Dell Inspiron 545 desktop computer reviews

Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 5:32
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dell_inspiron545 The Dell Inspiron 545 carries a price tag of $720. With such a tag, it finds its place midway between a budget PC and a midrange machine. This price tag also gives experts a reason to believe that with its features, this computer is kind of over priced.

This machine is a simple desktop with no out of the box design overhauls and no extremely impressive features. It features a plastic front that is glossy black in color from the outside. The body of the computer does not feature any rubberized surface and any accessory holder like a CD tray. You will be surprised to know that on opening the front panel door, a hidden media card reader becomes visible. The design of the system otherwise is pretty simplistic.

The Dell Inspiron 545 houses a 2.3GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 processor. The processor is supported by an 8GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM. The graphics of this computer are good thanks to the 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3450 graphics card. Dell always gives plenty of storage space on its computers. So, it is nothing surprising that the Dell Inspiron 545 boasts of 1TB 7,200 rpm hard drives. As far as optical drive is concerned, this system is shipped with a dual layer DVD burner. It is supplied with a 64 bit version of the Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 Operating system.

When you talk of budget computers, the edge this device takes is in the fact that it has a 1TB hard drive that is usually a part of expensive mainstream devices. The overall performance of this machine is not very great but certainly very decent. The computer also features an HDMI out port and 4 USB 2.0 ports. You will also find an Ethernet jack, analogue audio output ports, and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity on this computer. However, eSATA port is absent on this device. The computer is pretty good in terms of upgrade options. The computer houses a couple of PCI slots, a single 1X PCI Express slot, and a PCI Express graphics card slot. Overall, the Dell Inspiron 545 desktop PC is a good device to go for.