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[D035109]Inspiron 531 Dual-Core 5000+, 2GB RAM, 500GB HD, 20" TFT £377
Base AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
Memory 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
Keyboard Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Monitor Dell™ 20" Black Wide Flat Panel (E207WFP) - UK/Irish
Video Card 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8300GS Turbocache graphics card
Hard Drive 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache
Floppy Drives and Additional Storage Devices 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
Mouse Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
Optical Devices 16x DVD +/- RW Drive
Sound Cards Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 9.0 - English
Standard Warranty 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Enhanced Service Packs 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Dell System Media Kit Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Get £20 off selected Desktop models
Expires 12 March 2008 View Details
- £20.00
Get 10% off!
Expires 12 March 2008 View Details
- £41.90
Delivery Charge Discount -£60.00
Use the 10% off code that I have added to vouchers to achieve this lower price (your welcome to PM me if you are having any problems with this code)
£377 delivered
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How to get this deal
To achieve the above price/spec: Reduce the warranty to 1yr then add the 10% off discount code (see vouchers - your welcome to PM me if you are having any problems with the code) at the checkout.
Tip: Always take the offer through to the checkout. At this point all promotions will be added giving the best price, it's also the area where you can add any available discount codes.
Upgrades to consider
Dell A225 Speakers add £10.00
McAfee Security Centre™ 9.0 - 15 Month Protection add £10.00
Logitech® QuickCam Pro 5000 add £20.57 Get 50% off!
AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ add £20.00
Dell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel (E228WFP) add £30.00
Accessing Dell's website
If you are having problems getting Dell's site to load an offer via Rpoints then try clearing cookies then logging back on and starting over. If this doesn't help then check any third party programs that you are using that could be affecting access.
Tip: When you click the above deal and see 'Click here to visit Dell UK and earn points' just click this once and allow the link to naturally complete, several clicks could cause the direct linking to fail which would simply send you to the home page or worse, give an error message.
Product Tech Info
Ports, Slots, Chassis
Externally Accessible
Video: 1 DVI, VGA and 1 S-Video (with add-in PCI-Express video card)
IEEE 1394 (optional): 1 6-pin serial connector
USB: 10 ports (4 Front, 4 back) + 2 internal
Audio: Six back-panel connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone, rear surround, side surround, two front-panel connectors for headphones/microphone, integrated 7.1 channel sound
Network: Integrated 10/100 network interface
Expansion Slots
PCI: 2 Slots
PCIe x1: 1 Slot
PCIe x16 (Graphics): 1 Slots
Chassis
300 Watt DC Power Supply
3.5" Bays: 3 bays (one external; two internal)
5.25" Bays: 2 bays
Memory DIMM slots: 4 - Up to 4GB2 Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (667MHz)
Dimensions & Weight
H: 14.2 inches (36.2 cm)
W: 6.7 inches (17.0 cm)
D: 17.1 inches (43.5 cm)
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Is this graphics card any good?
"128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8300GS Turbocache"
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:34 am Post subject: |
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bad_bob00
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How much would a "good" graphics card cost nowadays do you think? I mean one which will play the latest games to a good standard...
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about 100 quid is the minimum you should be looking at
something like the ati 3850, or the equivalent nvidia one |
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| evilsly wrote: | about 100 quid is the minimum you should be looking at
something like the ati 3850, or the equivalent nvidia one |
The 256MB 3850 can be had for around £85. However, £100 is about right for the 512MB.
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An update: Dell have added the ability to remove the monitor today, so if you only want the base this is available for £269 delivered.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| £420 is the best price I can get it. Maybe the 10% voucher has expired? |
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| mattress wrote: | | £420 is the best price I can get it. Maybe the 10% voucher has expired? |
Maybe you are using an older, expired code? As the 10% off code that I added (specifically for Dell Inspiron 531 systems) is still working and is valid until midnight on Tuesday the 11th of March.
I'll send you a PM with some advice... 
EDIT: Code is now on view-for-all so simply go to Vouchers
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