From: Andrew Hodgson on
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
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
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
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
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


First  |  Prev  |  Next  |  Last
Pages: 1 2 3
Prev: Customer Number
Next: video cards