Generally, in December 2010, those are great specs for a computer. Of course, 2 years from now, that may not be true.
In terms of Surfing the web, playing most games, or using Microsoft Office products like Word or Excel (even if you do all of those at the same time), those specs are more than capable.
In terms of playing the latest graphically intensive video games, those specs (the CPU and Video Card) are middle of the road in today's terms.
NOTE: 6 GB of RAM is plenty of memory for any task today, but keep in mind that on 64 bit operating systems can recognize more than 4 GB of RAM. For example, Win7, Win Vista, Win XP (32 bit and regardless of version), can only use and address 4 GB (actually around 3.32 GB).
Here is a Microsoft link to reference how much RAM is addressed by different OS versions:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Depends on processor-: for intel i3 processors, highest frequency is 1333mhz for intel i5 processors, highest frequency is 1333mhz,(supports 1066mhz too) for intel i7 processors-: for i7-8xx & i7-2xxx series-highest frequency is 1333mhz for i7-9xx series-highest frequency is 1066mhz.
Depends, get ddr3 1333mhz.
1600 Mhz, 1333Mhz, 1066Mhz, and 800Mhz
533mhz 800mhz 1066mhz 1333mhz
Anything over a gigabyte would be ideal for that processor speed.
For DDR(CAS / DATA RATE) * 2000 = X ns(7/1333MHz) *2000 = 10.5 ns
1600, 1333, 1066, or 800 MHz
Yes
My aunt's associate has a ram once... Courteous little SOB
8watts for the memory, 20 watts for the hard drive, 80watts max for the I5 CPU, 10 watts for each fan, 25 watts average for the mainboard chipset, and up to 135watts for the 6970 video card, 8 watts for the DVDRW(writing). Those are all maximums. When the computer is idle and the video is not rendering new material, the whole system is probably 60watts +-.
Current specs are: Os: windows 7 ultimate Ram: 2gb Kingston 1333mhz processor: Intel core 2 duo 3ghz graphic card: nvidia 9600gt 512 mb So what to change first?(i use the PC for gaming)
I'm stupid of buying this without checking anything, I put it in and the computer wouldn't start. I think it's because the e8400 has a bus speed of 1333Mhz and the e520 can't support that speed but I'm not sure. You'll have to get something that Dell recommends, or you'll find out that you've wasted a lot of money.