Is this computer any good?

Question

Dell Inspiron 531:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4400+
Windows Vista Home Premium
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU (I plan to replace this with a GeForce 8800 GTS 320 MB later)
Internal PCI 802.11g Wireless Network Card

I plan to edit videos and play the occasional game.

Oh ya and I can get it for $680

Answer 1

good computer especially your upgrade graphics card. oOoooOOO nasty!

Answer 2

Ok since u don't go for home build. AMD dual core isn't the fastest anymore intel is ( but I am a amd fan guy myself so good cpu)
Windows vista will slow down everything (games opengl etc..)and eat allot ram allot.
You wont see a benifit of dual channel memory its marketing hype and a big waste of money 1 stick of mem works fine dp you really need 2 gig??? is overkill u can allways place in stick over the years when for example games get heavier. I would go for a SATA II faster but smaller HD but thats just me (don't go for raptors of WesternD at 10 000 rpm its to fast speed they break, even though sata 2 is faster now) the cheap graphics card is fine unless u really need 16X AA and useless things like that YOU wont see it anyway on a modern monitor at high resolution! With all the money I told you to save on get a faster cpu (unless u know how to overclock)

Answer 3

not bad, but does it come w/ a monitor? if it does then yea its sort of good, but on the memory your gonna need to go to 3 or 4gb for Vista premium, and is the Vista a upgrade from XP? best if it is not though its still a good system, and that graphics may cost a bit to upgrade but you'll need it for vista too,
I wouldnt buy it myself, and im running vista, so i kind of know.
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I dont know where your getting it from but if i were you I would go to Dell Outlet at Dell,com and compare with those they have, i have 5 dells and 2 are outlets models and they cost 1/2 the price of the new ones and have no bugs like my new ones, as all the bugs were worked out.
so i would take my time and search there.
Also with Dell best to get a XPS if you can afford it, better service and better qualtiy
good luck!

Answer 4

Check the Dell web site. It looks like you can get that configuration for less (unless your price includes monitor or software).

I have a Dimension C521 that I bought in March. Dell recently retired the "Dimension" name, I think Inspiron 531s is the current version of what I bought. It has no trouble doing what I ask of it, though I haven't pushed the limits.

Megabraingeek: They didn't build from the ground up. Vista is Windows NT 6.0. (XP is NT 5.1.)

Answer 5

It's good, except for the "Windows Vista Home Premium" part. Try to find it with anything other than Vista- XP, Ubuntu, or even buy a Mac instead. Vista is a horrible operating system for video editing (even worse than a Mac at it, if that's even possible) and is not compatible with most games. Those are the problems with operating systems designed by idiots building from the ground up.

Answer 6

Two things to look into:

Is that hard drive really big enough for video editing?

You will probably need to upgrade your PSU as well as you Graphics card. I doubt the one that comes in this will be able to handle the 8800. Also make sure the cooling system can do so.

Great price though. I would go for it and do whatever upgrades are necessary.

Answer 7

On a Mac, shift/administration/3 takes a photograph of the reveal. in case you press shift/administration/4, you are able to click and drag over the section you prefer; the photograph is taken once you launch the mouse button.

Answer 8

Yes this is very good it's a desktop right? If so also add a ethernet cable to it for HSI (High Speed Internet)

Answer 9

Excellent for gaming.

borderline for Video Editing:
YOU NEED MORE MEMORY if you are doing any video editing! 4GB RAM min, 8GB recommended.

Answer 10

yes any dell computer is good and they have really good upgrades