Dell 518 with Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600?

[Bill0287]

I am curious if anyone is running a system from Dell with Q6600 quad processor and pro tools successfully? The basic specs are listed below.

Bill


Processor & Memory:

• Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q6600 at 2.4GHz
• 8MB L2 Cache
• 1066MHz Front Side Bus
• 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

Drives:

• 320GB 7200RPM SATA II Hard Drive --------- (*I will add an audio drive)
  
  
• 16x DVD+/-RW Drive

Graphics & Video:

• No Monitor
  
• Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 --------(I will add a video card)
  

Communications:

• 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN
• 19-in-1 Media Card Reader

Audio:

• Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
• Dell AX210 USB Stereo Speakers

Expandability:

• 3.5" Bays: 3 bays (one external; two internal)
  
• 5.25" Bays: 1 bays
  
• Memory DIMM slots: 4 available
  

Ports:

• 8 USB 2.0 ports (2 Front, 4 Back, 2 Top)
  
• Microphone (Front)
  
• Headphone (Front)
  
• Line-in (Back)
  
• Line-out (Back)
  
• Microphone (Back)
  
• Rear Surround (Back)
  
• Side Surround (Back)
  

Slots:

• 1 PCI slots
• 2 PCIe x 1 slots

Operating System:

• Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium 32-bit

[jason973]

Bill,

I was wondering the same thing as well. I am assuming that you are looking at the warehouse store offer? The price is good, especially as it includes a 2 year warranty.

I understand that G33 isn't a supported chipset, but have read some success stories in this board. Has anyone had any recent success with this?

Worst case scenario, you could go ahead and order it - if it doesn't work out, you could return it to the store.

Jason