DEEP DIVE: Dell Studio Hybrid Desktop PC (Part 3 of 3)

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This is part three of a three-part deep dive video series on the Dell Studio Hybrid, a desktop PC running Windows Vista Home Premium SP1. Configured with an Intel Core 2 Duo T2390 (1.86 Ghz) CPU, 3 GB of DDR2 RAM, a 250 GB 5400 RPM hard drive, an 8x slot-loading DVD burner, and an Intel X3100 GPU. The colour is "Ruby", and cost me $744 Canadian with taxes direct from Dell.ca.

My unboxing and first impressions video is here:

http://tinyurl.com/6sy4gv

Part one of the deep dive is found here:

http://tinyurl.com/6y9gd9

Part two of the deep dive is found here:

http://tinyurl.com/6o3aet

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[SilentFright666]

Did you ever get the Hybrid connected to your 50" plasma? If so were there any display related problems?

Thanks

[ThoughtsMedia]

Yes, I got it connected - but the first unit Dell sent me would give me a BSOD and crash every time it tried to boot from HDMI. The second unit Dell sent me worked OK in that regard if memory serves...but that was almost a year ago. It had a bunch of wonky DVD playback issues. Dell really butchered the software install on the Hybrids a year ago; I assume it's all smoothed out now.

- Jason

[evexxxxx]

did it come with an hdmi cable to connect to a HDTV?

[ThoughtsMedia]

Nope. If it did, I would have shown in that in the unboxing video. :-)

- Jason

[toonygamer2004]

Whoa. The built in Intel graphics accelerator on this machine is really poor seeing how it lags with the windows media software.

Note taken.

[ThoughtsMedia]

Indeed. And that's why I returned it - it was a great unit otherwise. :-(

- Jason

[gprime]

Very nice review. Thorough and professional!

[noobhuntercss]

Kiss, Scorpions, Bon Jovi, Guns N Roses, haha good music, classic rock

Best full review for a PC I have seen, I would have really liked you to maybe try out a game unless you are going to be trying that out soon! Like not too hardcore but at some extent

Awesome job!

[hellfigter12345]

2 people have a mac miniXD

[ThePokemon530]

If you still had it i would tell you to put windows 7 on it it takes up less ram witch would make it run smother mabey

[xar3on]

Thank for the review :)

[spittenkittens]

Hi I bought a studio hyrid for $299 a few weeks ago and had 5 or 6 beep codes and returned it. The second one worked ok. (are they out returns as new, I know dell has done it before) I had a dell wifi card I bought on ebay, swapped the ram with 4 gb from an old laptop and installed a 320 gb hdd.3 screws to take apart was easy to upgrade and is a nice little desktop. A few months ago I bought a Zino HD 400 w/ 4330 graphics for $349. It is a way better computer but I like both.

[shadowg246]

im sorry i know you said it is not a gaming comuter but i want to know if it will play oblivion

[sexmebre]

slight note there, technically, if it is dual channel than it is 1066 for each stick, but the thing is, since they are rated for 533, that actually means that even WITH the dual channel, its still only 533, so a single channel is running at 266.5... and ram is accessed like a serial connection, only one stick is accessible at a time, so even though there are two sticks, it doesn't exactly run at 1066 either because both sticks are not being accessed simultaneously.

[evexxxxx]

haha, sorry, i posted too fast...

thanx a lot for the answer though, and great vids, i m gonna keep checking it out!

[toonygamer2004]

Unfortunate.

--buy it did seem very impressive.

You did a great job covering the Hybrid.

Watched the unboxing, and

the three parts.

Very detailed. I'll subscribe. :)