03-04-2012, 06:27 AM
(03-03-2012, 06:47 AM)-Magi Wrote: http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.asp...ngItemName
If I did it right maybe the link above will take you to the latest offer I received from Costso. I wanted to compare what Costco has to what Dell offers and I get confused. So - I will keep it simple .... does this one look like a good deal? Anyone want to check out Dell's offerings and see if there is something better at that price or even up to $200 more. I have monitors...quite a few. They are not wide screen, but I am assuming that I can use the ones I have now and upgrade more later. I am pretty sure that my sound system has 6 speakers and guess that would work with this.
Any reviewers and advisors? Thanks!
That machine will be miles better than the specs of the machine that you had from 2005. Even the video card is better. If you don't make any changes, then the 460W power supply will be fine. Any screens you have lying around from the 2005 ish days will work with no issues.
Yes - if you goose the video card to the Nvidia 560 or ATI 6850 or higher - you may well want to look at a 550W or higher power supply (I use a 550W Antec on a similar machine with 3 x 7200rpm drives and an ATI 6870 - runs fine).
Dell usually make quite acceptable gear. Costco are probably just being a reseller - there are box stores here in Australia that do the same.
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