[MRG] Dell Inspiron 530 - Celeron 420, 1GB, 160GB, $289 !!!

[njchan]

New Dell Deal - credit goes to thendless ...

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New Deal:

http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/...type=10&subid=

Remove the 19" monitor and it becomes 289!

Specs are:
Components
Intel® Celeron ® Processor 420 (1.60GHz, 800 FSB), English
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition, English
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
No Monitor

I think this is better than the original 399 deal if you were planning on upgrading the processor anyways, plus this has 1 GB or ram opposed to 512 in the orriginal!

[njchan]

does anyone have any opinions on this processor?

[thendless]

New Deal:

http://configure.dell.com/dellstore/...OC=D530CV_F_1E

Remove the 19" monitor and it becomes 289!

Specs are:
Components
Intel® Celeron ® Processor 420 (1.60GHz, 800 FSB), English
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition, English
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
No Monitor

I think this is better than the previous deal (http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...d.php?t=469481) if you were planning on upgrading the processor anyways, plus this has 1 GB or ram opposed to 512 in the old deal!

[Kodiak]

Link- page not found

[thendless]

fixed

[hagbard]

Crappy processor.

[thebigfatman]

Crappy processor.

The whole point of getting this deal is to upgrade the processor...
For the price they'd charge for any E6xxx upgrade you could get a Q6600 and trash the Celeron

[fooey]

Hmm... I took out the monitor option and it became $289.

[zappre]

I don't know if the price has changed since this was posted but after removing the monitor, the price comes up for me as $289, not $319.

I asked them if the motherboard can handle an upgrade to Dual or Quad core. He said it'll take dual, but not quad as the power supply isn't strong enough.

This price is pretty sweet, however, without MS Office 2007 and a better processor, the previous deal for $489 with those two may be more worth it. Still deciding.

[thendless]

HOly SMOKES! YOu're right! the base price went down tot 499!!! SO without monitor it is 289!! THIS IS HOT GUYS, im ordering now!

[Pyobum]

It becomes $289 when you remove the monitor, even better than $319. Perfect PC for grandma.

[fooey]

I ordered the $489 deal yesterday night. But this seems so much cheaper in comparison.

The only difference between the two deals are

$489
-E2160
-250 GB
-Office 2007

$289
-Celeron
-160 GB ($50 to upgrade to 250GB)
-no Office 2007 ($99 to have Office)

[thendless]

I ordered the $489 deal yesterday night. But this seems so much cheaper in comparison.

The only difference between the two deals are

$489
-E2160
-250 GB
-Office 2007

$289
-Celeron
-160 GB ($50 to upgrade to 250GB)
-no Office 2007 ($99 to have Office)

I think this deal is so much better if you don't have a use for office (2003 is fine for me, I tried 2007 and didn't like the interface too much) and plan on upgrading the processor. The upgrade on the HD is a waste IMO since you can get a brand new 500GB HD for a hundred bucks and I imagine a 250 for much cheaper.

[roboninja]

Anyone know if this has a free PCI-E slot for a video card upgrade? I am assuming so, as you can select better video cards from the site, but I am not paying their high prices. So does anyone know if Dell ships with the free slot even if you opt for the onboard video option?

[edbert]

So lemme get this straight for all of us interested: For $289, I would get a G33 motherboard and an expandable PCI E slot, with a horrible processor?

Are we certain the processor can be upgraded? This thread seems to suggest otherwise: http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...=469439&page=6

According to dell, the following CPU's can be sold with the 530:
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor E6420 (1.86GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor E6320 (1.86GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor 4400 (2.0GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor 4300 (1.80GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
Intel® Pentium® dual-core processor E2160 (1.80GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
Intel® Pentium® dual-core processor E2140 (1.60GHz, 1MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
Intel Celeron Processor 420 (1.60GHz, 512 L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)