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Old 02-25-2010, 05:24 PM   #8
Jmac
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What do you think of this?
Studio XPS 8100
Intel® Core™ i7-860 processor(8MB Cache, 2.80GHz)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
24.0" Dell ST2410 Full HD Monitor with VGA cable
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 4 DIMMs
1TB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3
Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis


Well for me it would be streaming vid/tv, surfing and some light gaming. My girlfriend uses adobe photoshop, photoimpact and all those photo editing stuff?

There is the Inspirion one as well alittle cheaper
Inspiron 545
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q8300 (4MB L2, 2.5GHz, 1333FSB)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
24.0" Dell ST2410 Full HD Monitor with VGA cable
8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
1TB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Integrated Intel® GMA 3100 Graphics
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis

I have an option to change the video card to this one on the xps8100 instead:
nVidia GeForce GTS240 1024MB GDDR3

I can get that xps system for about 900 or so plus taxes
5450 is not for gaming at all ...

If your GF does Photoshop, go w/ the Nvidia card for better performance ...

Edit: Nevermind, $120 can get you a much better aftermarket card than the GTS240 ... Just take the 5450 and give it away or sell it for like $20 or something ...
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