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    1520-Mostly gaming

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by pwnster08, Jun 28, 2007.

  1. pwnster08

    pwnster08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Here are the specs:

    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7100 (2MB cache/1.8GHz/800Mhz FSB)
    Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
    Alpine White Color with Gloss Finish
    15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife ™
    2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 Dimm
    120G 5400RPM SATA HDD
    256MB NVIDIA ®GeForce™8600M GT
    8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability

    All I did was change the colour and upgrade the graphics card. All i'll be doing on this will be gaming (WoW, WC3 and SC2 in the future) so let me know if these are good enough to run these games smoothly. I'm also on a low budget so hope that's not a problem.
     
    pwnster08, Jun 28, 2007
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  2. tremonti22

    tremonti22 Notebook Consultant

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    The only thing I see is maybe upgrading the processor to the T7300, and buying the RAM on newegg for about the same price overall. But other than that, I think it'll fit your needs.
     
    tremonti22, Jun 28, 2007
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  3. Tip

    Tip Notebook Consultant

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    How did you get a dell with a gloss finish?

    Only white comes with gloss? --There goes my hopes
     
    Tip, Jun 28, 2007
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    Good setup for sure. If you have the cash, a higher-res screen will make things look pretty.

    As others have said, the 2.0GHz processor will help a lot since it has the larger cache...though it isn't a necessity.
     
    thegsrguy, Jun 28, 2007
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    All the new Dell **20's come with gloss finish in all colors offered except black.
     
    BuckeyeFan, Jun 28, 2007
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    I disagree. The colors come in microsatin finishes... while I'm not quite sure what that means, I know it's not glossy.
     
    tremonti22, Jun 28, 2007
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    Oops, i stand corrected, i got it confused with my glossy screen. :(
     
    BuckeyeFan, Jun 28, 2007
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    Including black?
     
    TaiMaiShu, Jun 28, 2007
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    No, the microsatin is for preventing smudges, and is not needed on the black.
     
    BuckeyeFan, Jun 28, 2007
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    Thanks for the replies, i'll talk it over with my dad to see if he wants to spend the upgrade to T7300.
     
    pwnster08, Jun 28, 2007
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    in canada we dont have the option to upgrade CPU :( we are stuck wit da T7100 as the highest model and the rest are T5250 or something...
    and our minimal ram is 2gb, and HDD is 120gb 5400rpm
     
    x1kc, Jun 28, 2007
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