Simviation Forum - Worth It?

Jan 25^th, 2009 at 1:51pm

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Would it be worth it for me to buy this:

XPS M1530
Starting Price $1,467
Instant Savings $7
Subtotal $1,460
As low as $44/month*1
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XPS M1530
Date 1/25/2009 12:34:00 PM Central Standard Time
Catalog Number 29 Retail 19
Catalog Number / Description Product Code Qty SKU Id

System Color:
Midnight Blue BLDMSAT 1

XPS M1530:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache) H83DHN 1

Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1 VHP31E 1

Productivity:
No Microsoft Office MSONO 1
Warranty & Service:
1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis S1OS 1

LCD, Color and camera:
High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LCD(1440x900) & 2MP Camera DXGAPC 1

Memory:
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms) 4GB2D 1

Hard Drives:
Size: 320GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive 320GB 1
Combo or DVD+RW Drive:
Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write) 8XDVDRW 1

Video Card:
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT 25686GT 1
Wireless Networking Cards:
Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card TM1395 1

Primary Battery:
85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery 9BAT 1
Sound Card:
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition ISBAHD 1

SECURITY:
Finger Print Reader XPS M1530 FPRDR 1

Dell Printer Driver:
Windows Vista™ Premium VPN 1

Software - Adobe:
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 ADOBER 1

Processor Branding:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor IC2DNB 1 [310-8319] 749

Doms Camera and Color:
High Resolution, Blue glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LCD(1440x900) and 2MP Cam BXGTPC 1

Designed for Dell Mice:
Logitech V450 Nano Laser Cordless Mouse - Midnight Blue A1623624 1

Software - Antivirus:
McAfee SecurityCenter 15-months VMCAF1Y 1

DataSafe Online Backup:
Dell Remote Access, free basic service DRAFB 1

Datasafe:
Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year DOB2GB 1

I don't know much about building computers, so I need some advice on this.

My current system:

Inspiron E1705
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
X2 Genuine Intel (R) CPU T2250 @ 1.73GHz

That's basically what I know about my system now, since I didn't build it. (If I had I wouldn't need to buy a new one because it can't run any of my simulators over 3-10 FPS Angry

)

So how much of an improvement would it be?
Would I notice a difference in my simulators (FSX, FS2004, Rail Sim, Orbiter, Age of Empires III) on medium-high settings?

Any help would be very helpful. I would also like to keep it under 2,000 USD.

Thanks.

(I wasn't sure what all those numbers were at the end of each item, so I left them.)

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Reply #1 - Jan 25^th, 2009 at 2:16pm

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no no no no no no rubbish system Wink

DONT PRESS THAT BUY BUTTON!!!!

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Reply #2 - Jan 25^th, 2009 at 2:27pm

B-Valvs Ex Member

waspiflab wrote on Jan 25^th, 2009 at 2:16pm:

no no no no no no rubbish system Wink

DONT PRESS THAT BUY BUTTON!!!!

Okay, so what makes it a "rubbish system"?

Glad I asked first.

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Reply #3 - Jan 25^th, 2009 at 11:38pm

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If your going to be simming on this pc why buy a laptop?

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Reply #4 - Jan 26^th, 2009 at 3:37pm

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T1MT1M wrote on Jan 25^th, 2009 at 11:38pm:

If your going to be simming on this pc why buy a laptop?

I prefer laptops over desktops, and I don't want to always have it sitting on my desk taking up the whole thing. I know I won't get as much out of it, but I'd really prefer a laptop.

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Reply #5 - Jan 27^th, 2009 at 8:49pm

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How much are you willing to spend on a laptop? I would go for one of the ASUS laptops, they look nice.

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Reply #6 - Jan 27^th, 2009 at 10:29pm

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Actually, and I know this is going to go against everything I already posted, I've been looking into Alienware desktops and they look pretty nice. I'm looking into those now, and they have way more options. They specialize in gaming, so there are all types of suggestions as you go through the build. I think I've got it from here. I'll ask about a system before I buy it of course though.

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Reply #7 - Jan 28^th, 2009 at 8:17am

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No. Not alienware. Overpriced. DONT.

If you just tell us the price range of the pc that you are going to buy then we will tell you all the parts that you need to order, it will be 10x the better computer for how much you pay.

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Reply #8 - Jan 28^th, 2009 at 10:22am

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T1MT1M wrote on Jan 28^th, 2009 at 8:17am:

No. Not alienware. Overpriced. DONT.

If you just tell us the price range of the pc that you are going to buy then we will tell you all the parts that you need to order, it will be 10x the better computer for how much you pay.

Really, it didn't seem like it when I was building it. Seemed way cheaper than any crappy Dell I could build. My price range is between $1000-2000. Is that too cheap?

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Reply #9 - Jan 28^th, 2009 at 12:07pm

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Get us to pick the parts, and a local computer store to build it. You'll get it cheaper and the pc will be faster.

As for Alienware. Aluminium water blocks. lol..... Alienware you pay for the brand.... and it's owned by Dell so it WILL be more expensive.

1000 - 2000 dollars is plenty. On the upper end of the that you might be abled to get a Core i7 and GTX 260!

Core i7 920
ASUS P6T
GTX 260 Core-216
3x1gb DDR3-1600
Thermalright true
Antec 900
PC POWER & COOLING 610 - 750

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Reply #10 - Jan 29^th, 2009 at 10:47am

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Get us to pick the parts, and a local computer store to build it. You'll get it cheaper and the pc will be faster.

As for Alienware. Aluminium water blocks. lol..... Alienware you pay for the brand.... and it's owned by Dell so it WILL be more expensive.

1000 - 2000 dollars is plenty. On the upper end of the that you might be abled to get a Core i7 and GTX 260!

Core i7 920
ASUS P6T
GTX 260 Core-216
3x1gb DDR3-1600
Thermalright true
Antec 900
PC POWER & COOLING 610 - 750

Oh okay, so completely custom computer. I'll look into it. Thanks.

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Reply #11 - Jan 29^th, 2009 at 4:08pm