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Dell Dimension 8200 (2.4GHz P4 with 533MHz FSB) review

7.7

Editors' Rating

Very Good

Typical price:£ 1749

Verdict

This is a very fast PC with excellent 3D graphics, but serious power users and bargain hunters would be advised to wait for forthcoming systems with different motherboard chipsets... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Excellent performance, especially from the graphics subsystem
  • Good USB connectivity.

Cons

  • Lack of on-board USB 2.0 support means an extra PCI slot is used up to provide it
  • On-board Ultra-ATA/133 and FireWire support is also lacking
  • Chipset supports PC800 Rambus only.

Key Specs

Processor manufacturer: Intel
Processor model: Pentium 4
Clock speed: 2.4 GHz
RAM installed: 512 MB
Hard drive size: 120 GB
Graphics processor: nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600
Graphics RAM: 128 MB
Graphics card: 128MB nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 with TV-Out
Display diagonal size: 17 in
Case form factor: tower
Operating system: Windows XP Home

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