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Hot Rod Dell?
Dell Inspiron 530 desktop with Vista loaded
A friend, who lives on another island, would like to soup up this system somewhat, so far I have suggested that we up the RAM from 2 Gb to 4, but I recently read in a Dell feedback forum that this upgrade was unnoticeable, can anyone tell me why? It is, I am almost certain the 32 bit version of Vista.........Home premium I also suggested that we increase hard drive capability, it now has just 1 hard drive of 250 Gb capability, I am looking at least doubling this..... Another upgrade I am considering is installing a media card reader/USB port device in an available flex bay space in the tower. I had problems before with a Dell system where the USB section of this reader would work, but not the card reader and was told by the reader manufacturer that because of proprietary Dell rights that I would need to install a USB card into an available PCI slot, does anyone concur on this? System specs are: PROCESSOR..., E6420, 2.13, 4M, CORE DUO-CONROE..., DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE..., 1G, 667M, 128X64, 8, 240, 2RX8 HARD DRIVE..., 250G, S2, 7.2K, 3.5, WD-HAWK Any input/suggestion are most welcome, Thanks in advance ! |
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As you can see I have a 530 with 4 gig of RAM.
However, under the 32bit OS limitations only 3.069Gb is addressed. Dell does not sell or support a 64bit OS so the machine in question will be 32bit also. You probly wont get a major increase in performance with added RAM but as RAM is cheap why not boost it. With regards to the card reaser I am not expert enough to comment. Eveything except for the 2nd 22" monitor came pre-built from Dell and I am stoked with it. Cheers Col |
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What little I could find on it said that the sound and video are integrated. If so, you could get a good sound card and video card..
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Also, the amount of usable RAM in a 32 bit system is 4GB minus the total memory of your other devices - things like graphics devices (anywhere from 64Mb to 2GB itself), sound devices, PCI/AGP/PCI Express bus controllers, some reserved memory for old protocols etc all contribute to the amount you lose. Quote:
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Yes would DEF go for dedicated video & sound cards....the ones I have were upgrades I did at the time of purchase.
Col |
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