The Dell Inspiron 580s ($529, as of April 20, 2010) is in many ways a typical budget PC. Its main points of differentiation are a chassis that is slimmer than most in its category and generally strong performance for the price.
The Inspiron 580s is powered by a 2.93 GHz Core i3-530 processor--a chip that dominates our Top 10 Budget PCs chart. The Inspiron 580s runs Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit); it offers 4GB of RAM and a paltry 320GB of storage space. Its score of 119 on our WorldBench 6 test suite puts it on a par with the rest of the category's leaders, including the Gateway SX2840-01 (118) and the HP Pavilion p6330f (118). HP's business-centric Compaq 6005 Pro makes a stronger showing (128), but it's more expensive, too.
As expected, the Inspiron 580s couldn't produce playable frame rates in our Unreal Tournament 3 graphics benchmark tests. Most machines in the Budget Desktop PCs category fail to deliver here, owing to their integrated graphics. If you're looking for gaming-grade performance, a system from our Top 10 Mainstream Desktops PCs chart will be a better fit.
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