DELL XPS 8300.PC

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The good: The Dell XPS 8300 offers a pleasing exterior, broad connectivity features, and a reasonably versatile configuration for a fair price.

The bad: You can find PCs from other vendors that offer more performance and upgradability for less.

The bottom line: The Dell XPS 8300 will serve mainstream users as a higher-end do-it-all machine, but gamers and performance enthusiasts will be better off looking elsewhere.
Review:

Dell's XPS 8300 is the first mainstream system we've reviewed to feature Intel's new second-generation (nee Sandy Bridge) Core i7 desktop CPUs. While that doesn't automatically translate to best-of-breed performance, Dell has wrapped a well-balanced, reasonably priced $1,615 configuration around the new chip. We wouldn't recommend this system to dedicated gamers, nor is it the best deal for fast, affordable day-to-day performance. As a media-playing, mainstream-gaming general productivity system, however, the XPS 8300 offers a fair deal for performance-oriented generalists. Just know that for a few dollars more you can get a better-equipped, more ... Expand full review

Dell's XPS 8300 is the first mainstream system we've reviewed to feature Intel's new second-generation (nee Sandy Bridge) Core i7 desktop CPUs. While that doesn't automatically translate to best-of-breed performance, Dell has wrapped a well-balanced, reasonably priced $1,615 configuration around the new chip. We wouldn't recommend this system to dedicated gamers, nor is it the best deal for fast, affordable day-to-day performance. As a media-playing, mainstream-gaming general productivity system, however, the XPS 8300 offers a fair deal for performance-oriented generalists. Just know that for a few dollars more you can get a better-equipped, more cleanly designed desktop elsewhere.

To buy this specific configuration, go to Dell's Web site and click on the first column on the XPS 8300 product page. At least, we think. Throughout the course of this review, Dell suggested we click on another column on that page, where we would find this configuration available for about $1,400. For at least a day, that was true. But when we followed up after a weekend had passed, the column Dell recommended pointed us to a new configuration that couldn't be customized to match our review unit. You may find this system for less than $1,615, but all we can
say for sure is that Dell's Web site offers little price stability depending on both the day and the route you take to buy a particular configuration. Perhaps this design is intended to thwart comparison shopping ("What if Dell offers a deal tomorrow?"), but it's frustratingly cryptic.

Purchasing confusion aside, we like this system well enough, even for $1,615. Dell has used this case for the last year or two, and the white, black, and red design offers a welcome alternative to the sea of all-black desktops out there. Dell hasn't moved to the convenient front-access hard-drive bays that we've seen from Acer, Gateway, and many boutique vendors, but the gadget tray on the top of the system is convenient, as are the USB 2.0 and audio ports dotting the rear edge of the tray. We're also glad to see Dell adopt USB 3.0 ports on this system, by way of a single port on the front panel and another around the back.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004UNYB8K/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ut0­a6-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B004UNYB8K

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[TheHenzen]

I want him with the nVidia gtx 560ti and a intel Quadcore i7 3.4 ghz, 16 gb memory and 1t hdd, will I can play new games on it (Battlefield 3 etc)??

[basbas63]

@TheHenzen lol i got gtx 560 ti 8GB ram and 1TB hard dis.. well it is self built and oh i7 2600.. battlefield 3 max without AA 45-90 fps :) 90% of the time above 50 fps.. so perfectly fine!

[GenzoukyokuX4]

Is this any good with SWTOR, WOW, or battlefield?

[mcteer101]

I have this computer with the AMD Radeon HD 6450 can upgrade this to the Nividia 560ti?

[cokeacola00]

i mine at best buy for $1000 and its black has AMD Radon 6770 1GB grapics card 8 GB memory 1.5 TB hard drive and 2gen i7 core 3.40GHz that one u got is a rip off

[FEEVA203]

Would anyone recommend this for vs video editing with the right video card and maxed out ram?

[WILLYMANFRAK]

@basbas63 do you change your power supply??

[pabellony]

I got this PC for $1,030 at EBAY

i7 2600 (3.40GZ)

16GB ram

1TB Hard drive

Blueray player

1GB AMD Radeon HD 6450 card

I love this machine

[basbas63]

gtx 555 will run it just fine.. but you can also get 8GB of ram and get a better gpu, won't notice a difference in gaming.. or 12GB but yeah, gtx 555 or gtx 560 ti.. the gtx 560 ti is quite a bit faster but both run games just fine

[TheHenzen]

@basbas63 sounds great, i dont know wich one, gtx 555sli or gtx 560 ti... can u help me?

[TheHenzen]

@GamingOfSolace dont know, i dont like the case that much, but it looks like a good solid one...