Dell Dimension 8300 Technical Specs

Microprocessor type

Intel® Pentium® 4 microprocessor (2.4, 2.6, 2.8, 3.0, 3.2, and 3.4 for 800 FSB, and 2.4, 2.66, 2.8, and 3.06 for 533 FSB)

L1 cache

8 KB

L2 cache

512-KB or 1-MB pipelined-burst, eight-way set associative, write-back SRAM

NOTE: L3 cache is available only with Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processors that support Hyper-Threading technology.

Type

DDR 333 or 400 (non-ECC)

Memory connectors

four

Memory capacities

128-, 256-, 512-MB, and 1-GB non-ECC

Minimum memory

256 MB

Maximum memory

4 GB

BIOS address

F8000h

System chip set

Intel 875P

DMA channels

eight

Interrupt levels

15

BIOS chip

4 Mb

NIC

integrated PCI Network Interface

System clock

533- or 800-MHz data rate

Type

AGP 8X

Type

Analog Devices AD1980 AC97 Codec

NOTE: This audio type is present only on computers with integrated sound capabilities.

Bus types

PCI and AGP

Bus speed

PCI: 33 MHz
AGP: 133 MHz

AGP

connector

one

connector size

172 pins

connector data width (maximum)

32 bits

bus protocols

8x/4x/2x modes at 1.5 V

PCI

connectors

four

connector size

120 pins

connector data width (maximum)

32 bits

Externally accessible

two 3.5-inch bays
two 5.25-inch bays

Available devices

ATA-66 or ATA-100 Ultra DMA hard drive, serial ATA drive, CD drive, Zip drive, DVD drive, CD-RW drive, DVD/CD-RW combo drive, and DVD+RW drive

Internally accessible

two bays for 1-inch–high hard drives

Externally accessible:

Serial

9-pin connector; 16550C-compatible

Parallel

25-hole connector (bidirectional)

Video

15-hole connector

Network Adapter

RJ45 connector

PS/2 (keyboard and mouse)

6-pin mini-DIN connector

USB

two front-panel and six back-panel
USB 2.0–compliant connectors

5.1 Audio

five connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone, surround, and center/Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) channel; one front panel connector for headphones

NOTE: These audio connectors are present only on computers with integrated sound capabilities.

System board connectors:

Primary IDE channel

40-pin connector on PCI local bus

Secondary IDE channel

40-pin connector on PCI local bus

Serial ATA drive

two 7-pin connectors

Floppy drive

34-pin connector

Telephony (ATAPI)

4-pin connector

CD Audio (ATAPI)

4-pin connector

Fan

3-pin connector

Power control

push button

Power light

green light on power button—blinking green in sleep states; solid green for power-on states

Hard-drive access light

green

Link integrity light (on integrated network adapter)

green light for 10-Mb operation; orange light for 100-Mb operation

Diagnostic code lights

four bicolor (amber and green) located on back panel

DC power supply:

Wattage

250 W or 305 W

Heat dissipation

853 BTU (fully-loaded computer without monitor)

Voltage (see the safety instructions in your Owners Manual for important voltage setting information)

90 to 135 V at 50/60 Hz;
180 to 265 V at 50/60 Hz;
100 V at 50/60 Hz for Japanese computers

Backup battery

3-V CR2032 lithium coin cell

Height

42.5cm (16.7 inches)

Width

18.1 cm (7.13 inches)

Depth

44.7 cm (17.6 inches)

Weight

12.7 kg (28 lb)

Temperature:

Operating

10º to 35ºC (50º to 95ºF)

NOTE: At 35ºC (95ºF), the maximum operating altitude is 914 m (3000 ft).

Storage

–40º to 65ºC (–40º to 149ºF)

Relative humidity

20% to 80% (noncondensing)

Maximum vibration:

Operating

0.25 G at 3 to 200 Hz at 1/2 octave/min

Storage

0.5 G at 3 to 200 Hz at 1/2 octave/min

Maximum shock:

Operating

bottom half-sine pulse with a change in velocity of 50.8 cm/sec (20 inches/sec)

Storage

23-G faired-square wave with a velocity change of 508 cm/sec (200 inches/sec)

Altitude:

Operating

–15.2 to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)

NOTE: At 35ºC (95ºF), the maximum operating altitude is 914 m (3000 ft).

Storage

–15.2 to 10,670 m (–50 to 35,000 ft)