Dell Vostro 230 Desktop PC Review

The Dell Vostro range is the equivalent of the Ford T, a workhorse that's reliable and available in all colours as long as it is black, targetting small businesses alongside the more upmarket Optiplex.

Dell divides the Vostro family into three separate strands; the mainstream versions (Vostro 230), the advanced ones (Vostro 430) and the All in One Vostros.

We got hold of the Vostro 230 Mini Tower as part of the refresh cycle at ITProPortal.com towers and to be honest, while it is not the sexiest beasts around, it does deliver the goods effectively.

The model we tested came with an Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 processor clocked at 2.93GHz with 3MB L2 cache paired with an Intel G41 Express Chipset with ICH7, two 1GB memory modules (DDR3 1333), a 320GB hard disk drive, 512MB Nvidia G310 video card, a 16x DVD writer, Microsoft Office 2007 Basic (which can be upgraded to Office 2010 Home and Business), Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Dell Optical mouse and keyboard and 3-year ProSupport for End Users and Next Business Day On-Site Service, all for an acceptable £655.65 including VAT and delivery.