Dell XPS 700 or Build My Own?

[DobieMan]

I am tempted to build my own just need some feedback on the config I have picked?

 

[johneva]

Not 100% sure where to find a crossfire X1900XT or XTX card setup any links?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/X1900_Series.html

The top one is a master card and then you can use any other on there as you slave card I would not get the XTX though as the master card is XT ant the XTX card will only run at the XT speed then anyways from what I have made out.

So the top one and any of the other X1900 XT will do.

No Conroe wont fit that Dell not without changing MOBO and I am not sure about that particular setup but I know most Dells use a diffrent wireing for the power supply and you can blow it all by changing parts for standard ATX parts, also there MOBOs are normally not ATX sizes either.

Unlikely that the dell is, but please dont buy the dell. If you are not going to build your own then at least buy one of ocuk's pre built machines

I already said pretty much them same thing near the start of this thread you will get a better machine for a lot less money.

 

[squiffy]

This system is more than good enough, no point overspending if you don't need it. Why are you still speccing a Physics card? Aegia marketing won you over? Also paying a lot for the "fastest" AMD CPU, the 4800 is half the price and only 200mhz slower! Get the 4800 and overclock it.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA4800CDBOX) (CP-129-AM)
£359.95 £359.95
MB-131-AS Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-131-AS)
£109.95 £109.95
MY-093-CS Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3500LL Pro TwinX (2x1GB) CAS2 (MY-093-CS)
£165.95 £165.95
CA-096-CM CoolerMaster Stacker RC-810 - Silver Trim (No PSU) (CA-096-CM)
£89.95 £89.95
HD-075-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-075-WD)
£142.95 £142.95
GX-059-PC PowerColor ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-059-PC)
£274.95 £274.95
HS-003-SY Scythe Ninja Plus Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 478, 754, 939, 940, LGA755) (HS-003-SY)
£26.95 £26.95
GX-045-CO ATI Radeon X1900 ***Crossfire Edition*** 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-045-CO)
£249.95 £249.95
CA-024-EN Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
£84.95 £84.95
SC-031-CL Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro - Retail (SC-031-CL)
£163.95 £163.95
BU-001-WD Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache RAID Bundle (BU-001-WD)
HD-069-WD Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-069-WD) 2
£313.00 £313.00
UP-014-AP APC Back-UPS RS 1500VA USB/Serial 230V (UP-014-AP)
£202.95 £202.95
Subtotal £2,185.45
VAT £382.46
Total £2,567.91

 

[FreeStream]

Look I know Conroe is a great processor and it is something I will upgrade to in the future if possible with my current config just need to change motherboard and processor.

For now I need a system that will suit is the config I picked OK. I assume the Dell XPS700 is not Conroe compaitable?

Well then buy the things that won't be out of date then, EG case, PSU, gfx etc..

Then buy a cheap 3000+ AMD64 + 1gb ram and wait.

 

[DobieMan]

OK Information overload. I can't deceide what to do for the best now, So I am going to take your advice and wait for the Conroe processor to be released and then look at either building my own or the pre-build ones offered here, depending on spec, cases offered, etc.

Many, many thanks for all your advice and if has been a real education I feel I have picked up quite abit of knowledge regards building my own, again many thanks.

 

[LiE]

Good call. It would be a big shame to spend all this money when conroe will be out soon. Not long to wait for some amazing performance.

 

[Stephen B]

Seconded, imagine the value of your Dell rig in say 2 months from now

 

[iViper]

Not to put too fine a point on it -

If you buy that computer. You are a fool.

Its not even Core2Duo for crying out loud.

 

[The IPB]

You do realise the date of the last post before you was 11th Jun 2006. Talk about dragging something from the past up.

 

[fenderbass86]

Look at his post count, he's clearly new to the boards and is just seeing what has been discussed over the past weeks and months. But yeah, definetly gone back a long way.

 

[Johnnyboy]

You do realise the date of the last post before you was 11th Jun 2006. Talk about dragging something from the past up.

lol - I started reading the thread too and read a few posts before I twigged.

I've got an XPS Core2Duo E6300 based PC on order for Oct delivery from Dell. Only cost me £705 due to a web error on their part. I'll even get another 4.5% back from a popular cashback site

Nothing like the specs in this thread tho