Hello all,
I've always built my own systems so this realm is a little bit out of my territory. I am assisting a friend with his small business and he wanted me to pick out a couple of Dell desktops. Custom builds and other brands are out of the questions so that weeds out the hundreds of selections that I might have to go through, yes! I will be performing the support for these desktops so I want something easily accessible and upgradeable (Available video card slot is a must).
Budget for each desktop (not including monitor):
$500-$600
Usage:
One desktop will be used for heavy accounting and office work.
The second desktop will be used for basic office work, media playback, minor music editing. This second desktop will require a monitor but will not be a part of the $500-$600 budget.
I did some research and below are some configurations that struck my interest. I would like to see if you guys can link me to a better configuration and what to look for when purchasing a prebuild from Dell.
I was thinking of getting the Inspiron as the accounting machine.
Inspiron 580 Desktop
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/inspiron-580/pd?oc=bi5s81&model_id=inspiron-580
$549.00
Intel® CoreTM i3 550 (3.2GHz/4MB cache)
Windows 7 Home 64 Bit
6GB DDR3 at 1333MHz
1TB Sata 7200 RPM
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
16x DVD+/-RW
For the second machine, I was thinking of getting the Vostro 460 Mini Tower.
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellst...en&s=bsd&cs=04&model_id=vostro-460&vw=classic
$729
Intel® CoreTM i5 2400 (3.1GHz/6MB cache)
Dell E Series E2011H 20"W Monitor
2GB2 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz
320GB3 SATA hard drive (7200RPM)
1024MB AMD RadeonTM HD6450
Single Drive: 16X (DVD+/-RW) Burner Drive
This one comes with a video card and a monitor which is going to be needed as mentioned above.
What do you guys think? Any good deals that I am overlooking?
I've always built my own systems so this realm is a little bit out of my territory. I am assisting a friend with his small business and he wanted me to pick out a couple of Dell desktops. Custom builds and other brands are out of the questions so that weeds out the hundreds of selections that I might have to go through, yes! I will be performing the support for these desktops so I want something easily accessible and upgradeable (Available video card slot is a must).
Budget for each desktop (not including monitor):
$500-$600
Usage:
One desktop will be used for heavy accounting and office work.
The second desktop will be used for basic office work, media playback, minor music editing. This second desktop will require a monitor but will not be a part of the $500-$600 budget.
I did some research and below are some configurations that struck my interest. I would like to see if you guys can link me to a better configuration and what to look for when purchasing a prebuild from Dell.
I was thinking of getting the Inspiron as the accounting machine.
Inspiron 580 Desktop
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/inspiron-580/pd?oc=bi5s81&model_id=inspiron-580
$549.00
Intel® CoreTM i3 550 (3.2GHz/4MB cache)
Windows 7 Home 64 Bit
6GB DDR3 at 1333MHz
1TB Sata 7200 RPM
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
16x DVD+/-RW
For the second machine, I was thinking of getting the Vostro 460 Mini Tower.
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellst...en&s=bsd&cs=04&model_id=vostro-460&vw=classic
$729
Intel® CoreTM i5 2400 (3.1GHz/6MB cache)
Dell E Series E2011H 20"W Monitor
2GB2 Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz
320GB3 SATA hard drive (7200RPM)
1024MB AMD RadeonTM HD6450
Single Drive: 16X (DVD+/-RW) Burner Drive
This one comes with a video card and a monitor which is going to be needed as mentioned above.
What do you guys think? Any good deals that I am overlooking?