Sempron LE-1300 worth considering?

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Well the model listed is Inspiron 531s, but it's definitely not exactly that since it doesn't have half the stuff the 531s lists if you google it. The specs that they do give you are:

Operating System
Genuine Windows XP Home
Memory
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 677MHz (2 DIMMs)
Hard Disk Drive
160 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Modem
56K DataFax Modem
Certified Refurbished
Certified RefurbishedBase
Inspiron Desktop 531s Slim Tower: AMD Sempron LE-1300 (2.3GHZ)
Media Bay
16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capabilitySoftware Upgrade
Microsoft Works 9.0Hardware Upgrade
USB Keyboard
No Floppy Drive
Dell Optical USB 2-button Mouse

While I'm interested in what grimmy listed I really don't want to mount a CPU after zapping a mobo swapping out agp cards.

I will call the sales people at dell and ask about the onboard along w/ the PSU.
 
PSU will likely be... um... less then awesome. I would consider a bare-bones, if you can stomach the idea of piecing in the optical drive, hard drive, ram and CPU. You'll likely get a better end product... and you will know what you have. All in all, though, the dell will probably be enough for your needs and it is easier then piecing together one.

Go with the dell. Just know that the PSU will not likely be enough to power much in terms of a descrete video card.
 




:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Intel integrated graphics on a mobo with an AMD chip. I love those guys at Dell. They may not know dog dropppings from peanutbutter, but they can sell anything. I seriously doubt Intel is able to pull that off. If it isn't an ATI/AMD graphics, then the mobo is probably a VIA chipset. Via does make integrated graphics chipsets also.

Really, you are hoping to do some gaming with this 'puter... Grimmy's suggestion is starting to look pretty smart. It could do light gaming with that Nvidia graphics integrated and it does have a X16 PCI-E slot. The PSU is weak, but you might be able to find something that it would power... something with more guts then a VIA graphics controler.
 
Ouch.... wait a day or so. Let me look into this. I'm not so sure now on the dell. The CPU is cabable... that is certain, but the rest... meaning mainly the video concerns me.
 
^You can't beat Dell on cheap. You can beat them on pricing a gaming system but cheap they win. They have their own $5 dollar mobos, $0.10 cent dvd drives and so on.

They are cheap. Only thing cheaper is a eMachine and thats like the 99cent store bargain PC there (you know looks like a transformer but is cheaper, crappier and called changing car thingy majig?)
 
I'm not knocking the Dell on cheap. Fact is for office apps and regular stuff, it would work fine. Problem is, is that the OP wants to run some games. Even old games require some graphics power. I'm not sure this computer has much of any. I don't want him to spend more then he needs, but he needs a computer that will do what he wants. I don't think anyone here is sold on that fact. Very skeptical of the integrated graphics chip on this el-cheap-o model.
 
If its a VIA chipset then we can deduce the IGP is more than likely utter crap. It will even do worse than a Intel IGP.

What makes me wounder though since its a VIA..... if its even worth anything.....I mean its VIA....
 
Actually, we have no idea if its a via.

Boozie, I don't know what to tell you. CPU wise, you are fine. Graphics wise, I have no idea how this would do. ~ 280 bucks is a lot to gamble. Especially when 150 more would ensure you against the risk and you would know what you have and that it would work ok for what you want to do. At this point, its your call. I can't find anything cheaper... or close.
 
Ok the salesmen basically can't tell me anything so I did my own digging and it appears that this computer comes w/ either:

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
or
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE

I have no idea the difference between LE and SE other than one being a possible typo nor do I know which it actually comes with.

In other news, the case is a "slim" so I pretty much can't buy an actual pci-e card after the fact. This is ok since I figure in 18 months or so I'll be buying a new computer for myself and will have 2 solid computer and can toss this one.

The main factor here is I want to spend as little money as possible since I plan to buy another computer in 15-18 months anyways. I could get something pretty nice for 400-500 I realize, but I will have 0 use for it once I do buy another computer.

So can I trust my wow and sims w/ a GeForce 6150 onboard? Is it a safe bet that it will never run spore?
 
So it is a nVidia 6150 built in IGP. Its not bad but to say the truth it wont play Spore, The Sims 2 (I am guessing Sims 2 as the original is way outdated) or WoW at decent settings. Maybe at low.

I say its kinda bleh really. Not what I think is a good low end but not as bad as I was thinking.

Ew....... VIA..... Good thing its not them.
 
there are 2 problems with those dell mini towers and discrete graphics. 1. no room for card 2. power supply is prob 250 to 300 Watt. but the 6150 onboard should play sims 2 and wow decently you just are going to go in the bios and bump up shared video ram
and damn toms is acting a$$ today
 
i am a system builder/Tech and i have numerous customers playing those games on far less hardware. and my girlfriend plays sims2 on a p4 2.0 512MB 128mb FX5200. I have one customer in particular who plays wow on a radeon 9250
 
I have an LE-1300 Sempron.

Its VERY quiet. You have to get with in an inch or two to hear anything.
 
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