Good deal or woot?

[ag55]

In this current climate do you think this is a good deal from Dell? I thought it was at the time of order but the Christmas sales will always be on my mind now.

Would you deal or no deal?

Studio XPS 8000

• Win7 Home Premium 64bit
• 1.5TB 7200rpm HDD
• Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.8ghz
• 6GB DDR3 memory
• 1GB Nvidia Geforce GT220
• 16X DVD-RW+- and CD-RW combo
• 19 in 1 Memory card reader
• 1yr warranty, delivery, reinstall discs etc
• 15month mcafee internet security
• standard USB keyboard/mouse

£734.73 delivered

[Ulti]

These prices are based on Ebuyer:
* Win7 Home Premium 64bit - £80
* 1.5TB 7200rpm HDD - WD Green £85
* Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.8ghz - £220
* 6GB DDR3 memory - £115 for Crucial XMS3 1600mhz CL9
* 1GB Nvidia Geforce GT220 - £50
* 16X DVD-RW+- and CD-RW combo - £20
* 19 in 1 Memory card reader - £5
* 1yr warranty, delivery, reinstall discs etc - None
* 15month mcafee internet security - None, lots of decent free antivirus such as Avast.
* standard USB keyboard/mouse - £10

=Total: £585.

Which means the case and the mobo of the pc would have to justify the remaining £150.

I'd say it's not bad if you can't be bothered/don't want to try/don't have the time to build a pc yourself. You could probably do better though if you spent £735 and built a pc.

[menthel]

Once you account for the case, mobo and a years warantee then it is a good price. Just remember that dells tend not to be as upgradable as a self built pc though.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

You could do better IMHO!!The Core i7 860 is a socket 1156 Core i7 so runs its memory in dual channel. Having 6gb of RAM means three sticks so it won't run in dual channel!!

This is what I would get instead:

Core i7 860 ~ £217

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel...LGA1156-Retail

8GB DDR3 ~ £128

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166995

Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 ~ £80

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Gigab...rboard-LGA1156

Antec mini-p180 case ~ £63

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

Samsung F3 1TB ~ £58

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/1TB-S...-89-ms-NCQ-OEM

Samsung F3 500GB ~ £36

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/500Gb...-Cache-8ms-OEM

I would use the 500GB hard disk as a boot drive and the 1TB for storage.

The 1.5TB drive in the Dell build will probably be slower than a 1TB or 500GB Samsung F3. Having two hard disks is much safer too!!

Corsair HX450W PSU~ £52

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/450W-...-year-Warranty

Akasa card reader ~ £10

http://www.scan.co.uk/TodayOnly/Index.aspx

Windows 7 Home Premium ~ £67

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Micro...lease-22-10-09

HD4830 ~ £57

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...DP512MD3A.html

SATA DVD writer~ £16

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Sony-...Wx6-SATA-Black

The total build cost comes to around £804.

Advantages over the Dell build:

1.)More RAM and it actually will run in dual channel
2.)More compact case
3.)Faster hard drives
4.)Much faster graphics card
5.)The build will look much better as the mini-P180 case is built like a little tank!!