Dell's AMD Line Up Revealed

Sledgehammer70

The line up is divided into Dimension, Optiplex and XPS. However, XPS will not be launched alongside the Dimension/Optiplex combination, since the company is waiting for AMD's 4x4 platform. The AMD-Dell rollout beings with PR releases on the 15th in the USofA, while Rest of the World will have to wait a for a week. Remember, these two are entry-level solutions.

Dimension C521
Processor Type: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 X2, Sempron
System Chipset: nVIDIA GeForce 6150-LE / nVIDIA nForce 430 (C51-PVG-MCP51)
Memory: 533/667/800 MHz DDR2 (dual)
Memory min/max: 256MB to 4GB (four slots)
Storage: 2-ch SATA-II 3.0 GB/s - No IDE
RAID Support: RAID 0, 1
Bays: One 5.25", One 3.5" FlexBay, one hard drive
Network: BroadCom BCM4401 10/100
Audio: SigmaTel 9227 (HDA) PCI audio card
Bus slot/type: One PCIe x16 (low-profile), One PCIe x1(low-profile), One PCI
Graphics: Nvidia Integrated Video (DX9 Shader Model 3.0 graphics), PCIe x16
I/O: USB 2.0: Two Front, four Back, one internal
OS: Windows XP Home, Pro (32-bit), XP Media Center, Vista-ready
Chassis: Neo
Power Supply: 280 W

As you can see, C521 will be offered with both single and dual-core Athlon 64s, while Sempr0ns will be in the lowest price segment. The motherboard comes with two channel SATA-II ports which are filled by SATA Hard drive and DVD burner.

To our big surprise, Dell isn't using Nvidia nForce Gigabit Ethernet, but rather a PCI based BroadCom 10/100 Mbit link. High-Definition Audio is provided, however. For those wishing to upgrade the graphics, think only about low-profile PCIe cards...

Dimension E521
Processor Type: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 X2, Sempron
System Chipset: Nvidia GeForce 6150-LE / nVIDIA nForce 430 (C51-PVG-MCP51)
Memory: 533/667/800 MHz DDR2 (dual)
Memory min/max: 256MB to 4GB (four slots)
Storage: 4-ch SATA-II 3.0 GB/s - No IDE
RAID Support: RAID 0, 1
Bays: Two 5.25", One 3.5" FlexBay, Two Hard drive
Network: BroadCom BCM4401 10/100
Audio: SigmaTel 9227 (HDA) PCI audio card
Bus slot/type: One PCIe x16, One PCIe x1, Two PCI
Graphics: Nvidia Integrated Video (DX9 Shader Model 3.0 graphics), PCIe x16
I/O: USB 2.0: Two Front, four Back, one internal
OS: Windows XP Home, Pro (32-bit), XP Media Center, Vista-ready
Chassis: Smith
Power Supply: 305 W

E series comes with a bigger punch, offering full-flexibility in terms of performance. Chassis is codenamed Smith, and it offers a full-size ATX motherboard with PCIe x16 and x1 slots, and PCI is represented with two slots. The chipset remained the same as the C rev, but now we're talking about RAID0 and RAID1 support, 4 SATA slots (two for HDDs, two for storage). PSU is now specc'ed at 305W, and that's about that.

Source: The Inquirer

drasnor

Does that "256MB" minimum mean that they're actually going to sell machines with that much memory? That seems below-the-belt, even for Dell.:wow2:

-drasnor