The Dimension 5150c is tiny -- pictures just don't do it justice. On its arrival, its petite proportions led us to believe Dell may have accidentally dropped it into its corporate washing machine on a hot cycle.
It's Dell's first foray into the world of small form-factor PCs. It's also one of the company's first desktops to use a BTX (Balanced Technology Extended) design.
It's a little too early on a Monday morning to get into full nerd mode, but this basically means the 5150c is designed with the most modern PC technology in mind, but is very small, quiet and doesn't produce much heat. In other words, it's perfect for sticking in your living room.
Our sample is based on a 2.8GHz Intel Pentium D dual-core processor, 1GB of DDR2 memory and a 250GB hard drive. Its semi-automatic front panel hides a DVD rewriter, 7-in-1 memory card reader, and USB and FireWire ports.
Best of all, the 5150c smells fantastic. Oh, and ours comes with the Dell 2405FPW 24-inch widescreen display, which makes an ideal accompaniment to the PC's Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system.
Our sample costs a very reasonable £1,630, but you can pick up a basic 5150c from just £669. Watch out for a full review soon. -RR
Update: a full review of the Dell Dimension 5150c is now live.
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Anonymous 24 July, 2010 09:21
don't get 5150c. its fuxxking noisey. i opened the case and cleaned the fan. but still, its like having a plane constantly taking off from time to time. i can't hear my movie played with the drowning noise. dell is shit, i swear i will never buy from dell again!!!! its only suitable for the deaf!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous 25 August, 2010 08:45
i've had a 5150 since 2006 it was nice and quiet for a few weeks but since then its like a jet engine running all the time can't hear the telly over it sometimes
Anonymous 5 July, 2011 20:49
Well after 5 years of service, I've just decommissioned two 5150c's. One was quiet as the morgue, (unless under real stress), the other was the noisiest piece of kak you can imagine. Stripped it down, after about a year into it's service, and screwed everything back together properly, and still the same. Dell must of spent real bucks in making something so marginally unsound. Would probably not recommend, even if it was free - which it should be at this time in it's life cycle. As someone above pointed out, really bad design.