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  1. 10-02-2007, 04:11 PM #1
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    Dell XPS 720 Full Tower Chassis

    Water Cooled Intel Quad Core 2.66GHz

    2048mb 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x 1024mb DIMMS)

    1.5TB Storage (3x 500GB Disks)

    DVD+/-ReWriter (copies and plays CD's and DVD's)

    2x 768mb Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX Graphics Cards

    Sound Blaster X-FI Extreme Sound Card

    Microsoft Windows® Vista Ultimate Edition

    Microsoft Works 8.5

    Dell UK Keyboard and Mouse

    Dell XPS Mouse Mat




    My mate is selling his pc with this and he says its top range but i kno nothing about PC specs...so
    is it worth paying £500 for?
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  2. 10-02-2007, 04:56 PM #2
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    Dell XPS 720 Full Tower Chassis[/b]
    Dell is crap, always been.

    Water Cooled Intel Quad Core 2.66GHz
    [/b]
    rather get dual core, right now its better than any quad core

    2048mb 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x 1024mb DIMMS)[/b]
    what kind of ram's? no name Dell ones?

    1.5TB Storage (3x 500GB Disks)
    [/b]
    assueming its Dell too?

    DVD+/-ReWriter (copies and plays CD's and DVD's)[/b]
    again, Dell?

    2x 768mb Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX Graphics Cards
    [/b]
    SLI?

    Microsoft Windows® Vista Ultimate Edition[/b]
    useless.

    Microsoft Works 8.5[/b]
    useless.

    Dell UK Keyboard and Mouse[/b]
    useless.

    Dell XPS Mouse Mat[/b]
    useless.


    My mate is selling his pc with this and he says its top range but i kno nothing about PC specs...so
    is it worth paying £500 for?[/b]

    Does it have any motherboard? :P

    and 500 might be a bit much tbh
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  3. 10-03-2007, 07:33 AM #3
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    um noo get your self better fx card moor ddr2 and your fsb is wayyy too slow
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  4. 10-03-2007, 07:47 AM #4
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    Quad core is a waste of money atm... the quad cores out now is getting owned by Intel duo core in all tests there is xD except i think there is 1 with some Itune converting where it wins by 0.0001 sec. So i'd say go for a duo core instead
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  5. 10-03-2007, 09:59 AM #5
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    WTF ?

    8800 GTX is top of the line video card right now, with only the overpriced 8800 Ultra beating it
    2x means Sli, means i he should have no problem gaming at least on 1920x1200 High with few filters applied on any game avaliable atm

    Quad Core aint useless, especially if u got the B0 (or w/e) Stepping that will OC like a madman on water cooling (3.5 Ghz easy i say)

    2 GB is pretty good, dnno what brand tho... would like to see if they r good for OC ... if they r just pump to DDR800 and enjoy

    1.5 TB is alot of space, but also what brand ?

    Sound Card souns good, i ve no idea tho if it is

    DVD-R and rest of shit r just accesories

    Btw how much is £500 ? Considering 8800 GTX go for 500 or more new, Quad for 266 or so also new... id say its a pretty sweet deal
    Considering that might be a 1500+ usd PC (New)
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    its a waste of money to buy quad core now... you get way to little out of it... i'd rather buy duo core and save alot of money.
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  7. 10-03-2007, 08:27 PM #7
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    Q6600 is pretty cheap right now, and with the right stepping it will blow away any C2D in OC terms
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    The C2D is alot cheaper than Q6600 :P and you'll get way more performance out of it... The games and programs used at this time isnt really for quad cores :P maybe in a year or something and by that time there will be way better quad cores so i'd still say C2D > Quad for now
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  9. 10-04-2007, 07:22 AM #9
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    Dell is crap, always been.

    rather get dual core, right now its better than any quad core
    what kind of ram's? no name Dell ones?

    assueming its Dell too?
    again, Dell?

    SLI?
    useless.

    useless.
    useless.

    useless.
    Does it have any motherboard? :P

    and 500 might be a bit much tbh[/b]
    Dell dont make anything, its MSI motherboard (usaly), probably Seagate or WD hdd and so one, but its a waste of money to go with the 2 that powerfull g-cards and cpu should be the new 333MHz (1333)
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  10. 10-04-2007, 11:33 AM #10
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    well from what i am reading that you listed it is probably this computer right here:

    http://www.dell.com/content/products/featu...;l=en&s=dhs


    that computer is retailed at 5699.00


    and 500 euro is equal to 1,000.00 usd if i am correct, so i would snatch it right up, although you can build a custom computer that is much much better then that computer for much much cheaper, that is still an amazing computer ...
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  11. 10-04-2007, 11:42 AM #11
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    yea thats what it looks like

    anyway i think ill just upgrade my pc i have atm :/

    ty guys
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  12. 10-04-2007, 11:45 AM #12
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    yea thats what it looks like

    anyway i think ill just upgrade my pc i have atm :/

    ty guys[/b]
    you should buy that one from your friend ... shit tell him ill buy it for 1,000 usd (500 euro), send me his email so i can talk to him.
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  13. 10-04-2007, 01:03 PM #13
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    a.q u think i can buy it and sell for more on ebay?
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  14. 10-04-2007, 02:01 PM #14
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    I'd never use a Dell computer, even if i get one for free.

    Windows vista? what a waste. Vista is crap.


    1.5tb is great, so is the vid card.


    Just buy that off him, and build the rest yourself, buy the parts needed.
    quadcore isnt that great right now, dualcore is still better.
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  15. 10-05-2007, 08:55 AM #15
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    a.q u think i can buy it and sell for more on ebay? [/b]
    that is what i would do, but do what chemical said, buy a new processor and a 600wat power supply with a new case,motherboard,4gb's namebrand ram or just buy the computer off of him and use it, it aint that bad but there are better computers out there but not for that cheap.
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