons in the regular store.

third question: how well can I do for around $400? I don't care about video (other than having a digital video ouput). Ram is cheap to buy elsewhere. Same goes for hard drive. Minimum Core 2 duo is required (I am not compressing video and have no use for a quad, but that would be very cool). I don't care what it looks like. Any bare-bones brands I could check out? I use to like Asus.

Ive never heard of any codes for outlet deals but maybe somebody else has.

The deals Ive seen at DELL in the lowest range was in the 400 range but you dont need much if you arent into gaming or some other heavy duty use. Even a single core would work OK.

Im sure you could get something decent but DELLs are usually complete systems though you can get them without a monitor.

Check BB and Office depot too especially if its near you and the shipping is cheaper.
BB has a AMD dual core for $369 at their site --- no monitor but it has 250 HD, 3 gigs of ram and a DVD writer. Also has builtin video.

Theres a similar system there with 19" widescreen for 450.

[SophiaM]

is the $50-$75 cost of getting a Intel Core 2 Quad - 2330 over a Core 2 Duo - 2800 worthwhile? Any compatibility reasons not to get a quad? (I thought I remember there being a configuration option where the duo can be significantly overclocked and may exceed the preformance of a 2.3 Ghz quad)

[radford]

is the $50-$75 cost of getting a Intel Core 2 Quad - 2330 over a Core 2 Duo - 2800 worthwhile? Any compatibility reasons not to get a quad? (I thought I remember there being a configuration option where the duo can be significantly overclocked and may exceed the preformance of a 2.3 Ghz quad)

I assume its a DELL. Its hard to tell from the DELL models. I dont see that model anywhere. You definitely dont need a quad to surf the net and do any of the usual stuff. The newer quads and dual core CPUs supposedly OC better.

Personally I heard that they all OC well but my older quad 6600 and 3 e5200s are very mediocre OCers. The e7200 I got later was much better since it was a newer 45nm. Part of that was due to I think my MSI motherboards which use the older 650i nvidia chips. It seems like the 680 and 700 series nvidia OCed much better and so did the Intel boards.

I assume all the 45nm chips OC pretty well. You dont really need much like I mentioned, they are all fast enough for everyday uses. If you want to get the quad , there are no problems in getting the quad in regards to software that I know of. People have said the 1000-2000 Intel series OC well.

I have to admit my e7200 though its perfectly fine stock , after Ocing it a fair amount feels snappier even with everyday use. One thing about the DELLs and other rebuilt systems - Im not sure how well the MBs OC, the options for OCing etc.

If you want to get an idea about the Intels CPUs out there Newegg generally has most of them.

Choose processors, Intel and sort by lowest price
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000340343%2050001157&bop=And&Order=PRICE

[SophiaM]

I didn't say a particular model because there are lots of options with basically the same specs. Nonetheless, I ordered a quad core (Q8200 intel), in a small bookshelf design (the Studio 540s) for $400. These include HDMI out. (unfortunately this processor does not support visualization, but the traditional methods of using VMware should still work fine)

Now back to fixing a Phaser 840. I have the printhead in the convection oven so that I can melt the wax blow it out of hopefully the bad jet. We'll see how that goes.

It is often nice to be an electrical engineer.

[radford]

I didn't say a particular model because there are lots of options with basically the same specs. Nonetheless, I ordered a quad core (Q8200 intel), in a small bookshelf design (the Studio 540s) for $400. These include HDMI out. (unfortunately this processor does not support visualization, but the traditional methods of using VMware should still work fine)

Now back to fixing a Phaser 840. I have the printhead in the convection oven so that I can melt the wax blow it out of hopefully the bad jet. We'll see how that goes.

It is often nice to be an electrical engineer.

Some of the really compact Dells , posters have said they had very limited upgrade options in regards to cards because the case was so small. I think they had to get halfheight cards. I dont know if this is still the case but a few people who had a slightly older model complained about it.