LoveToStack
27-01-2010, 05:31 PM
Right I'm looking to buy a new pc from Dell since my old one broke recently and I figure since I've had it for a while might as well get a new one.
The ones I'm drawn to are the Inspiron 580 series:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Desktops/inspiron-580/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-580&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1
But I'm confused about the whole ability to "personalise" your computer down to the last detail. Ideally say I wanted the most expensive model, the one at £549, but I didn't like one of the features. In this case it's the 1TB harddrive. I don't need a harddrive that big because I already have an external HDD.
However I've been trying to fix it so that I have all the other specs the same, except maybe switch the harddrive for something more modest, hopefully taking something off the price as well.
I've not got anywhere with this. When I click personalise, I get taken to a page listing me with all the specs but I have no ability to change any of them, they're all set in stone. The only things I can 'personalise' are packages regarding damage cover etc.
So I'm wondering if there's a way to just start from scratch and pick and choose each individual property, processor, graphics card, ram etc etc. I've convinced myself that there must be a way to do so, given all this talk of customizing and personalizing. There's also a page listing the specs of the 580 series which says 'You can have up to blablabla, such and such a graphics card" however none of those three preset builds have such a graphics card. I feel like there's something I'm missing, surely there is more than just 3 options?
tl:dr - Is it possible to customize each individual property of a computer on the Dell site, the size of a HDD for example, and if so how would I go about this? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
The ones I'm drawn to are the Inspiron 580 series:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Desktops/inspiron-580/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-580&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1
But I'm confused about the whole ability to "personalise" your computer down to the last detail. Ideally say I wanted the most expensive model, the one at £549, but I didn't like one of the features. In this case it's the 1TB harddrive. I don't need a harddrive that big because I already have an external HDD.
However I've been trying to fix it so that I have all the other specs the same, except maybe switch the harddrive for something more modest, hopefully taking something off the price as well.
I've not got anywhere with this. When I click personalise, I get taken to a page listing me with all the specs but I have no ability to change any of them, they're all set in stone. The only things I can 'personalise' are packages regarding damage cover etc.
So I'm wondering if there's a way to just start from scratch and pick and choose each individual property, processor, graphics card, ram etc etc. I've convinced myself that there must be a way to do so, given all this talk of customizing and personalizing. There's also a page listing the specs of the 580 series which says 'You can have up to blablabla, such and such a graphics card" however none of those three preset builds have such a graphics card. I feel like there's something I'm missing, surely there is more than just 3 options?
tl:dr - Is it possible to customize each individual property of a computer on the Dell site, the size of a HDD for example, and if so how would I go about this? Any help will be greatly appreciated.