Dell Dimension 8200 Review

“Having built an AMD 1.2 ghz pc my wife and I both...”

Written on: 27/08/2002 by Grandpa.

Good Points
This very small pc is fast and quiet.

Bad Points
The case is very limited in size. It does NOT come with firewire ports, they must be ordered seperately. Cheap mouse. Expensive.

General Comments
Having built an AMD 1.2 ghz pc my wife and I both realized we would never be satified with the final results. The AMD processor runs hot. That means you must use "adequate" cooling. In other words lots of noisy fans. To make it worse, the VIA chipset is very unstable. One day she said "Oh F__k it, why don't you just buy a Dell". I happily agreed. Today I am a proud owner of the fastest and quietest PC I have ever owned or seen. I would order another one in a minute. Guess I'm a Dude now :-)