Dell Dimension 8400

Dell Dimension 8400 Review INTRODUCTION Dell Computers do not sell through the shops. This cuts out middle men, and therefore lowers the cost of the PCs for us, the consumer. They do their business on-line, or over the telephone. You may have watched their commercials on television, which show you the fabulous deals. Dell offers high quality equipment, at very low costs. In addition, they often have offers, which offer you double memory, extra ...
...components have been selected by Dell to work together seamlessly. This means that you should experience very few errors from your system. Imagine a computer which has conflicting hardware. By this, I mean your CD ROM drive does not work properly with other components in your computer, and everything is just thrown in, and may not work well with the other items. This can cause crashes, and system errors. Fortunately, Dell’s computers are built with ...

skeet263 16.01.2005 · Read full review
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i have had my dell dimension 8400 since february 2005 which could be a trademark of dells supposed reliabilty rating. dell is good as it allows you to build your own spec computer over the phone if you wish not to order the internet. it is also good at prviding a good service at a reasonable pirce. but there are a few problems. the design and the build quality of the machine is rubbish. since it is to be built by the customer its casing has to be ...
...to each other. dell dimension 8400 computers seem to have power lead problems as on rare occasions the computer refuses to turn on which can be very annoying for the user, instead of switching on the light turns amber. after researching it when i had this problem i was told to buy a new lead which i bought for 15 pounds. dells do have their problems but the fact that it can be built around you is a big pluss factor. i personally negotiated with the ...

divyeshp123 22.06.2007 · Read full review
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The Dell Dimension 8400 is a great machine let down by the poor graphics card that comes as standard. The 250gb hard drive is fast and this is noticeable as early as in booting up the machine. 1 gigabyte of memory is provided, which is more than generous for most tasks. The system also includes the soundblaster audigy 2 card, together with a 5.1 surround sound speaker system which works well for both games and movies. One minor point out here is ...
...paying a premium for the Dell brand. It does however include 3 year on site warranty and the machine is delivered and professionally installed. Be aware that delivery and installation are two seperate processes and there may be a delay of a few days between you receiving your machine and the installation taking place. Overall a good machine, but one or two points prevent it from being a great one. ...

jon_f 07.01.2005 · Read full review
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I bought my Dell 8400 approx 12 months ago.This model is no longer sold by dell themselves and has been replaced by the 9150 model. If you are therefore buying second hand you should be able to get a good deal. Try to go for a higher spec model,mine has a 3.4Ghz intel processor which i find is quick enough for just about every need, especially if you can get 1 Gigbyte of Ram though there are generally empty slots to upgrade yourself. The case is ...
...of space inside if you wish to change graphics cards ,drives etc. Mine was supplied with an nvidia 6800 Gpu and is pretty good at playing all the games on the market at this time. As an example ,when i play Doom 3 i play on high settings and still get 40+ frames per second though you must shut down all open windows etc. The Hard drive is a 250 GB maxtor and the DVD Rom and DVD CD Rewriter drives are easy to use and will probably have sonic record ...

toonboy61 24.03.2006 · Read full review
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The Dell Dimension 8400 PC has loads going for it, I should know, I'm on one right now. This first thing to note about all Dell PCs is that they are not available in high street stores the main source of their sales is over the internet; this should obviously not a problem to anyone reading this review. Also the specs given with this PC are the standard specs, when purchasing online you have the choice to upgrade any of the components, or downgrade ...
...can be found on the Dell site offering discounts for certain upgrades, the monitor upgrade can be purchased without any offer or deal for around £200, well worth while in my opinion The PC comes fitted with a 2.8 GHz processor, the highest I've seen at the moment is a 3.4 GHz but for a non professional there would be no noticeable difference between the two, therefore I don't think there's much point upgrading the processor unless it's for business ...

pete_482 18.04.2005 · Read full review
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Buying a Computer is still a major purchase, and due to the level of choice and the myriad of terms and quite confusing information, a very difficult purchase. I would judge myself to have a quite good understanding of computers, but i'm certainly no expert. Whilst my old 'Tiny' machine was still working I starting looking for a replacement. I chose Dell, because you had the option of custoimising the computer to your requirements, and they are a ...
...terms of price. I went for the 8400, as I wanted a high level machine that would be useable for at least 5-6 years. The machine spec I went for has 1meg of Ram and a 140 gig hard drive, 19 inch CRT monitor (I find them more reliable-longer life span), P4 3 gig processor etc. I don't play games on PC's, so I didn't need to consider this aspect, though it should be Ok for all but the most demanding games. The case is hardly high tech, but is passable ...

streetmachine100 27.01.2006 · Read full review
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I bought a Dell Dimension 8400 about a year ago and, in general, I have been very pleased with it. My computer is my business so I went for a fairly high options specification as follows: - 2GB RAM, - Upgraded graphics card - 256 ATI Radeon, - 2 x 74GB RAID-0 hard disks, - 19 inch flat screen If you care about how a PC looks then I think the Dimension 8400 is fairly attractive, with a grey fascia and black body. Sitting next to the main unit ...
...you are going to get Dell cover, make sure that all the components are Dell. The computer comes set up ready to go with the Windows OS of your choice and at least something like Microsoft Works (you can upgrade that to Office if you wish). Personally, I like to partition everything to my liking and tweak it a bit, but that is not really necessary. I like the fact that Dell provide all the original disks for products, and they also have various driver ...

eGordy 10.10.2005 · Read full review
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...be a bit loud. Dell PCs may not have the costumer support but the reason for this might be because they do not need it that often, this might be a little bitter-sweet . This Dell Desktop has good performance for several years, not having any problems to it. The addition of some RAM memory makes the speeds even better, so it is "FAST" so you can run ig programs such as games really fast. With a 3.0 Ghz processor, this desktop is great for a wide ...
...can always upgrade it. The hard drive space allows you to store a good deal of information, music, movies, and pictures, so their is always a free space for ANY thing you want! This is my third personal computer from Dell. I sold my first Dimension to a friend for half its purchase price. That was four years ago and it's still running. ...

abedelrahman1 23.05.2007 · Read full review
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