Dell Inspiron I15RV-477BLK, Intel Celeron 1007U 1.5GHz 2MB cache - worthy????

[metal!]

Hi all computer gurus! I am in the very beginning stage of putting together a DAW and Best Buy is selling this Dell laptop for under $300. Does it have the processing power to run a decent recording application (Reaper) with EZ or Superior Drummer, bass samples, midi keyboard, etc.?

It has two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports. RAM expandable to 8GB.

Windows 8

Thank you for any feedback.

 

[DM60]

Hi all computer gurus! I am in the very beginning stage of putting together a DAW and Best Buy is selling this Dell laptop for under $300. Does it have the processing power to run a decent recording application (Reaper) with EZ or Superior Drummer, bass samples, midi keyboard, etc.?

It has two USB 3.0 and two USB 2.0 ports. RAM expandable to 8GB.

Windows 8

Thank you for any feedback.

It can do it but, I wouldn't. It is a very low end computer, dual core, slow hard drive, shared video memory. If all you were going to do was email, surf the net and maybe Skype I'd say, go for it. Not for audio work. Yes you could probably do it, but you would out grow it rather fast and feel much limitation and pain.

Doing audio, I would recommend to double down and get Intel's 3rd generation I5 or better, 8 gigs RAM, 7200 RPM hard drive (SSD is great, but not critical), external interface (not on board sound) and that would get you in a very good position. After that, you can focus on the actual recording equipment.

 

[Thurgood]

I inherited one and is painful for audio work. I loaded up my favorite software as an experiment and it worked fine but it was where near my main system. So yes you can use it as a daw but NOT recommended.

 

[Steenamaroo]

That's a modern 64 bit celeron with two cores, so it might be better than I first thought, but ultimately DM60 is right.
Where samples and drum vsts are involved, you'd probably outgrow it very quickly.

 

[Steenamaroo]

That chip is pretty much on a level with an c2d e6600.
Thought that might give a better point of reference.

I have an e6700 box sitting here wasting space. I'm tempted to transfer a session over just to see how it copes.

 

[metal!]

DM60, Thurgood, Steenamaroo: Thanks for replying. I'll pass on this laptop and go with something better.

 

[DM60]

DM60, Thurgood, Steenamaroo: Thanks for replying. I'll pass on this laptop and go with something better.

I know you want to get into this cheap, but don't waste good money. The home recording can be really fun, but if you are fighting sub-par equipment the fun will go out the door and you won't do it.

You will see on this site, most people will not suggest going and spending needless money, but where it matters, they will let you know.

Good Luck!