Dell Inspiron 530s Desktop Review
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Dell's first desktops to carry
the Inspiron name look good, inside and out. With a huge range
of available components and two equally attractive cases,
mainstream consumers ought to be able to find a config that
meets their budget, tastes, and computing needs. If you require
Bluetooth or Blu-ray, however, you'll have to put your purchase
plans on hold.
Dell has dropped its venerable
Dimension desktop brand. Now, both its mainstream consumer
desktops and Desktops will carry the Inspiron name. Along
with the name change, Dell's new Inspiron 530
and 530s PCs usher in Intel's latest G33 chipset (aka Bearlake),
which features a speedy 1,333MHz frontside bus. The other
two models in the lineup, the Inspiron 531 and 531s, feature
AMD processors on Nvidia's MCP 61 chipset
The 530s and 531s units feature
a slim chassis akin to the Dimension C521's. Each of the four
models boasts a wide array of configuration options; prices
start at a rock-bottom $349 and can quickly top $1,500 when
you start adding upgrades. For a complete details, read our
full review of the Dell Dimension 531, which won an Editors'
Choice
The big range in price is due
in large part to the wide array of CPU options. The Intel-based
models offer both low-end Celeron and dual-core Core 2 Duo
processors, while the AMD-based models offer both low-end
Sempron and dual-core Athlon 64 X2 processors. Memory ranges
from 512MB to 4GB. All four major flavors of Vista are offered
as well; no word on whether XP is an option for those less
than enthralled with Microsoft's latest OS effort.
Both the midtower and the slim
chassis offer two hard drive bays (which you can populate
with two 500GB drives for a 1TB of storage) and the option
for a PCI Express graphics card (the half-height variety for
the 530s and 531s units). Also available in all models but
particularly useful in the slim models, which are likely candidates
to be shoehorned into home theater racks, is an optional 802.11b/g
(but sadly, not 802.11n) Wi-Fi card, which will save you from
having to run an Ethernet cable through your living room.
Integrated Bluetooth is another living-room-friendly technology,
and Dell is bringing it to these Inspiron desktops shortly.
Likewise, Dell will add Blu-ray drives as on option soon.
Aesthetically, the new Inspiron
line extends the silver-and-white color scheme that you can
find on late-model Dimensions. The last generation of Dimensions
were sleek-looking, but the area around the optical drives
was black, which was in stark contrast to the rest of the
case. Now, the Inspiron cases feature drive-bay covers, lending
a more unified design to the PCs.
The Inspiron line carries Dell's
standard one-year parts-and-labor warranty, but the company's
DataSafe backup has moved online. Dell offers you 3GB of online
storage and won't charge you for the first year.
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