[EXPIRED]Dell E520, Core2Duo VistaPremium 22"

[Sammy709Sony930]

Dell - Search for E-Value code NPUK5-D04E06A (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=702&a=60823&g=871344&url=http://lt.dell.com/lt/lt.aspx?CID=5212&LID=122756&DGC=AF&DGSegHS&ACD=^^&AID=¤¤&DURL=http%253A//www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/topics/ecomm/evalue%253Fc%253Duk%2526l%253Den%2526s%253Ddhs%2526cs%253Dukdhs1%2526%257Eck%253Danavml)

It's back!

The Dell Core2Duo with 22" widescreen TFT for £478.99 (UPDATE!!! As of 12/04 its down to £418.99 !!! )

Didn't last long, price now up and 22" screen dropped to 20"

Components
Intel®Viiv™technology-Intel®Core™2Duo E4300 processor(1.80GHz,800MHz,2MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP)
1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz [2x512] Memory
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
256MB nVidia® GeForce® 7300 Turbocache graphics card
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
Dell™ Black Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Ire (QWERTY)
Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
Accessories
Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability
No Speakers
Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader
No Modem
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
No digital photo sharing or editing software selected.
Also Includes
List D04E06a Dimension E520
E520 English Documentation with UK Power Cord
DHS Inspiron / Dimension Flyer
Dimension Order - UK
Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
Save £50 inc VAT
Dell Internet Order.
Dimension Resource DVD for Vista

Dell - Search for E-Value code NPUK5-D04E06A (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=702&a=60823&g=871344&url=http://lt.dell.com/lt/lt.aspx?CID=5212&LID=122756&DGC=AF&DGSegHS&ACD=^^&AID=¤¤&DURL=http%253A//www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/topics/ecomm/evalue%253Fc%253Duk%2526l%253Den%2526s%253Ddhs%2526cs%253Dukdhs1%2526%257Eck%253Danavml)

[Ono]

Full e-value code is:

NPUK5-D04E06A

[RobinBooth]

Bought the last one but would have preferred to pay an extra £13 for the larger hard drive and graphics card in this one. C'est la vie :)

[nig5]

Does it have a firewire port?

[Sammy709Sony930]

Does it have a firewire port?

Nope.

[nig5]

Would I be able to easily add a firewire card?

[Sammy709Sony930]

Of course, I added a firewire card to mine and it even worked under Vista!

[Maffy]

Yep.

[nig5]

Thanks. Can't seem to find this PC even with the code...

[Phayze]

That's a stupid deal! How long do these usually last for? I'm tempted to buy one just for the monitor upgrade.

[mhocking]

That's a stupid deal! How long do these usually last for? I'm tempted to buy one just for the monitor upgrade.

Is this a mistype as I cannot find this deal on their website at all. I can find the e-value offer code but it starts much high at £599 with no option to reduce support & "only" includes a 20" panel?

Mark

[Sammy709Sony930]

I could supply a direct link, but it wouldn't be affiliated, so can't.

Try "Desktops" -> "Home" -> "Entertainment", second from left.

[mhocking]

I could supply a direct link, but it wouldn't be affiliated, so can't.

Could you email?

mark dot hocking at tesco.net

cheers

mark

[Toge]

if anyone wants to sell the system i'd happy take it off their hands for 200 quid :)

[peg20]

Thanks. Gone for this one.

[Phayze]

Is this a mistype as I cannot find this deal on their website at all. I can find the e-value offer code but it starts much high at £599 with no option to reduce support & "only" includes a 20" panel?
It wasn't there when I clicked on the link, but searching for the value code in the top left found it.

Does anyone know how the 3 monitors (without spending +£250) compare?

Dell™ 20" UltraSharp™ Digital Flat Panel (2007FP)
Dell™ 20" UltraSharp™ Wide Aspect Digital/Analogue Flat Panel (2007FPW)
Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP)

The E228WFP is included, but are the UltraSharp's that much better?

[bsdbm]

Still there for me on the Dell website under the e-value code quoted above...

Shame i have my year old Dell dimension 5100 which i was thinking of selling - this could hit my resale value!! :(

[mhocking]

cheers found it now! Anyone know if the processor upgrades are worth it? Standard one comes with 800mhz fsb, but for an extra £50 you can go for the 1066 or is it better to upgrade to 2gb of ram? So many options!

Mark

[WillieL]

Use shop by E-value code option down the page on left hand side with this code UKDHSONL-D04E06a Dell states offer valid till 11th April

[Sammy709Sony930]

The CPU it comes with is fine, I'd go for the HDD upgrade myself. 250->320 for 17 quid odd.

I'd upgrade the RAM to 2G, but not from Dell. I purchased a 1G stick on Ebay for £30 delivered.

Just received my 500G Seagate HDD from Ebuyer. Didn't come with a SATA cable, so need to purchase one of those.

[nig5]

Approx how much would it cost to add a firewire card, an extra 1GB of RAM and a wireless LAN card? (Not buying these from Dell obviously!)

[Bobo Justus]

This ia a fantastic deal for almost anyone.

I'd say (in my terms) that the base is 'entry level' and a bit restrictive but that won't stop me buying one beacuse I'll keep the TFT and sell the base.

[mhocking]

The CPU it comes with is fine, I'd go for the HDD upgrade myself. 250->320 for 17 quid odd.

I'd upgrade the RAM to 2G, but not from Dell. I purchased a 1G stick on Ebay for £30 delivered.

Just received my 500G Seagate HDD from Ebuyer. Didn't come with a SATA cable, so need to purchase one of those.

I'm sure I have got one of those lying around at home (I take it you mean the data cable rather than the power connector). Drop me your address & I'll stick it in the post.

Mark

[Bobo Justus]

Approx how much would it cost to add a firewire card, an extra 1GB of RAM and a wireless LAN card? (Not buying these from Dell obviously!)Pity they supply 2x512 with the base as I assume it has only 4 slots ie you're as good as limited to 2GB which I'd say is the minimum for a happy PC life with Vista.

Firewire cards cost less than £8 but I'm not sure I'd go for a PCI LAN wireless but if you do I'd say <£20.

[Sammy709Sony930]

I'm sure I have got one of those lying around at home (I take it you mean the data cable rather than the power connector). Drop me your address & I'll stick it in the post.

Mark

Good man! Yes I mean the data cable. I'll e-mail you.

[mhocking]

Pity they supply 2x512 with the base as I assume it has only 4 slots ie you're as good as limited to 2GB which I'd say is the minimum for a happy PC life with Vista.

Firewire cards cost less than £8 but I'm not sure I'd go for a PCI LAN wireless but if you do I'd say <£20.

Damn these forums...if you take another E520 base unit they are doing free upgrade to 2gb of ram, with 320gb hard disk & 19" dvi monitor it comes to a reasonable £599.

Is the 22" non dvi panel any good? I have a 17" Illyama dvi panel at the moment & would worry it would be a step down in quality?

Mark

[Anil00]

This ia a fantastic deal for almost anyone.

I'd say (in my terms) that the base is 'entry level' and a bit restrictive but that won't stop me buying one beacuse I'll keep the TFT and sell the base.

I'd buy the base from you...for a reasonable price.

Drop me a mail if you want to discuss :thumbs:

[nig5]

As this comes with 2 x 512MB RAM sticks would I need to buy a 1GB stick or 2 more 512MB sticks to upgrade to 2GB or doesn't this matter?!

[Sammy709Sony930]

As this comes with 2 x 512MB RAM sticks would I need to buy a 1GB stick or 2 more 512MB sticks to upgrade to 2GB or doesn't this matter?!

Doesn't matter, apart from when you want to go above 2G in the future, whence you'll need to get shot of some half giggers.

[Sammy709Sony930]

mhocking YGM.

[RobinBooth]

Damn these forums...if you take another E520 base unit they are doing free upgrade to 2gb of ram, with 320gb hard disk & 19" dvi monitor it comes to a reasonable £599.

Mark

What does this mean? You get two PCs with monitors etc for £599? :eek:

[mhocking]

What does this mean? You get two PCs with monitors etc for £599? :eek:

No sorry, this is a different base model but is also differently priced! It makes it hard to make comparisons!

[DCH]

Doesn't matter, apart from when you want to go above 2G in the future, whence you'll need to get shot of some half giggers.

Are you sure? According to Crucial this system needs memory in pairs, so an extra 1GB would be 2x512.

I'd be delighted to be convinced that's not the case as I just bought an E520 (the smaller monitor, bigger CPU and HD one that was on offer last week at this price).

d.

[snow-munki]

THanks OP just went for one.

Also bought the offer last time for my uncle :p

[Crawf]

Damn, guess its time to upgrade anyway and I cant be bothered with all that shopping about for bits malarky....

[farmroad38]

Damn these forums...if you take another E520 base unit they are doing free upgrade to 2gb of ram, with 320gb hard disk & 19" dvi monitor it comes to a reasonable £599.

Is the 22" non dvi panel any good? I have a 17" Illyama dvi panel at the moment & would worry it would be a step down in quality?

Mark

Are you sure it's non-DVI? I looked up the model number, and the tech specs say it has both analogue and DVI-D inputs.

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/e228wfp?c=au&cs=audhs1&l=en&s=dhs

[unrealnils]

Does anyone know how the 3 monitors (without spending +£250) compare?

Dell™ 20" UltraSharp™ Digital Flat Panel (2007FP)
Dell™ 20" UltraSharp™ Wide Aspect Digital/Analogue Flat Panel (2007FPW)
Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP)

The E228WFP is included, but are the UltraSharp's that much better?

Yes ULtra sharps are much better if ya gonna play games and watch films........

As for the 2 20inch monitors one pan scan and one wide i would rather have a widescreen monitor personally

[Grizzo]

is the Gfx card easily upgradeable in these? Are there any space restrictions that rule out specific cards?

Cheers!

Seems like a very tempting deal...

[Phayze]

Yes ULtra sharps are much better if ya gonna play games and watch films........

As for the 2 20inch monitors one pan scan and one wide i would rather have a widescreen monitor personally
Not really a gaming/film rig (360+50" HD plasma does for that), more of a designer thing, so i think 1600x1200 would probably be better for me than 1600x1050. Having said that, I never seem to use the full hight at the minute, and always want more lateral desktop space. Decisions decisons... damn you bargain forum!

[RobinBooth]

is the Gfx card easily upgradeable in these? Are there any space restrictions that rule out specific cards?

Cheers!

Seems like a very tempting deal...

I bought a cheapie X850XT yesterday and had to remove the double-height fixing plate from the card before it would fit in the slot. This was due to the USB port casings being so close to the PCI-E slot.
If you take a look at the pic on this site :
http://www.retekdirect.co.uk/
And imagine the grill coming up and *just* hitting the underside of the USB ports. There was easily enough space for the fan casing though the exhaust is muffled by some of the metal of the case itself too.

Cheers,

Rob

[JamesThomson]

Very tempting.

[worthit]

Coming up at £478.98 for me. Tried both e-value codes given earlier :thinking:

[el_nello]

Damn these forums...if you take another E520 base unit they are doing free upgrade to 2gb of ram, with 320gb hard disk & 19" dvi monitor it comes to a reasonable £599.

Is the 22" non dvi panel any good? I have a 17" Illyama dvi panel at the moment & would worry it would be a step down in quality?

Mark
Are you sure it's non-DVI? I looked up the model number, and the tech specs say it has both analogue and DVI-D inputs.

http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/e228wfp?c=au&cs=audhs1&l=en&s=dhs

The 22" monitor has DVI & Analogue inputs and comes with both cables. I'm 99.9% sure this is the same monitor I got recently with works computers after talking them into upgrading from a 19" or 20". I can't check the model number just now.
Can't comment on quality as I've nothing to compare it directly with.

[internetuser]

I have just gone for this.

Already got a 20" dell widescreen, so may have dual output on both the 22" and 20"... May need a bigger desknow

The 20" has DVI, VGA and Composite and SVIDEO

Infacty does anybody know if the 256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro graphics supplied is dual output ?

[el_nello]

I have just gone for this.

Already got a 20" dell widescreen, so may have dual output on both the 22" and 20"... May need a bigger desknow

The 20" has DVI, VGA and Composite and SVIDEO

Infacty does anybody know if the 256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro graphics supplied is dual output ?

Think this was the card in the machines we got and it has DVI, Analogue and SVideo outputs.

[snow-munki]

Coming up at £478.98 for me. Tried both e-value codes given earlier :thinking:

that's correct...

[toffee]

thanks to OP. My aging desktop was in need of replacing. was considering upgrading bits and bobs on it, but frankly for this price it aint worth the hassle. Job Done!

[toffee]

oh - i looked for reviews for that Monitor and it seemed well reviewed, at £300!

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/reviews/102349/dell-e228wfp.html

[Sammy709Sony930]

oh - i looked for reviews for that Monitor and it seemed well reviewed, at £300!

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/reviews/102349/dell-e228wfp.html

Having used it now for nearly a month I can thoroughly recommend it!

[toast]

Infacty does anybody know if the 256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro graphics supplied is dual output ?

looks like 256MB nVidia® GeForce® 7300 Turbocache graphics card is supplied - is the Radeon worth the £17 upgrade ?

[nig5]

Thanks OP, gone for this with the 320GB HDD - will make a nice replacement for my 4 year old Medion from Aldi.

[worthit]

Coming up at £478.98 for me. Tried both e-value codes given earlier

that's correct...

I misread it as cheaper though :D

I would go for it, but already have the HP 20.1" ws monitor. Anyone want to take a Dell 22" monitor off of me? (not free though :nono: )

[snow-munki]

I misread it as cheaper though :D

I would go for it, but already have the HP 20.1" ws monitor. Anyone want to take a Dell 22" monitor off of me? (not free though :nono: )

£5 ? :n0rty: :D

[dvds2000]

I misread it as cheaper though :D

I would go for it, but already have the HP 20.1" ws monitor. Anyone want to take a Dell 22" monitor off of me? (not free though :nono: )

I was thinking of doing this too - the monitors seems to sell on ebay for between £225 and £250, so even if you got £200 off the monitor this system seems a good deal for around £280 (or £230 if you manage to get the £250)

Or if anyone wants to buy this and sells the base, let me know :)

[dvds2000]

Dell are :nuts:

Called them for a price without monitor and got told £390.00
Said I could easily sell the monitor (as I don't need it) for at least £200, so he offered me the system for £350 :nuts:

So I told him not to bother and I'll just order with monitor, sell it and therefore get the base for around £250-280 and he said hold on, I can actually do you a much better deal

System above, with 500gb hard drive, 2gb ram and a dvd rom (this after explaining I don't need a 250gb HD let alone a 500gb, and didn't need an extra dvd drive), for an outstanding £715 (with monitor) :nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

[ought]

Damn these forums...if you take another E520 base unit they are doing free upgrade to 2gb of ram, with 320gb hard disk & 19" dvi monitor it comes to a reasonable £599.

Is the 22" non dvi panel any good? I have a 17" Illyama dvi panel at the moment & would worry it would be a step down in quality?

Mark

Umm, can you explain this as I don't quite get it. I need a new PC and so do the parents so this sounds interesting... Thanks!

[MackemX]

I'm selling the brand new base straight away as I only wanted the monitor. I currently have a 17" Dell TFT that has served me well but I couldn't resist a cheap option of a 22" upgrade

the only option I modified was the Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse for an extra £37.60 seeing as it's £45 at Amazon :) so total price of £516.59

Dell are :nuts:

Called them for a price without monitor and got told £390.00
Said I could easily sell the monitor (as I don't need it) for at least £200, so he offered me the system for £350 :nuts:

So I told him not to bother and I'll just order with monitor, sell it and therefore get the base for around £250-280 and he said hold on, I can actually do you a much better deal

System above, with 500gb hard drive, 2gb ram and a dvd rom (this after explaining I don't need a 250gb HD let alone a 500gb, and didn't need an extra dvd drive), for an outstanding £715 (with monitor) :nuts: :nuts: :nuts:

you sure it's a good deal? :thinking:, if you custom build to those specs it's £631.73 for me

Upgrade charge
500GB £44.62
DVDROM £17.63
1GB memory £70.50
Total=£132.75

so £132.75 added to £478.98=£631.73

and even so you can get a 250GB Hard Drive, DVD ROM and 1GB memory for a lot less than £132.75 ;). I'll probably upgrade it with my spare parts along with installing extra programs so it will be better than the original base unit when I sell it. In my eyes you are paying around £210 for the base if you take off £200 for monitor and £60 delivery which is a crazy price :doh:

I priced up the spec to build this PC and it's into the £600's so you can't go wrong at this price as even the standard base unit is at least £430.

My PC breakdown price of £475 below are rough guesstimate prices and this is without delivery which would be from multiple places if you wanted the cheapest and this doesn't include everything either

£90 processor
£30 motherboard
£45 Keyboard/mouse (upgrade)
£70 OS
£85 memory
£35 graphics
£70 hard drive
£20 case
£15 keyboard mouse
£15 dvd writer

so that's £475 without the monitor which is around £200ish ;) and I paid £516 with the 22" monitor

it's crazy as a few years ago you could save £100's building your own system, now you save £100's buying them and breaking them up :doh: :thinking: :nuts:

[dvds2000]

I'm selling the brand new base straight away as I only wanted the monitor. I currently have a 17" Dell TFT that has served me well but I couldn't resist a cheap option of a 22" upgrade

how much you want for it?

you sure it's a good deal? :thinking:, if you custom build to those specs it's £631.73 for me

err, not really, i thought the 'nuts' smileys would have indicated I was being sarcastic ;)

Even more so when I had told him the spec of the machine listed was probably a bit high for my needs :suspect:

[reevo6]

Damn. I just missed out on this last time and in the weeks since that offer I've purchased all the parts to upgrade my PC instead! Hohum.

Now, mow much do I want/need a 22" monitor over my 19" Iiyama?

[powder]

Didn't notice before but if you take off the USB mouse you get £18.80 off making the PC £460.18 delivered!

Just going through the options now to order one as i missed out on it last time with the 22" screen

EDIT

Just ordered one at £460.18 delivered :thumbs:

[Johnr]

I don't need this...I don't need this...I don't need this

Time to whack my AMD SFF on eBay (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-5826355) :D

P.S. Hopefully the components are fairly generic as there is no way I am using Vista ever again!!!

[S1LVERBACK]

i cant get this anywhere near £480

[netboy]

very tempted with this, how well would it handle the latest games?
Ive not played any for ages due to my system being so naff.

I so much want a TFT, Im still stuck with a giant 19" sony multiscan, its about 2 feet deep and fill half my desk.

gotta convince the wife, shes an accountant.

[snow-munki]

Didn't notice before but if you take off the USB mouse you get £18.80 off making the PC £460.18 delivered!

Just going through the options now to order one as i missed out on it last time with the 22" screen

strange as the last time I ordered it wouldn't let you 'not' have a mouse as technically it is not a complete order. however this time it works, just ordered another one for a friend at work but this time saved on the mouse :clap:

[snow-munki]

i cant get this anywhere near £480

what do you mean ? just use the e-code.

Or do you mean elsewhere ??

[S1LVERBACK]

what do you mean ? just use the e-code.

Or do you mean elsewhere ??

tried putting the ecode into the search box but nothing comes up.or am i putting the code in the wrong place ? any help greatly appreciated lol.

3rd time lucky forget the help i think its sorted :D

[Faythur]

Would I notice any reasonable significant difference performance wise if I selected the second CPU option?

It's just that whilst the clock speed is a marginal 1.86Ghz over the standard 1.8Ghz, the FSB matches the memory at 1066Mhz [800Mhz]

Any techy bods confirm or advise otherwise?

Thanks :)

[jroadley]

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[Chris]

Would I notice any reasonable significant difference performance wise if I selected the second CPU option?

It's just that whilst the clock speed is a marginal 1.86Ghz over the standard 1.8Ghz, the FSB matches the memory at 1066Mhz [800Mhz]



The only other difference between the 1st and 2nd cpu is that the 1st lacks the virtualization feature, this won't be a problem for most people.

[Bocco]

Don't even need a new computer but why do I feel strangely compelled to buying this? :shrug:

Must resist...

[reevo6]

It seemed such a bargain that I just got the go ahead to get my parents and also my sister one!

I can't believe that I've spent this evening ordering my family nice new PCs while I should have been planing the re-build of my sub-standard home-build!

Such is life.

Anyways, cheers to the OP for highlighting the re-listing of this bargain.

[powder]

Hmmm got a phone call on my mobile from Dell about checking something on my order - hope it's not a cancellation or a major problem.

THey might have spotted that the no mouse £18 discount was a mistake - to be fair as i suspected it was. The message was shortly before 9pm but i only just got a chance to hear it and ring back but the teh support is closed.

Anyone else had the same ?

[spearce8]

THey might have spotted that the no mouse £18 discount was a mistake - to be fair as i suspected it was.


Funny you say that, just place an order and noticed the -£18 mouse (don't think it's been mentioned in the thread)

Anyway came to £495.44

Upped the HDD from 250GB to 320GB +£17.62, and the Graphics card to the X1300 +£17.63 and subtracking the £18.80 for "no mouse"

The no mouse thing, as that just appeared, or did the OP just miss it, oh....big thanks goes to the OP by the way :thumbs:

Won't be keeping the TFT....so if anyone wants that.....I guessing it won't be the only one on here :)

[dom]

Thanks to the OP - just ordered.

The mouse option is still there but shows up as an incompatability with the standard keyboard.

You need to select the expensive mouse and keyboard combo to make it work which defeats the purpose.

Still, even with the mouse its a steal :)

[Johnr]

Just ordered mine -sods law I also missed out on the mouse glitch (I noticed it but was busy at the time, and not drunk enough to hit order!) but if it is like the mouse I am thinking of it is actually quite a nice one with the back/forward buttons on the side.

Apparently the processor in this offers better value than the 6300/6400 which surprised me.

Now I need to buy another 1gb of RAM and probably another license for XP MCE 2005 because there is no way I am sticking with Vista! :D

[target]

The mouse isn't a glitch. You select it if you chose the more expensive keyboard as that come with a mouse. If you select it without the keyboard it warns you your building an incompatible system. And I bet thats why Powder got a phone call...
We actually went for the expensive keyboard cause we already have one and it's damn good!

[cjanderson]

damn Dell (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p(702)a(60823)g(19472)), i'm sitting here at home today awaiting the pc i orderd last week, the c521 with 19 inch monitor for £456 :cry:

[ought]

Upped the HDD from 250GB to 320GB +£17.62, and the Graphics card to the X1300 +£17.63 and subtracking the £18.80 for "no mouse"



Is the upgraded card much better? Maybe I should have gone for that? Cheers

[Sammy709Sony930]

damn Dell (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p(702)a(60823)g(19472)), i'm sitting here at home today awaiting the pc i orderd last week, the c521 with 19 inch monitor for £456 :cry:

Just send it back, 7 days under Distance Selling Regs, no cost to you.

[DM]

Stupid question here, how do you get the code working, I think I'm putting in at the wrong place.

[Kryten]

Go to the Dell Site (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p(702)a(60823)g(19472)), cluck the "Products" tab, and on the left column there is a "search by e-value code" link.

[DCH]

My Dell just arrived; same as this offer but with 320GB HD, X1300, Intel 6300 and smaller (19") monitor for £479 (last week). All seems well built. Some room in the case for extra components (no IDE connectors though, so so much for my dream of re-using my old HD for extra internal storage). They've had some good deals this year - I spec'd this system at a couple of other places and each was a good £120 more at least, and some were + delivery too.

[Johnr]

My Dell just arrived; same as this offer but with 320GB HD, X1300, Intel 6300 and smaller (19") monitor for £479 (last week). All seems well built. Some room in the case for extra components (no IDE connectors though, so so much for my dream of re-using my old HD for extra internal storage). They've had some good deals this year - I spec'd this system at a couple of other places and each was a good £120 more at least, and some were + delivery too.

PCI IDE card :p

[DM]

Thanks Kryten. Now to kiss some arse..

[cjanderson]

Just send it back, 7 days under Distance Selling Regs, no cost to you.


though that would involve taking another day sitting around at home for it.

Ah well, checked my spec and my 19inch flat screen is an ultrasharp one and my AMD processor is 2.2ghz rather than 1.8. so feel better.

they do have some great deals at present :)

[farmroad38]

Well, I succumbed. Cheers to the OP, I think...

Last time, I just put the code into the search box, but today it didn't work. There is an option to search by e-value code - use that.

[powder]

Just got off the phone with Dell as they had left me a message last night wanting to confirm a few details - because i had chosen the option which is now no longer there to remove the usb mouse and drop the price to £460.18 they wanted to confirm that i wanted a machine without a mouse.

So now my order has gone ahead for the bargain price of £460.18 :)

Cheers to the OP.

Also for those of you having trouble finding the machine - have you tried just going to the Dell site, browsing to Desktops and then Entertainment Destops you should see the £479 machine listed as the E520 pc there - haven't found it by Evalue code myself and have just looked for it every time on the site right up until now

[RobinBooth]

damn Dell (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p(702)a(60823)g(19472)), i'm sitting here at home today awaiting the pc i orderd last week, the c521 with 19 inch monitor for £456 :cry:

You can always return the one you're awaiting delivery of under their 7-day rule (they'll even collect it) and order one of these. :)

[ccparkhill]

no IDE connectors though

So how is the DVD burner attached? S-ATA?

[Kryten]

So how is the DVD burner attached? S-ATA?

Yes. This is all SATA now :thumbs: Makes the case neater and easier to use. Expect all new burners to be SATA soon.

[DM]

Well, she's let me get it. Cheers OP. How long do these take to build and ship guys?

[cjanderson]

Well, she's let me get it. Cheers OP. How long do these take to build and ship guys?

i ordered mine last Wed, they called Monday to say when did i want it, from Tuesday onwards, so i picked today.

So less then a week if i;d been free Tuesday.

[Kryten]

Direct link to E-Value Code Page (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p=702&a=60823&g=871344&url=http://lt.dell.com/lt/lt.aspx?CID=5212&LID=122756&DGC=AF&DGSegHS&ACD=^^&AID=¤¤&DURL=http%253A//www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/emea/topics/ecomm/evalue%253Fc%253Duk%2526l%253Den%2526s%253Ddhs%2526cs%253Dukdhs1%2526%257Eck%253Danavml)

[cpa]

does anyone know how many hard drives you can connect to it?

thanks

[Kryten]

4 SATA devices typically I think, its all down to being able to fit the drives though, most cases tehy use take 2 3.5" internal, 1 3.5" external and 2 5.25" external devices I think.

[nig5]

Does anyone know for sure about the RAM? If I upgrade to 2gb do I need one 1gb stick or 2 x 512mb?

EDIT - Just found this at Crucial:
"Although the memory can be installed one module at a time, the best performance comes from using matched pairs of modules."

Direct Link (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-10401721?url=http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Dimension+E520)

[cpa]

4 SATA devices typically I think, its all down to being able to fit the drives though, most cases tehy use take 2 3.5" internal, 1 3.5" external and 2 5.25" external devices I think.


thanks mate

[Kryten]

Externally Accessible
Video: 1 DVI, VGA and 1 S-Video (with add-in PCI-Express video card)
IEEE 1394 (optional) - 6-pin serial connector
USB: 8 Ports (2 Front, 6 Back) + 2 internal
Audio: Audio – six back-panel connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone, rear surround, side surround, two front-panel connectors for headphones/microphone, integrated 7.1 channel sound
Network: Integrated Ethernet
Integrated 10/100 network interface



Expansion Slots
PCI: 2 Slots
PCIe x1: 1 Slot
PCIe x16 (Graphics): 1 Slots

Chassis
305 Watt DC Power Supply Backup battery: 3-V CR2032 lithium coin cell


3.5" Bays: 3 bays (one external; two internal)
5.25" Bays: 2 bays
Memory DIMM slots: 4 available

Those are the specs

[nig5]

This may be a daft question but could I upgrade the memory to 3GB or do I need either 2GB or 4GB as an upgrade?

[Kryten]

3GB should be possible with 3x1GB or 2x1GB plus 2x512MB

[toffee]

anyone work out how to get firewire on this - it says "IEEE 1394 (optional) - 6-pin serial connector" - but whats the option here? stick a PCI firewire card in there? or is there something smarter here.

by the time I put my TV tuner card in there, plus a firewire card, thats the PCI slots full, right?

[Kryten]

I imagine that they sometimes offer a PCI based FW card.

You are right about PCI slots, but that's about the only use for them! There is a PCIe x1 too which may be useful in the future.

[Sammy709Sony930]

anyone work out how to get firewire on this - it says "IEEE 1394 (optional) - 6-pin serial connector" - but whats the option here? stick a PCI firewire card in there? or is there something smarter here.

by the time I put my TV tuner card in there, plus a firewire card, thats the PCI slots full, right?

Yip PCI slot for firewire.

I put a Terratec Cinergy 2400 Dual Tuner card in mine and it uses the PCI-E x 1 slot. After *a lot* of faffing around with drivers, I found one that works well with Vista. These can be had from Pixmania (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p(15797)a(60823)g(120943)) for 50 odd quid, which is a great price.

My firewire card didn't need any drivers and worked fine.

[surfer_chicky]

Is it worth upgarding the cards? Nvidia 7300 or Radeon X1300 or is someone who just wants to edit in PS or watch the odd tv programme on it not worth it??

Now just to convince the OH that I need a new pc!!! (which of course I do;-) )

[rwniel]

Is it worth upgarding the cards? Nvidia 7300 or Radeon X1300 or is someone who just wants to edit in PS or watch the odd tv programme on it not worth it??

The standard graphics card is fine; even onboard graphics is generally ok for 2d applications.

Robert

[internetuser]

I went for the bigger HD and Gfx card, for the sake off a few quid its worth it. (£ per gigs its a steal)

I think the better gfx card is dual output VGA/DVI which is a bonus for dual monitor output.

[rwniel]

I went for the bigger HD and Gfx card, for the sake off a few quid its worth it. (£ per gigs its a steal)

I think the better gfx card is dual output VGA/DVI which is a bonus for dual monitor output.

The 7300LE has dual monitor support as well; here's a more direct comparison (http://www.dell.com/content/learnmore/learnmore.aspx?c=us&cs=RC956904&l=en&s=hied&~id=gfx_cards_trans&~line=desktops&~lt=popup&~mode=popup&~model=e520&~series=dimen&~tab=details)of both graphics cards.

Robert

[captainshadwell]

Cheers OP, worst timing in the world as far as funds go but a bargain none the less and this PC was in need of a boost. I went for the HD and Gfx upgrade but couldnt get through checkout without the mouse [one for the Mrs laptop].

Cheers

[KennyVader]

Cheers - think I'm going to take the E6300 processor upgrade as it has hardware support for Virtual Server, VMWare etc so that the virtual stuff (which I use a lot) should run up to 3 times faster. I gather the Virtualisation support is the only significant difference between the E4300 and the E6300 but it's worth it to me.

Bit of a kicker about only two spare PCI slots, by the time I put my two DTT TV cards in them it'll be full :( ... yeah I know you can get twin tuner cards now but I haven't needed one yet.

The spec says 6 USB ports on the back, but the pictures only appear to show 5 :?:

[Johnr]

Oh bugger, I was planning to use the machine for Virtual PC quite a lot as well (Since at the moment the primary use will be for MCSA learning!)

Still I think the E4 will be able to cope :)

[KennyVader]

Oh bugger, I was planning to use the machine for Virtual PC quite a lot as well (Since at the moment the primary use will be for MCSA learning!)

Still I think the E4 will be able to cope :)

It can, it's just the E6xxx range can cope even better :)

I run virtual stuff on two year old processors fine so the E4xxx will be just as good as those at it, it's just all done in software, that's all.

[Kryten]

I have the E6600 and it runs VPC very fast (at same speed as if it was on standalone hardware!)

[KennyVader]

I have the E6600 and it runs VPC very fast (at same speed as if it was on standalone hardware!)

D'oh! Don't say that! Now I'm tempted to get two, and replace my server under the stairs as well

:doh:

Bye bye wages

Hello lots of cardboard

:lol:

[chet-lee]

How do you go about attaching an IDE HDD to this machine?

Thanks.

[toffee]

How do you go about attaching an IDE HDD to this machine?

Thanks.


1. PCI IDE Controller Card
or
2. Buy a USB HD Case thing and attach via USB
or
3. i think you can get SATA-IDE converters - e.g. http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Peripherals/Connectors/+Serial+ATA+to+IDE+Converter?productId=7726

i have no experience of 3. tho so dunno if they are recommended

[DCH]

The spec says 6 USB ports on the back, but the pictures only appear to show 5 :?:

Just set mine up. There's 6 on the back and 2 on the front.

d.

[surfer_chicky]

bit the bullet and gone for it :thumbs:

[Kryten]

D'oh! Don't say that! Now I'm tempted to get two, and replace my server under the stairs as well

:doh:

Bye bye wages

Hello lots of cardboard

:lol:

:lol: Don't forget that you need VPC 2007 for this feature and you have to enable it in two places (three if you count the BIOS) :nuts:

How do you go about attaching an IDE HDD to this machine?

Thanks.

I would go for an external enclosure and turn it into a USB drive (they are cheap and reliable) or even better would be buy a NAS enclosure that takes IDE drive(s) and stick it in that.

[stallion]

Couple of questions. How quiet does it run and, secondly, can you use a EPP discount on this?

Edit: Answered one question. Went to the EPP website and the exact same spec is listed there. Only a 3% discount but it all helps :D

[rich1976]

Thanks to the OP, picked one up earlier with the upgraded hard drive :clap:

[Ali X]

Anyone after the monitor ? Just need the system.. :)

[Johnr]

Couple of questions. How quiet does it run and, secondly, can you use a EPP discount on this?

Edit: Answered one question. Went to the EPP website and the exact same spec is listed there. Only a 3% discount but it all helps :D

The machines at the training centre I go to at the moment are very quiet, 15 of them in a room and the total noise output is less than the 1 computer I have at the moment!

Granted they are Optiplex and Pentium D but apparently Core Duo will be just as quiet!

[stallion]

Thanks for answering John.

Another question before I take the plunge. Is it worth upgrading the memory as Dell recommends? I won't be using the pc for gaming.

[Johnr]

Thanks for answering John.

Another question before I take the plunge. Is it worth upgrading the memory as Dell recommends? I won't be using the pc for gaming.

It is, but don't let Dell tempt you with their prices as they are highly inflated and you are better off doing it yourself once the machine arrives.

[rooster]

I have £200 paypal if anyone wants to sell monitor.

[stallion]

It is, but don't let Dell tempt you with their prices as they are highly inflated and you are better off doing it yourself once the machine arrives.

Relatively easy to do?

[nigel_williams]

According to Crucial:
RAM (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-10401721?url=http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Dimension+E520)


A 2 x 512Mb upgrade kit is £41.11 although it also has another 2 x 512Mb kit at £73.66 (faster RAM?)

EDIT: Affiliated

[driver8]

Anyone after the monitor ? Just need the system.. :)I might be interested, and I'm just down the road ! :) How much do you want for it ?

[stallion]

Well, finally bit the bullet and ordered one so thanks OP!

[KennyVader]

It is, but don't let Dell tempt you with their prices as they are highly inflated and you are better off doing it yourself once the machine arrives.

Yes always buy the minimum RAM from Dell. Crucial or sometimes even PC World stuff (they're actually cheap for some common chips) is fine for the rest. Crucial Memory (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-10401721) always deliver within a couple of days :)

Usually the same with things like disk drives too, cheaper to add a second drive from somewhere else, although in this case the £17 upgrade to 320gb seems worth doing for the ease of it. Wouldn't go beyond that at Dell prices though.

[Ali X]

driver8 - I havent gone for this yet.. theyre going for £225 - £250 on ebay,providing i go ahead with this, how does £230 sound and you can collect from my workplace which is in Preston?

[spearce8]

driver8 - I havent gone for this yet.. theyre going for £225 - £250 on ebay,providing i go ahead with this, how does £230 sound and you can collect from my workplace which is in Preston?

I to will be selling the TFT, a forum member as already got in touch about it, and He/She will natually have first refusal, but if it falls through for any reason......... price will be pretty much the same :)

[RobinBooth]

Has anyone had any delays with order acknowledgements?

I ordered on Thursday night, received an order acknowledgement but nothing else after that.
Customer service isn't open again until Monday but I'm wondering if I've got a live order or not...

Cheers,
Rob

[KennyVader]

I have just ordered mine :clap: through the affiliated link (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p(702)a(60823)g(19472)) of course :)

Also went for the 2007FP (20" non widescreen) monitor which I've been wanting for ages. I don't like widescreen PC monitors.

On the separate "buy just a monitor" section, it says these monitors are on a 3 week lead time, does anyone know if that means I'll be looking at 3 weeks until I get my PC, or do they hold back some of the monitors that are in short supply in order to fulfil pc+monitor orders first?

[nigel_williams]

Does anyone know how this processor compares to the Intel® Viiv™ Pentium® D 915 Dual Core Processor (2.80GHz, 800MHz, 2x2MB)?

I've configured the same E520 with the above processor and 2GB RAM, X1300, 320GB, 19" UltraSharp for £546

The machine on offer is: Intel®Viiv™technology-Intel®Core™2Duo E4300 processor(1.80GHz,800MHz,2MB cache), X1300, 320GB, 1Gb for £520.

[rooster]

I think £230 is a bit pricey there is 8 auctions recently finished at buy it now of £220 and of course seller has to pay ebay £20 or so and deal with dodgy ebayers. So anybody want to sell to trusty forum member for £200?

[driver8]

driver8 - I havent gone for this yet.. theyre going for £225 - £250 on ebay,providing i go ahead with this, how does £230 sound and you can collect from my workplace which is in Preston?Hi Ali - thanks for the quick reply - I too will have a max of £200, but still toying with options.

[Harsin]

Stupid question probably but these come with a network card built in right? As it doesn't actually mention it in the spec.

[Kryten]

Yes, it mentions it in the spec I posted a few pages ago!

[JD20]

Does the basic sound card have optical out ?

[DCH]

no

[Sammy709Sony930]

The machines at the training centre I go to at the moment are very quiet, 15 of them in a room and the total noise output is less than the 1 computer I have at the moment!

Granted they are Optiplex and Pentium D but apparently Core Duo will be just as quiet!

I have the Pentium D (from 1 year ago - Dimension 5150), and purchased this one on 1st March when it first surfaced.

When idling or used for surfin both are equally quiet.

When used for Video Processing however, the fan spins relatively loudly on the older Dual Core machine, but is not noticeablay any louder than the surfin fan speed on this Core2Duo machine! (very very quiet)

Only downer is Vista. Its nice, very useable, opaque windows very nice, Media Centre is improved ... but it fails miserably to install/run most of my video processing apps. This is why I'm using it as my main surfin machine and still using the trusty Dual Core 5150 to do any *real* work.

Has a 10/100M Ethernet on motherboard, no firewire port BTW.

[internetuser]

when is everybodys delivery date ? mine is 11th April

[Johnr]

Mine too, but I presume it will be sooner (Especially since Dell called to confirm my order).

As soon as the machine arrives Vista will be replaced by XP :D

[DM]

same

[toffee]

ordered last Thu, 29th. Will arrive on Tues 3rd, got the call today. impressed.
i'm torn on what to do with the monitor tho. it looks really nice, but I have a perfectly good CRT here. and being able to get £200 notes back on it.....hmmm.

[Germinator]

It is, but don't let Dell tempt you with their prices as they are highly inflated and you are better off doing it yourself once the machine arrives.

But wont that void the warranty.

[internetuser]

Mine too, but I presume it will be sooner (Especially since Dell called to confirm my order).

As soon as the machine arrives Vista will be replaced by XP :D

out of intrest why ?

[Johnr]

Because me and Vista don't get on that well at the moment :( (Too slow for not much gain from XP).

It won't void the warranty as Dell encourage you to perform upgrades on the system, just remember you didn't install it when it causes the system to fail ;)

[jroadley]

Got a 10th April delivery date, and have ordered another 2gb mem from Crucial (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-10401721?url=www.crucial.com/eu)

[p_chally]

Would either of the graphics cards on this be any slower than the ATI 9800pro that I have in my current three year old system (AMD Athlon XP2800+), I play Call of Duty 2 alot still and wouldnt want to downgrade, but I am very tempted at what seems like a bargain price. ?????? Thanks in advance.

[Tomfoolery]

But wont that void the warranty.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think Dell are fine with people opening the case. They even made it very easy to open (pull a lever on the top of the case, and the side pops open), and instruct you how to open the case and change components in the manual.

[JD20]

Would the standard CPU that comes with this be able to handle HD material smoothly ?

Mainly 720p, but occasionally 1080i/p

Also what would performance be like with an xbox 360 HD-DVD drive hooked up and connect to my LCD via VGA be like ?

[Sammy709Sony930]

Would the standard CPU that comes with this be able to handle HD material smoothly ?

Mainly 720p, but occasionally 1080i/p

Also what would performance be like with an xbox 360 HD-DVD drive hooked up and connect to my LCD via VGA be like ?

Will handle HD stuff no problem.

Also, when using it with an XBOX 360 the 360 is doing all of the hard work, so no problem again.

[Roo]

Hi. This looks like a great bargain. Nice one Sammy709Sony930.

Dell are offering 7% discount before VAT and shipping as part of their Employee Purchase Program at the moment - search for EPP in the Dell website search box and it appears as a red special offer on the right hand side. Does anyone know whether this is meant to apply to all purchases on their website, or does it just apply to the selected discounts link which doesn't appear to work? I don't fancy ringing India at the moment and asking them.

Cheers,
Roo.

[Johnr]

Cheap and high quality RAM upgrade:

Just over £72 for 2gb (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-582776-10401721?url=http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=92A99655A5CA7304)

:clap:

[Faythur]

Was looking at that stuff myself, but I see it's CL5 - is that not quite a slow clock speed?:shrug:

Can anyone post what clock speed the standard Dell stuff is?

Thanks

[byronsp]

Can anyone tell me what is the best graphics card I might be able to put in there?

[cjanderson]

Well i may be confused, but i ordered Wednesday before last and they've still not charged my credit card. Which is nice :D

sort of wish i'd waited a bit, though my 19 inch flat screen is HUGE so not sure i'd have been happier with 22 inches. bit overwhelming. but its nice and the ultra screen extra seems a good bet.

[DCH]

Well i may be confused, but i ordered Wednesday before last and they've still not charged my credit card. Which is nice :D

sort of wish i'd waited a bit, though my 19 inch flat screen is HUGE so not sure i'd have been happier with 22 inches. bit overwhelming. but its nice and the ultra screen extra seems a good bet.

Don't get excited - I'm sorry to say they didn't charge me for mine until after it was delivered either!

Still a bargain ; )

[KennyVader]

Looks like I'm not getting mine until May due to the unavailability of the 2007FP monitor I want :mad:

[internetuser]

mine is in pre production as of 30th March

[Faythur]

Hi. This looks like a great bargain. Nice one Sammy709Sony930.

Dell are offering 7% discount before VAT and shipping as part of their Employee Purchase Program at the moment - search for EPP in the Dell website search box and it appears as a red special offer on the right hand side. Does anyone know whether this is meant to apply to all purchases on their website, or does it just apply to the selected discounts link which doesn't appear to work? I don't fancy ringing India at the moment and asking them.

Cheers,
Roo.

Must depend on the amount of spend. 'Only' 3% on this - it says 'up to £599'

[Faythur]

Rightly or wrongly I have just gone for this! I really don't need a new PC :nuts: but the draw of the larger TFT has sucked me in.

I just kept it standard except for the next CPU. Now to order another 2Gb of RAM :D

[surfer_chicky]

Mine been in Pre production since the 30th as well, due date next wednesday. But after everyone saying theres have turned up early I was hoping possibly before friday so I have the entire weekend installing and playing with it :(

[blazeuk]

How are the monitors on these, for say, gaming and watching video files on?

I've seen a few pictures on other forums and the backlight bleeding looks really bad.

[dvds2000]

Is anyone selling the base when their order arrives?

[jush]

Also interested in buying of base unit for anybody that wants to sell only base unit .

[bobwindy]

Will be selling the base unit on for £370 delivered if anyones interested.

Its upgraded to 320Gb Hard Drive and x1300 graphics.

Supposed to be arriving today at somepoint!

[dvds2000]

Ill pass on yours bobwindy thanks, I don't need the upgrades sorry

[Johnr]

My order is now being prepared for shipment, it all happened rather suddenly after being stuck on the Pre Production stage since Friday

[Floop]

Two questions:

1. Will this be better than the Dell Dimension 5150 with a 3GHZ Pentium 4?

2. Does it take the same kind of RAM?

I picked my old machine up on an earlier Bargain Forum thread, and am wondering whether it is time to upgrade...

[toffee]

well mine arrived yesterday. first impressions very good.

it's VERY quiet.

the monitor looks excellent. the backlight bleed is only noticeable if the screen is totally black. i guess if you plan on watching DVDs with a wider than the monitor aspect ratio it might be an issue for you. but in "normal" use its not noticeable

Vista as installed contains a ton of crap from Dell. I wiped the HD and set up the partitions as I wanted and did a clean install.
i'm liking Vista so far as well.

[Kryten]

Two questions:

1. Will this be better than the Dell Dimension 5150 with a 3GHZ Pentium 4?

2. Does it take the same kind of RAM?

I picked my old machine up on an earlier Bargain Forum thread, and am wondering whether it is time to upgrade...

1. Yes, its Dual Core with more cache so for most things will well out perform the P4. Some games may not benefit but still will run as quick or quicker because of the extra cache and better design. Windows will run a lot quicker.

2. I don't think do, this takes DDR2 the P4 takes DDR. The good news is DDR2 is cheap to buy though, 2GB of very high quality RAM is about 100-120 quid.

[Germinator]

well mine arrived yesterday. first impressions very good.

it's VERY quiet.

the monitor looks excellent. the backlight bleed is only noticeable if the screen is totally black. i guess if you plan on watching DVDs with a wider than the monitor aspect ratio it might be an issue for you. but in "normal" use its not noticeable

Vista as installed contains a ton of crap from Dell. I wiped the HD and set up the partitions as I wanted and did a clean install.
i'm liking Vista so far as well.

did you get a vista disc with it. if you get hold of a dell version of vista will it install without a licence. i remember dell xp did this.

[toffee]

did you get a vista disc with it. if you get hold of a dell version of vista will it install without a licence. i remember dell xp did this.

yup - thats exactly how it worked. boot from vista disc, no license asked for

vista installed perfectly without any manual driver installation as well. i downloaded latest drivers from dell, just in case, but fresh installation itself was painless.

[KennyVader]

Blimey. After telling me my PC was going to take a month to arrive due to the monitor I ordered, it now seems it was dispatched this morning, so I might have it for the Easter weekend! Bonza!

[internetuser]

Is home premier worth keeping on or should I stick Ultimate edition on ?

[ought]

How do they let you know when it is despatched? Mine was due on Tuesday but I would expect it sooner judging by comments here.

Hm.!

[rich1976]

How do they let you know when it is despatched? Mine was due on Tuesday but I would expect it sooner judging by comments here.

Hm.!

They don't, you need to check your order status at www.dell.co.uk/orderstatus

[DM]

mine's been dispatched today!

[farmroad38]

Interesting - just checked the status of mine, and it has gone to despatched too. But when I bought another PC from them last month, they called me beforehand to arrange a delivery time.

[Faythur]

yup - thats exactly how it worked. boot from vista disc, no license asked for

vista installed perfectly without any manual driver installation as well. i downloaded latest drivers from dell, just in case, but fresh installation itself was painless.

That's very good to hear :thumbs:

I'll be restarting without all the usual rubbish as well then. Despite the fact that the build sheet stated no picture or antivirus software etc, they still insist on installing trials! :brickwall

[spearce8]

mine's been dispatched today!

Me to :)

[Johnr]

Track your status through Walsh Western once it has been dispatched - Mine is currently in Limerick and they are going to call to arrange a suitable delivery time

[feign]

Is home premier worth keeping on or should I stick Ultimate edition on ?

It really depends what you want from it.

Most people I know using home pc's for either browsing/playing multi-media/gaming have gone for Home Premium.

There's a decent BBC article summarising it all - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4754462.stm

And anotehr useful sumamry - http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/whats_inside_the_six_windows_vista_releases.html

I did have a matrix linked from somwhere which was a pretty nice explanation of which things were possible with each version or not, but lost it when swapping jobs.

On my planned homebuild in a few months (waiting for next raft of processor price reductions and ATi gfx card arrival to drive price down there also), I'm going for Home Premium.

[ought]

They don't, you need to check your order status at www.dell.co.uk/orderstatus

Ah thanks, mine too was despatched today. Much chance of it getting from Limerick to London by tomorrow?

[rich1976]

Ah thanks, mine too was despatched today. Much chance of it getting from Limerick to London by tomorrow?

Well, I am just outside London and hope mine will be here in the morning. The tracking website states that they have an expected delivery date of tomorrow. I also guess that because its being sent to a work address that they won't call to arrange a delivery date/time.

Fingers crossed as I am not in the office for a week from tomorrow.

[Johnr]

Just had a call from WW, the computer is coming tomorrow between the hours of 8am and 12 noon, I live a lot further away than London :)

[DCH]

Ah thanks, mine too was despatched today. Much chance of it getting from Limerick to London by tomorrow?

They usually phone a couple of days in advance to fix a time and make sure you'll be in I think.

[Johnr]

If you miss the call then you can go to the Walsh Western tracking (Link on the Dell tracking page) and I seem to remember they leave a status message giving you a number to ring up where an automatic computer system can book your delivery slot.

[DM]

Mine shows

4/04/07 17:00 RAHEEN DEPARTED EMF LIMERICK.
04/04/07 13:57 MR. DAVE METCALF 11/04/07 AM DEL. SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE.
04/04/07 13:57 MR. DAVE METCALF AM DELIVERY.

Is anyone elses showing that even though despatched today?

[farmroad38]

I've just had a mail saying mine will be delivered on the 11th, even though the WW site shows that it was despatched today. What are they doing, walking?

[peg20]

I've just had a mail saying mine will be delivered on the 11th, even though the WW site shows that it was despatched today. What are they doing, walking?

Same here.

[Raziel]

What are they doing, walking?
:lol:

[ought]

Mine is due tomorrow afternoon too.. but I don't think anybody will be home until about 1. So fingers crossed they dont come in the first hour!

[Crawf]

Mine shows

4/04/07 17:00 RAHEEN DEPARTED EMF LIMERICK.
04/04/07 13:57 MR. DAVE METCALF 11/04/07 AM DEL. SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE.
04/04/07 13:57 MR. DAVE METCALF AM DELIVERY.

Is anyone elses showing that even though despatched today?

I think that means that today you agreed to an am delivery slot on whatever day you organised to get it delivered.

[farmroad38]

But I've got exactly the same, and I didn't agree to anything. It did say on the WW website that they would phone to arrange delivery, but they certainly haven't done so.

[powder]

Mine went to having been shipped this morning - and i got a call on my mobile about an hour ago to arrange delivery time for the 11th as specified on the order tracking :(

So i've opted for the afternoon delivery but my brothers hopes of it arriving for this weekend have been dashed.

[DM]

I think that means that today you agreed to an am delivery slot on whatever day you organised to get it delivered.

I didn't arrange anything, that was the specified date, I've had no call either so looks like my lucks out for the weekend.

[KennyVader]

Mine went to having been shipped this morning - and i got a call on my mobile about an hour ago to arrange delivery time for the 11th as specified on the order tracking :(

So i've opted for the afternoon delivery but my brothers hopes of it arriving for this weekend have been dashed.

Maybe you can go round their depot and get it if it's nearby? I think they are either part of TNT or they are TNT or they use TNT's depot (near here anyway). I know mine left the Coventry hub this morning so will be at the West London local centre some time this evening, and if for some reason they don't put mine out on the local delivery van tomorrow, I am planning to just go up there and collect it in the evening, the place is 24 hours anyway, save both them and me the hassle.

[RobinBooth]

Maybe you can go round their depot and get it if it's nearby? I think they are either part of TNT or they are TNT or they use TNT's depot (near here anyway). I know mine left the Coventry hub this morning so will be at the West London local centre some time this evening, and if for some reason they don't put mine out on the local delivery van tomorrow, I am planning to just go up there and collect it in the evening, the place is 24 hours anyway, save both them and me the hassle.

A few years back when I ordered a laptop from Dell the courier company refused to do this and would only deliver to the designated address. Dell's policy may have changed though and you might end up with a nice new machine to use over Easter!! :D

[KennyVader]

A few years back when I ordered a laptop from Dell the courier company refused to do this and would only deliver to the designated address. Dell's policy may have changed though and you might end up with a nice new machine to use over Easter!! :D

Nah just take passport and let them photocopy it, been fine before.

[Floop]

Is this offer going to end tonight, what with tomorrow being Thursday?

[RED321]

Mine was also dispatched this morning 4th :clap:

Delivery 11th :(

Phoned nice man in India, explored possibility of next day delivery rather than 7 day delivery. Very nice but couldnt change the date. Suggested should have been Friday but for holiday.

Phoned WW, no chance of being delivered tomorrow ...

Friday BH
Sat Weekend
Sun Weekend
Mon BH
Tuesday ..... extra holiday for some reason. :shrug:
First delivery Wednesday AM. :cry:

EDIT: Just worked it out !

Ebuyer : 1day delivery for System = 10 pounds
Dell : 6 day delivery for system = 60 pounds

I wondered how they justified their delivery prices :-)

[internetuser]

mine was dispatched today too.

you can track it on line,

04/04/07 19:33 PLAN COMMITTED NOTE.
04/04/07 17:00 RAHEEN DEPARTED EMF LIMERICK.
04/04/07 14:25 MR. 11/04/07 AM DEL. SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE.
04/04/07 14:25 MR. AM DELIVERY.

[DM]

Yours is Wed also..

[Johnr]

If it ain't left Coventry yet, it ain't coming till next week

04/04/07 17:32 COVENTRY ORDER DISPATCHED FROM HUB.
04/04/07 14:54 COVENTRY FIRST BOX SCANNED OUT OF HUB.
04/04/07 11:36 MR. X 05/04/07 AM DEL. SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE.
04/04/07 11:36 MR. X AM DELIVERY.
04/04/07 11:07 COVENTRY MERGE ITEMS PICKED.
04/04/07 09:00 RAHEEN DEPARTED EMF LIMERICK.

Interesting how 'First box scanned out of hub' yet there are 2 boxes coming

[internetuser]

No rush tbh. I am off next Thursday and Friday as well as this thursday-monday.

dell emailed me my dispatch data/time yet a mate at work got a phone call

[Johnr]

I was actually hoping my unit would have turned up right at the start of the week as I was planning to evaluate if it was quiet enough to replace a family members Mac Mini (Which is totally wasted on running XP!!).

Oh well, suppose I'll have to barter with them tomorrow if the offer does indeed change

[Sammy709Sony930]

The offer has NOT changed.

[rich1976]

If it ain't left Coventry yet, it ain't coming till next week

04/04/07 17:32 COVENTRY ORDER DISPATCHED FROM HUB.
04/04/07 14:54 COVENTRY FIRST BOX SCANNED OUT OF HUB.
04/04/07 11:36 MR. X 05/04/07 AM DEL. SCHEDULED DELIVERY DATE.
04/04/07 11:36 MR. X AM DELIVERY.
04/04/07 11:07 COVENTRY MERGE ITEMS PICKED.
04/04/07 09:00 RAHEEN DEPARTED EMF LIMERICK.

Interesting how 'First box scanned out of hub' yet there are 2 boxes coming

Well, Mine left coventry at 5.30pm last night too, and nothing had changed on the order tracking this morning. However the PC and TFT have just arrived - delivered via TNT. I didn't get a call to organise delivery, probably due to it going to a company address. I did expect it to show in the tracking as arriving at the local delivery depot, but this is obviously not the case.

[Nom]

Anyone happen to have the URL handy for that site that lists these DELL offers regularly ? It's something like www.dxdimension.com but I can't seem to find it :D

[jiml]

Anyone happen to have the URL handy for that site that lists these DELL offers regularly ? It's something like www.dxdimension.com but I can't seem to find it :D

It is http://www.*****************

[KennyVader]

Oooh mine says
05/04/07 / 08:10 / TNT - PARK ROYAL / ORDER ON DELIVERY
on the Walsh Western tracking page now

So it's on the final run to me :clap:

[Johnr]

Mine is still on delivery (I'm not at home at the moment) with Business Post Express.

[dannyclarke]

Mine was delivered about an hour ago by business post.

Thanks to the original op.

[ought]

Mine will arrive this arvo, but having read a little more about the monitor I am not sure if I will keep that bit. It does not even have height adjustments? and bleeds light, and no USB!!?

Perhaps I should not open the box...

[Johnr]

Mine will arrive this arvo, but having read a little more about the monitor I am not sure if I will keep that bit. It does not even have height adjustments? and bleeds light, and no USB!!?

Perhaps I should not open the box...

That is because the monitor is the 'value' line rather than the Ultrasharp - It does have limited tilt adjustment.

[Bobo Justus]

The value 22" is nice but I'd say it's a 'council' monitor and not something I'd want to sit in front of all day.

Excellent thing to sell on Ebay for sure.

[internetuser]

05/04/07 10:49 COVENTRY ORDER DISPATCHED FROM HUB.
05/04/07 09:40 COVENTRY FIRST BOX SCANNED OUT OF HUB.
05/04/07 09:38 COVENTRY ORDER COMPLETE IN HUB.
05/04/07 09:38 COVENTRY FIRST BOX SCANNED INTO HUB.
05/04/07 00:56 COVENTRY MERGE ITEMS PICKED.


getting closer... hope it has a nice easter weekend...

[Rizel]

You'll get 151 pounds for the monitor if you return to Dell for refund, thats what i got, right mess up, but so far i seem to be on the winning end of the deal ;)

[toffee]

The value 22" is nice but I'd say it's a 'council' monitor and not something I'd want to sit in front of all day.


if my council are using 22" widescreen TFTs, I want some money back on my coucil tax! :nuts:

personally, I think the monitor is excellent, but as I said previously, the only drawback would be the light bleed, but that is only noticeable when the screen is black. under normal desktop useage the monitor is perfect for me. i don't watch DVDs on my PC, but if I did I might reconsider. The extra size more than compensates, and give me so much usable desktop space at a good high resolution.

i switched over systems last night, and am now running this as my main system. one word of warning - i went to transfer my SATA drive from my old PC and noticed the clearence in the case for the HD and lead was not enough for my lead from my old machine. The Dell HD uses a right angled SATA lead, and if you are planning to put a second HD in there, you may need to pick one of these up.

i'm considering an upgrade to 2gb RAM. whats the cheapest online price for this? anyone done any searching?

[KennyVader]

i switched over systems last night, and am now running this as my main system. one word of warning - i went to transfer my SATA drive from my old PC and noticed the clearence in the case for the HD and lead was not enough for my lead from my old machine. The Dell HD uses a right angled SATA lead, and if you are planning to put a second HD in there, you may need to pick one of these up.

I presume the case comes with a suitable spare power lead for a second SATA drive?

Thanks for mentioning the SATA data lead needs to be one of the right-angle ones. Will try to get one later. Shame they do not supply it.

[toffee]

I presume the case comes with a suitable spare power lead for a second SATA drive?

aye.


Thanks for mentioning the SATA data lead needs to be one of the right-angle ones. Will try to get one later. Shame they do not supply it.

i actually managed to frig it by using the SATA lead from the DVD drive, but it was a little tight. I will replace it, but I was commited to switching over last night and was not going to back out!

[ought]

The value 22" is nice but I'd say it's a 'council' monitor and not something I'd want to sit in front of all day.

Excellent thing to sell on Ebay for sure.

I think I will dump it and keep my new HP 20" then.. that seems a decent thing.

[powder]

To those who have had theirs delivered; who do Walsh Western use as their local couriers - read TNT earlier in the thread. I have on numerous occasions picked deliveries up from the depot so i can set them up over the weekend. Mine left Coventry this morning just before 11am.

It's no big deal if it isn't possible to get it before the weekend but to find out i need to know where to phone.

[rich1976]

To those who have had theirs delivered; who do Walsh Western use as their local couriers - read TNT earlier in the thread. I have on numerous occasions picked deliveries up from the depot so i can set them up over the weekend. Mine left Coventry this morning just before 11am.

It's no big deal if it isn't possible to get it before the weekend but to find out i need to know where to phone.

Mine came via TNT, but others have said that a different courier delivered it. Keep an eye on the order tracking. A line appeared in mine saying what courrier and which depot it ended up with:

05/04/07 08:07 TNT - ALTON ORDER ON DELIVERY.

Rich

[Pheonix]

I got mine by Business Post I think.

[dannyclaire]

Business Post here as well.

[Johnr]

Wow!

I forgot the price included a memory card reader :D

Quite a heavy thing too!

[KennyVader]

D'oh! System and 2007FP monitor delivered by TNT about half an hour ago, and about 10 minutes ago a nice lady from Dell called to say the 2007FP monitors are being recalled due to a faulty batch and they need to swap mine out! I've barely unpacked it!

[Johnr]

Bugger!

Stop 0x000007b when trying to launch text based XP Pro setup :brickwall:

[internetuser]

Wow!

I forgot the price included a memory card reader :D

Quite a heavy thing too!

I thought that was built in ?

[Nom]

It is http://www.*****************

Hurrah ! Thanks :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

[KennyVader]

I have discovered that the built-in SATA controller is hardware RAID-0/1-capable which may be of interest to some - not sure if it was mentioned in the spec or not. Personally I have turned this off (which means you have to reinstall but I was going to anyway) as I think RAID is too much of a liability in the home, but I know some people like to use it.

Also worth mentioning is that there is no conventional IDE controller (PATA?) - the optical drive is connected via SATA just like the hard drives, in case someone was thinking of adding an old DVD burner in or something.

I'm very impressed at the near total silence though.

[Johnr]

Near total silence? Can you possibly record it in a quiet environment powering on as mine is of a moderate volume but I may be expecting too much

You need to turn RAID off if you're planning to stick a XP CD in otherwise you get a BSOD before the install even begins...There may be ways to integrate the correct RAID drivers into the installation but it is quite a lot of work.

I may try putting a PCI IDE controller in my system over the weekend as I could do with my Pioneer 111D burner

[KennyVader]

There is fan noise for a few seconds as it powers on, in common with all recent Dell systems, they all seem to do a fan test as part of POST, but it really does go virtually silent once that's done.

[ought]

I have mine too now. Hurrah! Though it is all still in the box ;o) I just can't decide what to do over the monitor.

Does anybody here have personal experience of both the HP L2045w and this Dell monitor so they could comment?

Thanks ;o)

[Faythur]

Mine has been despatched yesterday :clap:

With a bit of luck I might even get it today [N Ireland so not so far to travel :) ]

[Azh_fx]

dell are selling this 22" monitor for £192.52 delivered now

Dell (Go to accessories) (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p(702)a(60823)g(19472))

[Alan b]

Azh fx, please affiliate these links where applicable as we have had to do them for you on a number of occasions recently, including two from today.

[lol]

I have discovered that the built-in SATA controller is hardware RAID-0/1-capable which may be of interest to some

RAID 0 is disabled in BIOS but RAID 1 is available.

[jroadley]

Lovely bit of kit... but oh how I hate Vista.

"This programme needs your approval"...

:razz:

[KennyVader]

Lovely bit of kit... but oh how I hate Vista.

"This programme needs your approval"...

:razz:

That's easily disabled in Control Panel ... Users. Then in the Security CentRE you can tell it to stop telling you that you turned UAC off.

[Faythur]

dell are selling this 22" monitor for £192.52 delivered now

Dell (Go to accessories) (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://clkuk.tradedoubler.com/click?p(702)a(60823)g(19472))

Shows as £296.10 for me at the moment :shrug:

[KennyVader]

Shows as £296.10 for me at the moment :shrug:

Still £192 if you go through the Easter Deals link on the main page though. Will probably move on to tomorrow's deal at midnight though.

[Faythur]

Nope. For some reason it's not working for me :?:

If I click on the Easter Deals link it says 'offer expired' for all three days, 6th, 7th and 8th :suspect: Also says today's deal was/is the 24" ???

[chet-lee]

Just had an email, my delivery has slipped from 13th April to the 18th :(

[surfer_chicky]

Just had an email, my delivery has slipped from 13th April to the 18th :(

Same here :(