Dell Dimension B110 (DB110L1)

Price: $ - $

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Incredible Value!03/10/06

Pros:

Power and performance for little cost. Fast and quiet.

Cons:

No bay for second HD, Both RAM slots taken

Dell offered a special for this computer with a free 15 inch monitor and free shipping, and it is probably the best computer purchase I've made thus far. The Celeron D seems just as capable as my other computer's 3GHz P4 HT. I use it as a second computer for semi-professional audio editing and am very surpised how capable it is for performing such advanced audio tasks, especially since I need to have at least 6 or 7 windows open at one time. Also, this tower is virtually silent when its on...no fan or hard drive noise can be heard. For basic home computing, I cant imagine anyone needing anything more than what this offers, especially if you can get it with the free LCD flat-panel monitor. In addition to the stnadard hookups, it has 6 USB 2.0 ports which is great. There's not a Memory Card reader but thats no big deal to me. I use USB flash drives anyways. My only complaints are with upgradeability, which are minor. This PC is VERY upgradeable (has 4 open PCI slots), but I would have liked to have a second bay for an additional hard drive. There is more than ample space inside the unit to add one, but you'd have to buy the bay separate. Also, when the unit ships both of the RAM slots are occupied, so your 512 MB of RAM comes from 2 X 256. No big deal, but I was hoping to get a 512 MB card to upgrade to 1GB, now i'd have to buy a 1GB card which is more expensive. But overall, this is a fantastic value for $399 with the monitor. Actually, its almost a steal. Highly recommended.