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From: Andrew Hodgson on 6 May 2010 14:57 On Thu, 06 May 2010 14:50:08 -0400, Christopher Muto <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: >Andrew Hodgson wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just wondering what people are buying these days - currently using a >> Dim9200 which works fine on Win7, but want to have a quieter system. >> >> I want at least I7 processor with 8GB RAM. Good sound would be nice, >> not bothered if it uses onboard Intel video. Would like to get solid >> state storage if possible, most of my files are now on the WHS box >> anyway. >> >> Anything out there from Dell worth looking at? >> >> Thanks. >> Andrew. > >the only quiet desktop computers that dell makes are in their line of >optiplex machines. among them only the full sized 'mini tower' chasis >are consistently quiet. the compact models are noisier with smaller >fans that have to run agresively hard to try to cool the compact cases. > if you find your old dimension 9200 loud then you will be very unhappy >with a precision workstation which are much louder than what you have. Yes, we have another lower spec Optiplex full tower next door and that is very nice. I am not willing to go to the Precision line if possible, mainly because I don't use any of the real certified apps on that. I was looking mainly at Optiplex, XPS or Inspiron. Thanks. Andrew.
From: Christopher Muto on 6 May 2010 15:38 Andrew Hodgson wrote: > On Thu, 06 May 2010 14:50:08 -0400, Christopher Muto > <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: > >> Andrew Hodgson wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Just wondering what people are buying these days - currently using a >>> Dim9200 which works fine on Win7, but want to have a quieter system. >>> >>> I want at least I7 processor with 8GB RAM. Good sound would be nice, >>> not bothered if it uses onboard Intel video. Would like to get solid >>> state storage if possible, most of my files are now on the WHS box >>> anyway. >>> >>> Anything out there from Dell worth looking at? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Andrew. >> the only quiet desktop computers that dell makes are in their line of >> optiplex machines. among them only the full sized 'mini tower' chasis >> are consistently quiet. the compact models are noisier with smaller >> fans that have to run agresively hard to try to cool the compact cases. >> if you find your old dimension 9200 loud then you will be very unhappy >> with a precision workstation which are much louder than what you have. > > Yes, we have another lower spec Optiplex full tower next door and that > is very nice. I am not willing to go to the Precision line if > possible, mainly because I don't use any of the real certified apps on > that. I was looking mainly at Optiplex, XPS or Inspiron. > > Thanks. > Andrew. you said you wanted quiet. you won't get quiet with current model inspiron, vostros, or xps desktops. if quiet is important refer to my comments re the optiplex desktops.
From: Tony Harding on 6 May 2010 16:08 On 05/06/10 14:57, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > On Thu, 06 May 2010 14:50:08 -0400, Christopher Muto > <muto(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: > >> Andrew Hodgson wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Just wondering what people are buying these days - currently using a >>> Dim9200 which works fine on Win7, but want to have a quieter system. >>> >>> I want at least I7 processor with 8GB RAM. Good sound would be nice, >>> not bothered if it uses onboard Intel video. Would like to get solid >>> state storage if possible, most of my files are now on the WHS box >>> anyway. >>> >>> Anything out there from Dell worth looking at? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Andrew. >> >> the only quiet desktop computers that dell makes are in their line of >> optiplex machines. among them only the full sized 'mini tower' chasis >> are consistently quiet. the compact models are noisier with smaller >> fans that have to run agresively hard to try to cool the compact cases. >> if you find your old dimension 9200 loud then you will be very unhappy >> with a precision workstation which are much louder than what you have. > > Yes, we have another lower spec Optiplex full tower next door and that > is very nice. I am not willing to go to the Precision line if > possible, mainly because I don't use any of the real certified apps on > that. I was looking mainly at Optiplex, XPS or Inspiron. I just migrated from an XPS410 to a Studio XPS9000 - they both seem pretty quiet to me. The 9000, especially, is a high end machine with an i7 975 EE processor, EVGA (NVIDIA) 275 video card, 12 GB of memory, 4 internal HDDs, a BD-ROM/DVD-burner, etc. The tower is on the desk, but behind the monitor (don't know if that blocks any sound). Running Win7 64-bit on both.
From: WSZsr on 6 May 2010 19:23 My XPS 435/9000 is dead silent and a real screamer. Built like a tank. Highly recommended. "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew(a)hodgsonfamily.org> wrote in message news:b2q5u5hmenguudm6e1g3l7quffrjts07ir(a)news.giganews.com... > Hi, > > Just wondering what people are buying these days - currently using a > Dim9200 which works fine on Win7, but want to have a quieter system. > > I want at least I7 processor with 8GB RAM. Good sound would be nice, > not bothered if it uses onboard Intel video. Would like to get solid > state storage if possible, most of my files are now on the WHS box > anyway. > > Anything out there from Dell worth looking at? > > Thanks. > Andrew.
From: William R. Walsh on 6 May 2010 21:35
Hi! I do think that an OptiPlex is probably the way to go. Good build quality, good configurability and even the new ones seem very quiet. William |