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Info--> PACS Approved Desktops 2007:

The following list of machines can be purchased at agressive prices through Dell. PACS has one or two on-site spares to be able to swap out the machines without going through Dell support channels. In addition, these machines carry 4 year gold warranties and we outsource the hardware debugging to the Computer Maintenance Group. This saves PACS and the departments both money and time.

If your research needs drive you to purchase alternative architectures or brands, PACS only requires the following in order to support them:
  • Minimum four year, next business day (NBD) warranty on the desktop
    • CPU, motherboard, RAM, power supply, hard drive, video card, etc.
  • Minimum one year warranty (NBD) on the monitor
Dell Optiplex 745 Configuration (sub $800):
  1. Optiplex 745 (mini tower form factor)
  2. PentiumD 915/2.8GHz, 2X2M, 800FSB
  3. 1x 512MB 533MHz NON-ECC DIMM (4GB Max memory)
  4. 16x SATA DVD+/-RW
  5. 80GB SATA HD
  6. 3.5" floppy
  7. Windows XP Professional
  8. Integrated video (Intel GMA 3000)
  9. 1 16x PCIe slot, 2 PCI slots,  1 1x PCIe slot
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  11. 1 additional SATA drive bay
  12. 4 year gold warranty
Dell Precision 390 Configuration (sub $1500):


Dell Precision 690 Configuration (sub $2500):



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