Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #29218 in PC Accessory
- Brand: Dell
- CPU: Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 1.9 GHz
- Memory: 1GB
- Hard Disk: 250GB
Features
- Powered by AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3600+ (1.9 GHz) processor
- Has 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM , 250 GB SATA hard drive
- Windows Vista Home operating system
- 16X DVD writer
Dell Dimension E521 AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3600+ (1.9 GHz), 1 GB DDR2 SDRAM , 250 GB EIDE SATA HD, 16X DVD +/- RW ,Windows Vista Home
Product Description
Windows Vista Home Premium; 2.6GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+; 2,048MB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM; 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro HyperMemory graphics card; 320GB Western Digital 7,200rpm hard drive
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By Chong Q. Wu
This is the most reliable PC have have ever owned. I use it mainly to edit my photos as I am a photographer. I have upgraded the CPU to a faster one and added the memory up to the limit of 4GB. It is running so well i feel I can indefinitely keep running it. And then, came with the fatal attraction of a MAC. Very satisfied with this Dell Dimension E521 - one of Dell's legacy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
By G. Farney
I had this computer, purchased direct from Dell back in 2006. I upgraded the CPU to the 3GHz dual core, upgraded the CPU heatsink as the new CPU was 125 watt instead of 89 watt, stuck in as much hard drive as was required, maxed out the memory to 4GB, Windows XP was nice and stable, added a couple of extra fans to keep temps extra low in the summer heat, but the best upgrade to be done was a video card, by far the most noticeable improvement. I use a reasonably priced XFX HD 5670 and it was great.At this point though, this should be the computer you're replacing, not buying, unless you're on a seriously limited budget. It works, don't get me wrong, but it's limited even in it's maxed out build. I donated mine to a non profit with a fresh Win7 build, it's doing great for basic MS Publisher, Word, Excel, and of course email and surfing. Windows 7 installed without needing to download a single driver manually, it was wonderful, if you're not sure about upgrading, you can with this PC.My only real complaint was that it will NOT take double size video cards, power supply is limited anyway, the single fan that cools the CPU is also the case fan, lose it and you're going to have problems, and of course the Dell proprietary components make upgrades more difficult (like the fan and heatsink were Dell specific, it requires a lot of research to find a heat sink that would work in this PC for the upgraded CPU)Clean the dust out a few times a year and this computer will chug along for a while to come, provided you're not looking to do too much on it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
By CJ
I have had this computer for awhile, and it's done fine. It's gone through a lot of hard work, alot of time spent busy. But it has held up fine and has satisfied me.However, it has not been the dream computer, either. It has crashed many times and has even had the hard drive replaced and is nowhere near consistent with everyday performance.I have concluded that if you are on a budget, this computer should be considered. However, it certainly should not be thought of as a top-of-the-line, feature-filled computer. It could be useful for experimentation, but not for heavy-duty work.
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