| With a reasonable price tag of around $900, the | | | | Inspiron 545. However, some notable absences |
| new Dell Inspiron 545 is one of the best budget | | | | include an HDTV tuner as well as a Blu-ray player. |
| desktops to ever come out of the Texas-based | | | | Nonetheless, users can easily upgrade the Inspiron |
| company's kitchen. This device has enough power | | | | 545 with these add-ons either through a |
| to be able to serve as a home's primary | | | | third-party vendor or from the Dell website itself. |
| computer system. Here's an in-depth look at the | | | | The Inspiron 545's 300W power supply is more |
| Inspiron 545. | | | | than enough to ensure that these upgrades will |
| The Look | | | | work without a hitch. |
| The Inspiron 545 pretty much looks like any | | | | The Inspiron 545 will also come with a 750GB |
| other standard desktop computer, with a sleek | | | | SATA hard drive that is more than enough space |
| and shiny mini tower on board. However, | | | | to store those HD movies. |
| customers will be glad to know that they can | | | | The Performance |
| choose from eight different and wonderful color | | | | As mentioned earlier, the Inspiron 545 will be |
| schemes to fully customize the Inspiron 545 - | | | | sporting an excellent combination of 8GB of |
| Formula Red, Flamingo Pink, Plum Purple, Tangerine | | | | memory and a Q9400 processor. This is top of |
| Orange, Spring Green, True Blue, Pure White, and | | | | the line stuff which ensures that the Inspiron 545 |
| Piano Black. Inside its massive mini tower is an | | | | will be able to meet the multitasking demands of |
| Intel-powered Quad Core Q9400 processor | | | | today's PC users. This powerful combo will also |
| combined with an amazing 8GB of memory. The | | | | allow the Inspiron 545 to work smoothly when it |
| Inspiron 545 will also be equipped with several PCI | | | | comes to the more complex tasks such as video |
| card slots for upgrades on a variety of | | | | transcoding or photo editing. Based on a few |
| peripherals, from graphics cards to TV tuners. | | | | tests, the Inspiron 545 was actually able to |
| Already built-in on the device is a DVD burner, as | | | | outperform other systems with dual core |
| well as an additional slot for a secondary optical | | | | processors such as the famed Apple iMac. |
| drive. | | | | Some critics are claiming that one of the weakest |
| Feature-Packed | | | | elements of the Inspiron 545 is its Intel GMA 3100 |
| Expect the Inspiron 545 to be bundled with a | | | | graphics processor. Although it is more than |
| monitor that will be up to par with its impressive | | | | capable of handling simpler 3D tasks such as |
| features. Take for instance the S2309 widescreen | | | | Vista's Aero effects, problems arise when it |
| monitor (from Dell as well) that has a 23-inch | | | | comes to graphic-intensive 3D games. |
| screen and a ratio of 16:9. This amazing monitor | | | | Nonetheless, the PCIe x16 card slot will provide |
| will be compatible with HD videos of up to 1920 x | | | | ample space for users to add a more capable 3D |
| 1080 pixels in resolution which means that users | | | | graphics card on the Inspiron 545. |
| will be able to watch 1080p-quality videos on their | | | | |