Dell Precision Workstation - Xeon x5550, Quadro FX1800, 12G Ram- $2259 - Dell outlet

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ironworthy on 08/07/2010 - 13:07 www1.ap.dell.com (769 clicks)
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Model DFO-215597WS (second last on the page)

At first glance the price may not seem like a bargain but for those in the know the specs are exceptional value. This is a business grade machine with a Xeon x5550 that is already $1200 at the cheapest on staticice with 12G ram and quadro FX1800 card. A quick spec up on the dell website is already $4500 for similar machine. Only downside is the 160G HDD, but you can buy a 1Tb for 70 and chuck it in.

Xeon x5550
Windows 7 pro 64 bit
12G ram (3X4G)
Quadro FX1800 graphics card

Not a gaming machine, strictly for business, CAD, engineering applications.

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  eddypiper on 08/07/2010 - 13:28

  Not a bad price however I recently purchased off the Dell Outlet website a New T3500 with a Xeon W3540, 12GB DDR3 RAM QUADRO FX3800 and 2 x 300GB SAS Drive for $1,700.00 now THAT was a real bargain :)

  The X5550 in this system is a complete waste as the only benefit of that CPU over a W3520 is that CPU is only used in Dual CPU systems and the T3500 only have one CPU socket.

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    CuteChocobo on 08/07/2010 - 13:44

    Hey Eddy, where did you source that from?
    Is it from the same website?
    I am quite interested, especially my budget is under $2k.

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      eddypiper on 08/07/2010 - 13:47

      Yes I did however they are no longer available. Once they sell out that it, until another one comes along :)

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    ironworthy on 08/07/2010 - 13:53

    good price. Was that brand new or refurbished?

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      eddypiper on 08/07/2010 - 14:12

      Brand New

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    kristo on 09/07/2010 - 22:49

    as stated above, this is a CAD workstation not a gaming rig.
    that said, most CAD applications still don't support multi-cores or multi-processors properly, only 3DStudioMax/Catia/Maya, utilise them extensively, but this will become rapidly more widespread with stagnant processor clock speeds… along with more useage of the GPU/CUDA processing and Quadro acceleration.

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  ironworthy on 08/07/2010 - 13:52

  +1

  keep an eye out on the dell outlet as they usually have good deals propping up on most things, including monitors.

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  Save Medicare on 08/07/2010 - 13:53

  If anyone's interested there's a super cheap refurb E6410 with i7 for $1300

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  tonyjzx on 08/07/2010 - 14:44

  the only problem is they all have a 1 yr warranty

  for a PC that's not such a big deal but i doubt i would buy an expensive laptop with 1 yr on it

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  Davo1111 on 08/07/2010 - 15:07

  mmm 12GB ram, cache EVERYTHING

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  josaya on 08/07/2010 - 15:09

  arrr so cheap, we just ordered 2x model that's inferior to it in every way for 3k+ at work

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  ironpaw on 08/07/2010 - 16:30

  that 160GB HDD is a 10k RPM model…probably a SAS drive…

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    eddypiper on 08/07/2010 - 16:33

    +1

    I doubt it, most likely a Western Digital Velociraptor, there is a OEM Dell version with a capacity of 160GB.

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      Radar on 08/07/2010 - 16:40

      yup, it said SATA not SAS

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  bbourizk on 08/07/2010 - 17:29

  how would these go for HD video/photo editing

  was looking at an i7 setup but with 12gb ram…new graphics card…cpu and motherboard it comes close to this in price.

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  GreatWhiteHunter on 08/07/2010 - 19:26

  For future reference is there a site that will show me Xeons benchmarked against other mobile processors?