RE: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade?

Memory.

$700 would buy a pretty nice machine at the Dell outlet.

You want the E520, not the E521. Right now the Intel chips are a much
better processor (price/performance) than the AMD.

Right now it looks like there is free shipping at the outlet too
(http://outlet.dell.com)

Looking right now, the MOST expensive at the outlet is $539, but the
selection is a little light. Nothing with a very fast processor.

There are, however, a number of well priced XPS410 (also known as the
Dimension 9200). A more expandable machine -- the next notch up in the
line.

I would avoid the nVidia 7300 LE video card and I would try for 2GB of
ram. ONLY look at models with Core 2 Duo. Older processors are not as
good.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Carrie [mailto:cgoodman319@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Posted At: Saturday, June 02, 2007 9:54 AM
Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Conversation: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade?
Subject: Question....Ram or CPU upgrade?

I have a limited budget of about $700 to buy a new or refurbished
system.Would it be to my advantage to bump up the ram or order a
faster
cpu
on a system.I realize that one may bottleneck the other but what would
be
best. I do some photo work and not much gaming at all.Looking at a
E520
or
E521.Appreciate any advice.Thanks, Harry


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