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 Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: Dell XPS 720 Desktop : Wonderful (Buy it now!) |
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http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsdt_720?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~xpsdt_720_anav2~~
My cousin just got this beast, and I'm glad to say with some overclocking, we got this baby running nice. The only bad thing: hard drive space. I mean, we can all use someone space, right? Well it's got a nice processor, decent graphics (nothing like my 9800) and isn't loud at all.
Price: $1,499
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Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)
Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition (with re-installation CD)
Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
250GB1 - Seagate 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 8MB Cache
nVidia GeForce 8800 GT 512MB2
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
NO MONITOR
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Or... You could just build it with the same specifications, for considerably less.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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2 8800gt's would probably match a 9800gx2's performance or come very close.
DELL must idiot proof the overclocking some how.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Manually building would cost 1.2-1.3k... Sounds like a pretty gewd deal to me.
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i'm guessing under $1000 total yourself.
mobo: 150 (out of my ass)
q6600: 210
8800gt: 180
psu: 100 (out of my ass)
dvd drive: 40 (out of my ass)
ram: 80 for 4gb
250gb harddrive: 65
some other shit, shipping...
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| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| slovach wrote: | i'm guessing under $1000 total yourself.
mobo: 150 (out of my ass)
q6600: 210
8800gt: 180
psu: 100 (out of my ass)
dvd drive: 40 (out of my ass)
ram: 80 for 4gb
250gb harddrive: 65
some other shit, shipping... |
wow... the CPU is down to 210 now?
it was $325 last time i checked... that was in January -_-
my bad
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Not a very good deal. That's $1500. Here's a potential build I put together for a guy here a few weeks ago (updated/re-priced, etc):
Not only does it include a great monitor, but literally every aspect of this build is better than the Dell - at only $1215.11, almost $300 cheaper than the Dell.
Prices updated; parts revised.
Self built computer > Dell by a mile. Period.
On a side note, Antec 900s were brought back to newegg, yay!
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Sounds great XD
I will check on Dell AU to see if they have it and I may buy it
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| Zarr wrote: | Not a very good deal. That's $1500. Here's a potential build I put together for a guy here a few weeks ago (updated/re-priced, etc):
Not only does it include a great monitor, but literally every aspect of this build is better than the Dell - at only $1215.11, almost $300 cheaper than the Dell.
Prices updated; parts revised.
Self built computer > Dell by a mile. Period.
On a side note, Antec 900s were brought back to newegg, yay! |
PSU is shit, get from a more reliable brand and not ghetto ass rosewill.
Ram is shit, there's far better stuff. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146692 for instance.
9800's are worthless, not worth the price gain. They are barely faster over 8800's, and are slower in some cases due to lower bandwidth.
I prefer Seagate or Western Digital HD's.
I wouldn't expect that board to overclock well, you got to pay out the ass for good motherboards these days.
There's better monitors lurking around.
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| slovach wrote: | PSU is shit, get from a more reliable brand and not ghetto ass rosewill.
Ram is shit, there's far better stuff. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146692 for instance.
9800's are worthless, not worth the price gain. They are barely faster over 8800's, and are slower in some cases due to lower bandwidth.
I prefer Seagate or Western Digital HD's.
I wouldn't expect that board to overclock well, you got to pay out the ass for good motherboards these days.
There's better monitors lurking around. |
Remember, a lot of the stuff I had before dropped/raised in price, so I quickly switched it out for something a little better.
The motherboard can easily overclock the CPU to 3GHz, it's quite good for being so cheap.
The RAM: Normally I'd look for something better. I switched from the 2GB I had before (which raised in price from about $35 to $85) to 4GB to make a point. I'll admit it wasn't the best choice.
Monitor: This was kind of specific for the person I originally threw this together for a month or 2 ago, so I'll admit I could easily find a better monitor in 5 minutes.
The 9800: I haven't researched much, but it seems the 9800GTX only is better then the 8800GT at higher resolutions, so, you're right, the 8800GT is better.
The PSU: All the reviews say the PSU is great (aside from the 2-3 who's PSU blew up.), so I figure it's good for a 500W PSU. Plus the blue LED goes great with the Antec 900.
The HDD: I haven't bothered to change it. I know there are better out there.
If I were to build a full system from scratch, I'm sure I could make a far better system, but for this I just took what I had from an old text file and changed 2 or 3 parts. The post was mainly to exaggerate the sheer mediocrity of the Dell.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 2:35 am Post subject: |
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| A dell...nah...i think i'll pass...
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| Zarr wrote: | | slovach wrote: | PSU is shit, get from a more reliable brand and not ghetto ass rosewill.
Ram is shit, there's far better stuff. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146692 for instance.
9800's are worthless, not worth the price gain. They are barely faster over 8800's, and are slower in some cases due to lower bandwidth.
I prefer Seagate or Western Digital HD's.
I wouldn't expect that board to overclock well, you got to pay out the ass for good motherboards these days.
There's better monitors lurking around. |
Remember, a lot of the stuff I had before dropped/raised in price, so I quickly switched it out for something a little better.
The motherboard can easily overclock the CPU to 3GHz, it's quite good for being so cheap.
The RAM: Normally I'd look for something better. I switched from the 2GB I had before (which raised in price from about $35 to $85) to 4GB to make a point. I'll admit it wasn't the best choice.
Monitor: This was kind of specific for the person I originally threw this together for a month or 2 ago, so I'll admit I could easily find a better monitor in 5 minutes.
The 9800: I haven't researched much, but it seems the 9800GTX only is better then the 8800GT at higher resolutions, so, you're right, the 8800GT is better.
The PSU: All the reviews say the PSU is great (aside from the 2-3 who's PSU blew up.), so I figure it's good for a 500W PSU. Plus the blue LED goes great with the Antec 900.
The HDD: I haven't bothered to change it. I know there are better out there.
If I were to build a full system from scratch, I'm sure I could make a far better system, but for this I just took what I had from an old text file and changed 2 or 3 parts. The post was mainly to exaggerate the sheer mediocrity of the Dell. |
No overclocks are a sure thing, just cause some other guy did it doesn't mean you're going to.
Don't fuck with a PSU, the last thing you want is to be that guy who ends up with a blown one. They LOVE to take a few video cards on the way out, and will happily kill the mobo if you keep it up.
Hardware like that and a 500w budget PSU do not mix. The PSU is the one part you never want to skimp on, ever.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: |
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If anyone wanted to know i built that same exact thing but probably with a better case... for 998 USD. Build it, save the 500 dollars for a monitor.
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I'm just saying, its a great computer for someone who knows nothing about computers
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