Re: please help me assess this DELL

For such a nice system, you may want to upgrade to the E6420 processor which
has a better price/performance ratio. Also, your speakers are bottom line,
not important if you don't listen to music much but since you have other
multimedia options, you may want to invest a bit more.

Finally, if this is through Dell Home, there are some $350 off coupons
floating around...you can save $$ there to pay for upgrades!

As for the RAM, I am not an expert but I think you can go up to at least 4GB
on these systems but I'm not sure how many slots there are (2 or 4).


<quebecstat@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello everyone,

I am pasting below the description of a system that is advertised on
the website of a large retailer.

I am not seeing anything regarding how much RAM I will be able to add
in the future if extra RAM is needed. Under Process and Memory, the ad
says " 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2 Dimm (Shared)". Should
I conclude that more RAM is not an option on that system?

Many thanks for your help.



Dell E520 C2D E6320
2GB DDR2 250GB HDD
13-in-1 Media Card Reader
Combo TV Tuner w/Remote 2-year Warranty
$1,199.99
Online price
$ 1,399.99
Less coupon
- $ 200.00
YOUR COST
$ 1,199.99
Watch Demo

Operating System:
* Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium

Processor & Memory:
* Intel ® CoreT2 Duo Processor E6320 at 1.86GHz
* 4MB L2 Cache
* 1066MHz Front Side Bus
* 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2 Dimm (Shared)

Drives:
* 250GB 7200RPM SATA II Hard Drive
* Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW

Graphics & Video:

* 22 inch E228WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
* 256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache
(Shared)
* ATI Theater 650 PRO Combo Analog/Digital TV Tuner with
Remote Control
* 13-in-1 Media Card Reader

Communications:
* Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
* 56K PCI Data/Fax Modem

Audio:
* Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
* Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer

Keyboard & Mouse:
* Dell USB Multimedia Keyboard
* Dell Optical USB Mouse

Expandability:
* Externally Accessible: Two 5.25-inch bays,
one 3.5-inch bay
* Internally accessible: Two 3.5-inch bays

Ports:
* 1 Front headphone jack
* 1 Front microphone jack
* 7 USB 2.0 ports 2 front, 5 back, 1 internal for media card
reader
* 1 integrated graphics port

Slots:
* 2 PCI slots
* 1 PCIe x 1 slot
* 1PCIe x 16 (graphics) slot


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