[alex]

Just saw this on Dell's site. On an XPS build.

If you upgrade the cpu (from an E6320).

Need there ever be another example of why you shouldn't upgrade a build when you buy from Dell?.....

[SIZE=1][FONT=Tahoma]Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core QX6700 Extreme Processor (2.66GHz,1066MHz,8MB cache) [add £1,034.00 or £26/month1] [/FONT][/SIZE]

This cpu, by itself, from an E-tailer costs around 600.00.

Oh dear.

[Dave Hybrid]

Yikes, that's quite a price hike.

[SocialWarfare]

What the Dell, that is quite an increase

[skinnyman9000]

Ah, Dell is a magical place.

Do they still provide 350W PSU's with their quad core, twin graphics card systems.........i bet they do!!

[SocialWarfare]

Originally Posted by skinnyman9000 Ah, Dell is a magical place. Do they still provide 350W PSU's with their quad core, twin graphics card systems.........i bet they do!!

lol probably or you could upgrade that aswell to a 500w 15amp 12v rail for 200GBP

[alex]

Originally Posted by skinnyman9000 Ah, Dell is a magical place. Do they still provide 350W PSU's with their quad core, twin graphics card systems.........i bet they do!!

Noooooo! not anymore.

Dell have thrown caution to the wind, and for their systems now, they provide

(drum roll)

A 375w psu!!!!!!!!

[skinnyman9000]

Im priced up the components within the XPS system too and im sure i saved around £600

[alex]

Can't stop laughing.

Must......mock.....Dell.

Just found this......

[FONT=arial][SIZE=1]16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives [Included in Price][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=arial][SIZE=1]16x DVD+/- & 48x CDRW/DVD Combo Drive [add 152.75 or 4/month][/SIZE][/FONT]

[alex]

And this:

......................................


PROCESSORQX6800
OPERATING SYSTEMGenuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
MONITORDell™ 22" Black Wide Flat Panel
(MEMORY4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x1024]
HARD DRIVE1.5 TB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x750GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache]
ADDITIONAL HARD DRIVES500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache
OPTICAL DRIVE16x DVD+/-RW & 48x CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
GRAPHICS CARDDUAL 768MB 8800GTX graphics
PHYSICS PCI CARD128MB Ageia™ PhysX™ physics accelerator PCI card
MEDIA CARD READERSInternal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader

Accessories
SOUND CARDSound Blaster® X-Fi Xtreme Music PCI Soundcard
SPEAKERSCreative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker System
KEYBOARDDell™ Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)MOUSEDell Optical Scroll Premium Mouse
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVESNo Floppy Drive
MODEMSNo Modem
MICROSOFT SOFTWAREMicrosoft® Works 8.0 - English

Services & Software
SECURITY SOFTWARENo Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)
ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE SUPPORTNo Accidental Damage Supportlso included with your systemShipping DocumentsEnglish Documentation with English Power CordGedis Bundle ReferenceList D08XP7 - XPS 720Order InformationDimension Order - UKStandard WarrantyBase Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)Online Promotion Option for GEDIS ConfigsDell Internet Order.
SYSTEM MEDIAResource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)

All in: 3523.64

Now this one from Vadim. The core numbers are the same (cpu, amount of ram etc as I've tried to keep the build the same as the Dell for a, more or less, direct comparison). More fans, your own components (and good one's at that), given the choice to overclock should you want to. And it's not the dumb BTX format, so if something 'goes' you can swap it out with mainstream items, not pay through the nose for a replacement from Dell (Mobo, hsf etc)

Case: Antec P180 Black (No PSU)
Window: none selected
Cabling: Standard Cable Management
Cooling: Premium Cooling System (2-4 Fans with digital controller)
Airbrushing: none selected
Fans type: Blue-LED fans
PSU: Enermax Infiniti Modular 720W PSU
Motherboard: Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus (Nvidia 650i - 1333 FSB Conroe)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad QX6800 Extreme Retail (4x2.93GHz 1066FSB 8Mb)
CPU Cooling: Arctic Freezer 7 Cooler Pro (LGA775)
Memory: (2x) OCZ DDR2-800 2x1024MB Special OPS Edition Dual Channel Kit

Physics: BFG Ageia PhysX Accelerator
Graphics: (2x) BFG Nvidia 8800GTX OC 768Mb PCIe HDCP
Hard Drive: (2x) 750Gb Barracuda 7200.10 16mb Cache SATA II NCQ
Storage HD: 500Gb Samsung SpinPoint T166 HD501LJ 7200 16mb Cache SATA II

Optical Drive: Pioneer 112DBK DVDRW Black OEM
Optical Drive 2: Pioneer 112DBK DVDRW Black OEM
Floppy Drive: Icy Box 16-in-1 internal/external USB Card reader (Black)
PCI card: none selected
PCIe Device: none selected
Sound Card: Creative 7.1 X-FI XtremeAudio
Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit DVD OEM
Secondary OS: none selected
X-Image: none selected
Building: Standard Build (5-15 working days)
Overclocking: none selected
Warranty: Deluxe 1 Year Collect and Return-Onsite Warranty (+1 year RTB)
Free T-Shirt: Vadim Computers Baseball T-Shirt (M)
Packaging: Heavy-duty packaging (Full Towers - 80x80x40)
(Add around 220.00 for a decent 20/22" TFT)

All in: 3584.74

The moral of this thread? Don't buy a gaming machine from Dell. Don't upgrade any component on a Dell build. In fact, just don't buy from Dell full stop.

[alex]

Actually, the case quoted in the Vadim build isn't ideal, but you get the idea.

[SKyR!D3]

dell are hopeless for everything but laptops and monitors. Even there 24" widescreens have been superceded by the new samsung range. Yet the poor non technically illiterates of the worlds will still be conned by the this terrible corporation.

[skinnyman9000]

It does upset me somewhat when these things happen.

They make money by offering crap 'computing solutions' to the masses.

Although im not free from blame, when my mum had a new computer system at work we purchased from Dell. I did offer to build the systems myself, but my mum just wanted them to arrive ready built. Never mind.