- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
don't go dell bashing. for us who have parents who refuse to buy us individual parts, dell makes great, affordable computers. they are reliable, and for the few times they are not, their 24-hr tech support is awesome (can't get that on a home built computer)
ok, so they do cost more than buying all the parts yourself and biulding your own computer. but suprisingly enough, the profit margin is not that much.
the XPS is awsome. enough said. of course, there are many upgrades you can make for it, but it's great for a gaming computer.
ooh, forgot, specks:
processor and chipset:
Intel® Pentium® 4 Express Processor with Hyper-Threading technology - 600 Sequence, up to 660 (3.60GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB Cache)
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology at 3.73GHz Extreme Edition (1066MHz FSB, 2MB cache).
Intel® 925XE Express chipset
OS:
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition
memory:
512 MB Dual channel DDR2-533MHz SDRAM standard, upgradable to 4 GB1.
4 DIMM slots. Memory installed in pairs for dual channel
slots:
4 PCI slots
1 PCIe x 1 slot
1 PCIe x16 (graphics) slot
power:
Output Wattage: 460 Watts
Input Voltage (auto-sending): 90 - 135V at 50/60 Hz; or 180 - 265 V at 50/60 Hz
Heat Dissipation: 931.2 BTU/hour (fully loaded computer without monitor)
Backup Battery: 3.0 V CR2032 coin cell
graphics:
256MB PCI ExpressTM x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) NVIDIA® GeForceTM 6800
Optional: 256MB PCI ExpressTM x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI RadeonTM 850 XT Platinum Edition
Optional: 256MB PCI ExpressTM x16 (DVI (dual)/VGA) NVIDIA® GeForceTM 6800 GTO
Hard drives
Up to 400 GB1 SATA internal storage (single drive) or up to 800GB1 (2 drives x 400 GB) internal RAID storage.
RAID options: RAID 1 (mirroring) or RAID 0 (striping) configurations.
removable drives:
Removable Media 3.5" 1.44 MB diskette drive
Optional: 64MB2 or 128MB2 USB memory key
DVD-ROM 16x DVD-ROM (DVD read 16x, CD read 24x)
CD-RW and DVD+RW with CD-RW Optional: 48x/32x/48x CD-RW
Optional: 48x/32x/48x CD-RW / 16x DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Optional: 16x max DVD+/-RW Drive3 with CD-RW
ok, i'll stop there
[Edited on 5/28/2005]