Shooter1
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ITs time to upgrade my ageing PC which I have had for about 6 yrs. I have been looking at the Dell site and am looking for a system that will last me another 6 yrs!! Looking to to spend about between £400 -£500 on the new system.
Main uses will be:
Office Applications
Surfing/downloading.
Photo editing in Photoshop
Video editing / rendering via Sony Vegas.
PC wont be used for gaming.
These are my options:
Vostro ST - £407
Intel® Core 2 Duo E4500 Processor (2.20GHz,800MHz,2MB cache)
Windows Vista® Home Premium
1 Year Business Hardware Support
MONITOR Dell 20" Value Wide Flat Panel
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB
GRAPHICS CARD Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive edit
KEYBOARD Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110
SOUND SOFTWARE Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES 19-in-1 Media Card reader
VIDEO EDITING IEEE 1394 PCI Adapter card
Vostro 200 ST - £507
Intel® Core 2 Duo E6550 Processor (2.33GHz,1333MHz,4MB cache)
Windows Vista® Home Premiumt
1 Year Business Hardware Support
MONITOR Dell 20" Value Wide Flat Panel
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB
GRAPHICS CARD ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 256MB
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive
KEYBOARD Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Internal Wireless PCI Card edit
SOUND SOFTWARE Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES 19-in-1 Media Card reader
VIDEO EDITING IEEE 1394 PCI Adapter card
Vostro 200 MT - £495
Intel® Core 2 Duo E6550 Processor (2.33GHz,1333MHz,4MB cache) edit
Windows Vista® Home Premium
1 Year Business Hardware Support
MONITOR Dell 20" Value Wide Flat Panel
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB
256MB ATI® Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive
KEYBOARD Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110
SOUND SOFTWARE Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
VIDEO EDITING IEEE 1394 PCI Adapter card
The main differences between the 1st option and the other 2 are the processor and graphics cards. Will I see any real benefit by spending nearly £90-£100 extra?
All comments appreciated.
Main uses will be:
Office Applications
Surfing/downloading.
Photo editing in Photoshop
Video editing / rendering via Sony Vegas.
PC wont be used for gaming.
These are my options:
Vostro ST - £407
Intel® Core 2 Duo E4500 Processor (2.20GHz,800MHz,2MB cache)
Windows Vista® Home Premium
1 Year Business Hardware Support
MONITOR Dell 20" Value Wide Flat Panel
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB
GRAPHICS CARD Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator X3100
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive edit
KEYBOARD Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110
SOUND SOFTWARE Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES 19-in-1 Media Card reader
VIDEO EDITING IEEE 1394 PCI Adapter card
Vostro 200 ST - £507
Intel® Core 2 Duo E6550 Processor (2.33GHz,1333MHz,4MB cache)
Windows Vista® Home Premiumt
1 Year Business Hardware Support
MONITOR Dell 20" Value Wide Flat Panel
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB
GRAPHICS CARD ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 256MB
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive
KEYBOARD Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Internal Wireless PCI Card edit
SOUND SOFTWARE Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES 19-in-1 Media Card reader
VIDEO EDITING IEEE 1394 PCI Adapter card
Vostro 200 MT - £495
Intel® Core 2 Duo E6550 Processor (2.33GHz,1333MHz,4MB cache) edit
Windows Vista® Home Premium
1 Year Business Hardware Support
MONITOR Dell 20" Value Wide Flat Panel
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB
256MB ATI® Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive
KEYBOARD Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110
SOUND SOFTWARE Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
VIDEO EDITING IEEE 1394 PCI Adapter card
The main differences between the 1st option and the other 2 are the processor and graphics cards. Will I see any real benefit by spending nearly £90-£100 extra?
All comments appreciated.