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 Dell Dimension 2350 | |
| Manufacturer | Dell |
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| Product family | Dimension |
| Type | Desktop computer |
| Release date | December 24, 2002 |
| Introductory price | $699 |
| Operating system | Windows XP Home Edition, English |
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHz |
| Memory | 512 MB (266 MHz DDR SDRAM) |
| Storage | 1 TB White Label 5900 RPM SATA HDD |
| Graphics | PNY GeForce FX 5200 |
| Connectivity | 6 USB 2.0, 4 Audio jacks, 1 VGA, 1 parallel port, 1 serial port, 2 PS/2 |
The Dell Dimension 2350 is a budget and consumer-oriented desktop from 2002. Dell sold various configurations of these systems ranging from an Intel Celeron to Pentium 4 and the systems support up to 2 GB of DDR SDRAM (1 GB officially). The Dimension 2350 shipped with Windows XP.
Collection Specifics
I bought my Dell Dimension 2350 for $4 from a Deseret Industries thrift store in Mesa, Arizona because of how cheap it was.
Operating System
This computer would've originally shipped with Windows XP Home Edition. I don't believe this computer had an operating system installed when I bought it, so I installed Windows XP to use this computer as a retro Windows XP computer.
Hardware
For some reason, despite having a Pentium 4 sticker on the case, this computer had an Intel Celeron inside, with 512 MB of RAM, and a 30 GB HDD. As I intend to use this computer as a kind of cheap Windows XP gaming PC, I decided to upgrade the hardware inside. For $9 on eBay, I bought a 2 GHz Pentium 4 to replace the Celeron. For $25 on eBay, I bought a PNY GeForce FX 5200, PCI version because this computer's motherboard lacks an AGP slot, which really limits graphics card upgrades for this machine. Finally, for $9 on Amazon, I bought a cheap SATA to IDE adapter to upgrade the 30 GB hard drive to a 1 TB one because I have so many spare SATA drives laying around and it was cheaper than buying an actual IDE drive.