Dell C521 specifications Specifications

Back to Contents Page

Specifications

Dell™ Dimension™ C521 Service Manual

Microprocessor

Microprocessor type	AMD™ Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core processor
	AMD Athlon 64
	AMD Sempron™
Internal L2 cache	up to 1 MB per core
	up to 256 KB for Sempron
Memory
Type	533-MHz, 667-MHz, 800-MHz z (when available) DDR2
	SDRAM
Memory connectors	four
Memory modules supported	256-MB, 512-MB, or 1-GB non-ECC
Minimum memory	256 MB
Maximum memory	4 GB
Computer Information
Chipset	nVidia GeForce 6150LE
DMA channels	eight
Interrupt levels	24
BIOS chip (NVRAM)	4 Mb
NIC	integrated network interface
	Capable of 10/100 communication
Video
Type	nVidia integrated video (DirectX 9.0c Shader Model
	3.0 Graphics Processing Unit) or PCI Express x16
	graphics card
Audio
Type	Sigma Tel 9227 CODEC (7.1 Channel Audio)
Controllers
Drives	two SATA controllers supporting two devices
Expansion Bus
Bus type	PCI 2.3
	PCI Express 1.0A
	SATA 1.0A and 2.0
	USB 2.0
Bus speed	PCI: 133 MB/s
	PCI Express x16: 80 Gbps bidirectional speed
	PCI Express x1: 2.5 Gbps
	SATA: 1.5 Gbps and 3.0 Gbps
	USB: 480 Mbps high speed, 12 Mbps full speed, 1.2
	Mbps low speed
Cards
PCI
connectors	one