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It is there. Check out new series of XPS:
3.0 Ghz P4, 800Mhz FSB, 4 fans, 450Watts power...


"Robert Johnson" <robertjohnson999@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:01c30da7$333de620$32f1fecd@micron...
> Currently the 8300 has the 530 FSB. I am waiting for the 800 FSB.
>
> Count Blah <nochance4spammers@server.com> wrote in article
> <WDcra.675627$S_4.726350@rwcrnsc53>...
> > I'm with you Marcos. I've placed my order on the discounted 8250 with
> 2.8Ghz
> > on few days ago and cancelled it. Although it had a very good price I
> found
> > the following reasons to lean towards 8300:
> >
> > - RDRAM is twice more expensive and has to be installed in pairs (so I
> will
> > have only ONE expensive upgrade in the future);
> > - RDRAM will probably be abandoned in the future because newest Intel
> > chipsets support DC DDR SDRAM;
> > - Video slot is 8X AGP on 8300 vs. 4X on 8250. Which means that best
> video
> > cards will not be used to their full potential on 8250 in the future.
> > - 3.06 GHz with HT;
> >
> > I'm still not sure if the 8300 has 530Mhz or 800 Mhz front side bus
> speed.
> > Any info on that?
> >
> >
> >
> > "Marcos M. Zattar" <zattar@t-online.de> wrote in message
> > news:b7hv2l$bga$00$1@news.t-online.com...
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I am planning to buy a desktop from DELL and until yesterday I didn't
> > > have any doubt, I was up to the Dimension 8250. But then Dell launched
> > > a new model here in Germany, the 8300. It claims to be faster because
> > > it has the chipset 875P and 533/800 Mhz PSB. Besides, the RDRAM was
> > > replaced by the DDR. To make the choice more complicated, the 8300 is
> > > offered here in Germany with a regular hard-disk or optionally with a
> > > RAID couple instead (stripe or mirror, you choose). So here my
> > > questions:
> > >
> > > - How much is the increase in performance with the new chipset and RAM
> > > type? Is it worth spending those extra bucks for the newer version?
> > > - What are the advantages of a Serial-ATA harddisk compared to a
> > > regular EIDE harddisk?
> > > - It is said that RAID 1 (mirror) is safer regarding a possible disk
> > > failure and RAID 0 (stripe) is faster. How safer is RAID 1 and how
> > > faster is RAID 0? Is there really a considerable chance that in a RAID
> > > 0 system one of the disks fails, breaks or has a malfunction? In this
> > > case, is it true that you lose all your data?
> > >
> > > I would appreciate any comments that would help me decide which one to
> > > get.
> > >
> > > Bye!
> > > Marcos
> > >
> >
> >
> >