has to be a laptop?
Yeah - he has a desktop already. He actually needs it for work but since he does experiments 24 hours 7 days a week - he couldn't raid coz he has to be at the lab. So he's looking to get a laptop so he can raid while waiting for experiments to finish
INSPIRON 15:
System Color: Jet Black
Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T4200 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/1MB cache)
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1 64 Bit
1 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
Bright, glossy widescreen 15.6 WLED display (1366x768)
Memory: 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz
Hard Drive: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Video Card: 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330
Combo or DVD+RW Drive: 8X CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
Battery Options: 6-cell battery
Wireless Networking Cards: Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card
Integrated Web Cam: Integrated 1.3 MP Webcam
Sound: High Definition Audio 2.0
Network: Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Software - Antivirus: McAfee 30 day Trial
Datasafe: Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
Dell Remote Access: Dell Remote Access, free basic service
Price 599.00 pre tax / shipping
To lower the price you can reduce the ram by a gig and lower the screen quality and you'll save 50 bucks
Quote only good for today
He got this Laptop on the Deal and it's a Core 2 Duo which is better than the Dual Core - Except I advised that it doesn't have a dedicated video card at least...Inspiron 15 Qty 1
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6400 (2.00GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1 32 Bit Unit Price $709.00
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Catalog Number: 29 DNDOZZ1
Module Description Show Details
INSPIRON 15 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6400 (2.00GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1 32 Bit
System Color Jet Black
Memory 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz
LCD Panel Bright, glossy widescreen 15.6 WLED display (1366x768)
Video Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD
Hard Drive 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Network Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0
Combo or DVD+RW Drive 8X CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
Sound High Definition Audio 2.0
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card
Integrated Web Cam Integrated 1.3 MP Webcam
Productivity Microsoft® Works 9
Software - Antivirus McAfee 30 day Trial
Battery Options 6-cell battery
Hardware Support Services 1 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
Datasafe Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
Dial-Up Internet Access No ISP requested
PROCESSOR LABELS Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor
OS LABELS Windows Vista™ Premium
Dell Remote Access Dell Remote Access, free basic service
TOTAL: $534.00
Here's a link, he'll need to make a profile and yes there is an option for that core 2 duo, but it is about 160 more dollars. As an aside there are 10 days of deals... Tomorrow we may have different ones, but I am not at liberty to say. This deal will only be good for today. This system starts at 499.00
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellsto...=19&oc=DNDOZZ1
Yeah - I'm not technically savvy to know the performance difference between Core 2 Duo and Dual Core. Some swear their lives to only work with Core 2 Duo and not touch Dual Core (in New Egg anyway). Any inputs from the forum gurus?
A human being is a part of a whole_universe_a part limited in time and space He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty
Good cause I don't know a motherboard from a microchip.
A human being is a part of a whole_universe_a part limited in time and space He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest A kind of optical delusion of his consciousness This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty
Properly placing a CPU heatsink with CPU can be a pain too. Otherwise, /bore
This is a possibility...
Thinking of pulling a Doc-Oct here... but really only looking for a new case, motherboard, and cpu... and potentially a power supply.
Right now, I'm running a Pentium E2180 (2ghz dual core, 1mb L2 cache), 4gbs of DDR2 Corsair ram, and a Nvidia Gefroce 8800 GTX, all on a 300w power supply (bad idea, I know).
I'm thinking my card and RAM would hold up for a while longer, but my mid-size case is giving me some heat issues, especially after extended periods. The MoBo also won't hold up as I've already reached its' memory capacity, so I'd like to upgrade that as well. The current dual core isn't bad, but it is starting to be a limiting factor in some areas.
I was wondering if you guys knew of any deals or had any sort of suggestions... I'd like to keep my purchase under $400, but that might be a little hard to do.
As far as the case goes, I'm not too particular about looks... I just want enough space for a huge video card and adequate airflow. Looking through newegg, I came across (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811103011) and (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811215006), neither of which I'm particularly crazy about, but they might do the job.
With the processor, I really don't feel like I (or anyone, for that matter) can really make use of a Quad-Core, so I'd prefer a mid to high end dual core instead. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115037) is about the closest fit I could find... it must be such a high seller for a reason, right?
As far as the motherboard goes, I really don't know what I'm looking for//at. I know some things (I'd like memory expandable to 16gb, but 8 would be fine as well) and that I don't require the space for 2 huge cards to SLI or anything... but beyond that is pretty much free reign.
The last concern is the power supply... I'm rather surprised I haven't overdone my 300w with what I've got on it right now, so I'd imagine this is probably a high priority. I've got a 450w sitting around that I actually tried to install today, but I couldn't get the damn thing to turn on even though I was positive it was plugged in correctly, so it might be dead. I've heard some people swear by particular power supplies, so I'm open to suggestions here as well.
GA-EP45-UD3R/GA-EP45-UD3P for motherboard is a solid choice. For power supplies, the best values currently are Mushkin 550200 and OCZ600MXSP (ymmv on rebate here); for more high end stuff look at Corsair CMPSU-520HX. Case is more difficult, but I'm leaning towards Cooler Master HAF 922. Oh, and don't forget the heatsink, such as the Thermalright Ultra 120.