Dell E1705 Desktop Replacement?

CompNubGK · February 16th, 2006, 07:30 PM

Inspiron E1705 Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2500 (2GHz/667MHz FSB)
LCD Panel 17 inch Wide Screen XGA+ Display
Memory 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Video Card 256MB NVIDA® GeForce™ Go 7800
Hard Drive 60GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive

$1,483

I'm comparing against a HP zd8000 3.0ghz pent iv ATI x600 1 gig 1.0GB DDR2 SDRAM, 533MHz (2x512MB)

For about the same price.

Just a gamer (WoW, Doom 3, Civ 4), running Flight Sim's too. How do the processors stack up?

Mobility is the least of my worries...looking for a desktop replacement I can lug home once or twice a month (student in college). How would this system run? Any other suggestions? $1600 is my limit, it could be stretched if I tried though... Thanks for the help!

osprey4 · February 16th, 2006, 07:43 PM

You mentioned you're a college student. Don't you have other considerations than "gaming potential"?

By the way, going home twice a month is for momma's boys. You need to start spending your weekends at school.

CompNubGK · February 16th, 2006, 08:16 PM

Thanks Osprey

If anyone has any technical advice on the computer that'd be appreciated as well, but I could use some social tips n tricks as well. I'm a very awkward person.

I go home on weekends for soccer. No. That's a lie. I'm awkward.

CompNubGK · February 16th, 2006, 08:17 PM

OH GOD I'M SO LONELY

Osprey - BE MY FRIEND?>!?!?1

GiPilot12 · February 16th, 2006, 08:18 PM

Have you though of building a computer build on a microATA form motherboard?

CompNubGK · February 16th, 2006, 08:21 PM

I don't know what that is.

GiPilot12 · February 16th, 2006, 08:26 PM

Learn to build your own computer and you can have exactly what you want. It isn't hard, fun, and by the sound of it you have plenty of spare time.

CompNubGK · February 16th, 2006, 08:37 PM

Build a laptop? Even if I could... isn't an option.

GiPilot12 · February 16th, 2006, 08:38 PM

ohh laptop, then mybad. Though you could probably get a very good mobile desktop, I think it would be cheaper and almost as mobile as a laptop (as long as it is only a few times a month).

CompNubGK · February 16th, 2006, 08:42 PM

Okay, and as for the two options I've presented? How does the 7800 Go stack up against the X600, or the X700 (which is another option by on a separate computer)?