WOW. Am I getting ripped off!! :(
Written: Jun 20 '01
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Pros: Good Features...
Cons: HORRIBLE PRICE
The Bottom Line: Big bucks for not enough features.
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| cruz610's Full Review: Dell Dimension 8100 Series |
I must say that in the past, I have loved Dell. I guess this was because I never really looked around at my other options. Nationally advertised computer company must have a good price correct? WRONG. When I purchased my other Dell computer a few years back, it seemed to give me good features for a good price. Since then, Dell has seemed to upped the prices too much. To get a top-of-the-line computer from them, you must be willing to spend at least 3500-4000 dollars. Even when you are spending that much money, you are not getting a very good price.
Let me ellaborate. [Excuse the Formatting]
Dell Dimension 8100 Series: Dimension® 8100 Series, Pentium® 4 Processor at 1.7 Ghz
D8117NW - [220-2471]
Memory: 512MB PC800 RDRAM
512M82 - [311-8429]
Keyboard: Dell® Enhanced Performance USB Keyboard
EPUSB - [310-2754]
Monitor: 21 in (19.8 in viewable,.24AG)P1110 FD Trinitron® Monitor
P1110 - [461-2541]
Video Card: 64MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce2 ULTRA 4x AGP with DVI Video Card
64NV152 - [320-1202]
Hard Drive: 80GB Value Hard Drive
80SL - [340-1926]
Floppy Drive: 3.5 in Floppy Drive
3DHS - [461-2956] [340-2805]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
WME - [420-8050] [412-1050] [313-7222]
Mouse: Logitech USB Mouseman® Wheel
MM - [310-2756]
Network Card: Integrated 3Com® EtherLink® 10/100 Ethernet Controller
IN - [461-1292]
Modem: No Modem Requested for Home
N - [460-8920]
DVD-ROM or CD-ROM Drive: 16X Max Variable DVD ROM Drive
16DVD - [313-1460] [313-0438]
Sound Card: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP Sound Card
CRUZ - [313-5204]
Speakers: Altec Lansing THX Certified ADA885 Dolby Digital Speakers with Subwoofer
ADA885 - [313-1480]
Bundled Software: NEW Microsoft® TM Works Suite 2001 with Money 2001 Standard
WORKS - [412-3636]
Zip Drives: 250MB Iomega Zip BUILT-IN Drive with One Disk
ZIP250 - [340-2807]
Norton Antivirus® at No Additional Charge: Norton Antivirus® 2001
NAV - [412-4630]
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MusicMatch 6.0
JUKEBOX - [412-1411]
Digital Imaging Software: Image Expert® 2000, Dell Edition ($0)
DPS - [412-2108]
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 3 Year Ltd. Warranty, 3 Year At Home Service, Lifetime 24x7 Phone Support
S3OS - [950-1272] [950-1270] [950-3339]
Internet Access Service at no additional charge: 6 Month DellNet by MSN® Internet Access
MSN6MO - [412-2218]
THX® Certification: THX® Certified System Package
THX - [430-1345]
Power Protection: APC SURGESTATION PRO8T2
PRO8T2 - [519230]
CD-RW or CD-RW/DVD Combination Drive for 2nd Bay: 16X/10X/40X CD-RW Drive
16CDRW2 - [313-3305]
Special Offer: Free! Epson Stylus 580 Printer after $50 mail-in rebate
EP580P - [285897]
All for [at this time] 3800 dollars. Not that bad. Until you look at the competition.
Taken from www.oxfordpc.com, for almost the exact same price:
CPU: AMD Thunderbird Athlon 1400MHz Socket-A CPU (266MHz FSB) - $205
CPU Cooler: Swiftech MC462-A for Socket-A - $92
CPU #2: None
CPU Cooler #2: None
Motherboard: ASUS A7M266 AMD760 - $190
Memory: Crucial PC-2100 DDR 512MB CAS2.5 - 2 DIMMS - $120
Hard Drive 1: IBM Deskstar 75GXP 75GB - $265
Hard Drive Cooler 1: None
Hard Drive 2: IBM Deskstar 75GXP 75GB - $265
Hard Drive Cooler 2: None
Floppy Drive: Mitsumi 1.44MB Floppy Drive - $20
Hard Drive Controller: None
CD-ROM Drive: Plextor 40X UltraWide SCSI CD-ROM - $155
DVD Drive: Pioneer 16X IDE DVD Slot Loading 40X CD - $85
CD-RW Drive: Yamaha 20x10x40 EIDE CD-RW - $255
Video Card: Hercules 3D Prophet III GeForce3 64MB - $425
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster Live! Platinum 5.1 - $180
Modem: None
Speakers: Monsoon MM1000 Flat Panel Speakers - $195
Keyboard: Microsoft Internet Keyboard PS/2 - $21
Mouse: Microsoft Intellimouse Optical - $26
Network: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 BaseT OEM Network Card - $48
Removable Storage: None
Monitor: Viewsonic GS790 19 - $355
Printer: None
Scanner: None
UPS: None
Case: Lian Li PC70 Full-Tower ATX Case - $285
Power Supply: Enermax 430W ATX Power Supply - $105
Case Accessory: None
Operating System: Windows 98 Second Edition - $95
Software: None
Warranty: Lifetime Phone & Email Support - 3 Years Labor - 3 Years Parts w/ CD - $230
Assembly: Assembly, Benchmarks, 72 Hour Burn-in, and Drivers - $175
Total Cost: $3792
Amazing. You can get a better processor (in almost every single test the 1.4 atlon has been almost 2x faster than the 1.7 p4) 2 hard drives (150GB storage, as to 80) and many other features. I dont mean to sound biased (although I am probably coming off as such) but for the price, you can be getting MUCH more for your money. Yes, the support is very good at Dell, but if the computer is good, support shouldnt be an issue!
Overall, they may have some lucritive deals, but in the end, you are being swindled out of your money!
Recommended:
No
Amount Paid (US$): 3800
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Other
Processor speed: over 1000
RAM: More than 256
Internal Storage: CD-RW and DVD
Hard Drive (GB): Over 50
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