Dell xps generation 4

[smittyc]

Well I have had my xps system for awhile now and finally getting around to posting. It scores 13580 and 6070 on futuremark. Games play great. The video card has been fun learning the different settings. The monitor didn't have any dead pixels. It handles my video encoding without breaking stride. I'm very satisfied with this system.

 

[smittyc]

I should be getting a kick back after two of my friends seeing my pc one ordered the 2405 monitor and the other ordered the same pc and monitor as mine!

 

[kini62]

Same here. I'm very satisfied with the performance of the XPS Gen 4. For what I paid, it was the best deal I could find, better than building one myself.

 

[Kizmo1]

Howdy,
I just joined today after reading this forum. I ordered my XPS yesterday.
Dimension XPS Series, Intel Pentium 4 Processor 650 (3.4GHz) w/HT Technology and 2MB cache Qty: 1 Unit Price: $2,181.26
[221-8098] Dimension XPS Series, Intel Pentium 4 Processor 650 (3.4GHz) w/HT Technology and 2MB cache
[311-3766] 1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
[310-4164] Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Desktop Solution
[320-4127] 19 in (19.0 in viewable) 1905FP Digital Flat Panel Display
[320-4081] 256MB Nvidia GeForce 6800 Graphics Card
[463-6664] 160GB NCQ Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
[340-1927] 3.5in Floppy Drive
[313-7222] Dell Application Back-up CD, Factory Install
[412-0688] Image Restore
[420-4927] Windows Media Player 10
[412-0749] Dell Media Experience 3.0 Basic
[412-0721] Dimension Dell Support
[420-4939] Microsoft Windows XP Professional,Service Pack 2, English
[310-1966] Mouse included in Logitech Wireless Package
[430-0742] Intel Pro 1000 Integrated PCI NIC Card
[313-3607] No modem requested for Dell Dimension
[412-0705] Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0
[313-3005] 16X DVD-ROM and 16X DVD+/-RW
[420-5079] PowerDVD Software Decoding forDVD Drives
[313-3114] Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS THX Certified Sound card with DVD
[313-3213] Dell A425 Speakers
[412-0739] Network Associates McAfee 6.0,English, 15-Month Subscription
[412-0741] Music Match 9.0 Basic 7 day OnDemand
[412-0744] Paint Shop Photo Album 5.1 Standard
[412-0625] Dell/My Way Home Page
[412-0687] NETZERO ISP
[412-0787] AOL for Broadband
[420-3224] Broadband Icon for Inspiron
[412-0701] Word Perfect Productivity Pack
[950-7447] 4 Year Limited Warranty
[981-0879] Dell Training and Certification - Complete PC Package, 90 day
[900-3963] Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7 Technical Support, 3 Year Extended
[412-0359] Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
[900-9773] Technical Support, 3 Year Extended
[960-6380] Technical Support, Initial Year
[960-6130] Type 3 - Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
[982-1798] $60 MAIL-IN REBATE 62205 Redeem within 30 days of ship at dell.com/epprebates
[982-1628] HelpDesk, 30 days
[960-2697] Dimension XPS, Specialized Support
[960-0027] CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Dimension, 4 Year
[412-0358] Soft Contracts - Consumer Complete Care
[430-0947] Sonic RecordNow Plus and MyDVDDeluxe Software for Dual LayerDVD+RW Drives
[420-5139] Quickbooks 2005 Special SimpleStart Edition


Subtotal: $2,181.26
Shipping and Handling: $0.00
Tax: $118.35
Total: $2,299.61

I'm mainly going to do digital photography (Photoshop) on it, with some gaming. Any tweaks you guys would recommend my doing before they send it?
Kiz

 

[NiKeFiDO]

build your own computer and save like $1500!!! plz for the love of god!

 

[Kizmo1]

I'm too much of a newbie to tackle that right now.

 

[juktar]

Originally posted by: shoRunner

Originally posted by: juktar

I have heard, but cannot prove that the Power Supply are PC Power & Cooling

HAHAHHAHAHHA. now that is funny. like PCP&C could even keep up anywhere near the supply dell needs. They more than likely use a hipro or a bestec psu.

And you know this.... how? Guessing?

 

[juktar]

Originally posted by: NiKeFiDO
build your own computer and save like $1500!!! plz for the love of god!

It has already be proven above that it could not be done. Live with it.

 

[anarchyreigns]

Originally posted by: Kizmo1
Any tweaks you guys would recommend my doing before they send it?
Kiz

Yeah, you might want to cancel the order and order an XPS Gen 5 with dual cores instead.

 

[Kizmo1]

Apparently they aren't selling them yet, although I'm aware they were supposed to be rolled out in April. If you can find them on dell.com, you're doing better than me.

 

[ultimatebob]

Hey, I'm just glad that he got rid of the RAID-0 array from his original configuration. With the cheap IDE harddrives that Dell uses, he was practically begging to lose all of his data when one of them failed.

 

[Jaskalas]

I have a first generation XPS, and have been happy with it for two years now. Made some slight upgrades with a 74GB Raptor and 6800GT and I'll take my chances with it until dual core matures along with some fancy new GFX card towards the end of next year. Yes? I?m referring to skipping the releases this year for the next.

AMD?s dual core may convince me to finally build my own next time around, unless Intel gives us something better then the Pentium D by then.

 

[kini62]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Hey, I'm just glad that he got rid of the RAID-0 array from his original configuration. With the cheap IDE harddrives that Dell uses, he was practically begging to lose all of his data when one of them failed.

What cheap IDE drives? You speak this from what knowledge. My XPS has WD and Hitachi drives, the exat same ones you would buy if you were building a PC. They are both a HELL OF A LOT BETTER than the POS Maxtor Diamond Max that I had on my last system, which was a custom build.

Bottom line- you know not of what you speak.

 

[kleinwl]

I've have a 3 1/2 yr old 8200 Dell (P4 1.7gHz w/ 512 SDRAM) with 21" CRT.

The dell has been rock solid with XP, I've easily run this machine for weeks folding away without any issues. Since it's soo old, I wish that I had the BIOS tweaks to be able to overclock it... but that's a small price to pay for stability.

On the low end side, I do not think that anyone can compete with Dell on price (due to the huge Intell and Windows discounts) but the high end stuff is a little overpriced.

I think that for me, the nail in Dell's coffin is that the AMD processors play games soo much better than Intels (plus the power savings/overclock ability). So, I would vote for purchasing the components and building your own system (pretty easy) or asking your local computer shop to build one for you.

 

[anarchyreigns]

Originally posted by: Kizmo1
Apparently they aren't selling them yet, although I'm aware they were supposed to be rolled out in April. If you can find them on dell.com, you're doing better than me.

This page at the top.

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/product...re.aspx/desktops?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

 

[diepoxide]

Thank the gods that I found you people!
I too am the proud owner of an XPS.I've been kicked around on some of the various sites I have visited because of this fact.
Considering that this is the first comp(in my thirty some years of existence),coupled with the "newb"status, left me defensless.
So good to hear all the positives!The machine performs above and beyond anything I could have hoped for!Great to find some people that will side with me on this.