Dell XPS 600 Renegade goes on sale for $10K

If you've been ogling Dell's XPS 600 Renegade gaming rig since CES, and waiting to get your hands on one, now's your chance. If you're prepared to spend close to $10,000, that is ($9,930, to be precise). So, what do you get for that price, other than the dubious ability to boast that you spent ten grand on a Dell, dude? For starters, it's got NVIDIA Quad-SLI graphics and an overclocked Pentium 965 Extreme Edition running at 4.26 GHz. Dell is also throwing in their 30-inch 3007WFP display, which regularly goes for $2,199, making this a veritable bargain! Well, maybe not. But, hey, there's always that paint job, right? That's gotta be worth something.

[Revrant @ Mar 22nd 2006 10:34AM]

-->Incapacitated due to rolling over ****ing laughing at a Pentium in a Gaming machine

[Charlie Calhoun @ Sep 3rd 2007 4:40AM]

Last time I checked, the AMD processors all failed, smoked up, melted, or just basically ended up being a waste of money, but all the Intel Pentium's survived to see another day.
PROOF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7XosLKUJEE and a video note: it clearly shows the processor is under loud from a game. Look whos laughing now!!

[ethana2 @ Sep 3rd 2007 6:34AM]

I don't see why anyone would want to do all their physics math in serial.

Stream co processors, FTW.

[redpill @ Mar 22nd 2006 10:38AM]

$10000 !!!!! BUT ITS STILL A DELL :( !!!

Plus i bet if you buy all the kit thats in this thing seperatly you could get if for half the price!!

Iam sticking with my shuttle !!

[Ed @ Mar 22nd 2006 10:42AM]

i like how the flame paint job symbolizes burning 6 cubic feet of your money ...on a dell

[Jared Dilg @ Mar 22nd 2006 10:45AM]

Besides the stupid-rich, who would buy this? You could get a nice used car for that kinda dough.

Quick survey: where do you draw the line dollar(pound)-wise on what you spend to play computer games? Maybe I'm just getting older, but beyond a decent video card I just don't see the point.

[Black Guy @ Mar 22nd 2006 10:57AM]

I'm w/ #2 on this one. You could buy all the parts al la carte and build this thing @ a substansial savings.

Anyway, iDidn't know this had a Physx chip. This seems useless to me. Not too many games support a dedicated processor for this function & iDoubt too many ppl well cough up the $500 they want for this add in card.

As multi-core CPU advances, developers will be able to use the CPU for physics.

[andy @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:00AM]

i can barley believe some people are sad enough to spend so much to play games - especially when its like 1 or 2 games (unreal etc) get a life seriously, or just buy a console and save a few grand.

[KilgoreTrout XL @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:02AM]

Jared: I'm with you. I don't know what the limit is, but it's a hell of a lot lower than that.

I think getting decent PC ports on a $400 XBox360 ain't half bad though, and you can use the TV you already have. Maybe the ($500?) PS3 will be even better. I love video gaming and I don't want to stop, but I have to prioitize a bit.

[Cliff @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:04AM]

It is only 10k. Oh what the hell -- we'll throw in a free 30" I guess...

[TeleCustom @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:10AM]

Does the $10k include all the tech support/part replacement costs the thing's going to run up in its lifetime?

[djphatjive @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:11AM]

And its still not as fast as a Xbox 360. Come on people. Why???? WHYYYYY????? Xbox 360 was my first console sence the NES. I have been a computer gamer for yeaaaarrs. But why? You have to spend like 2000 a year to keep up with the fastest computer games and graphics. Or you could spend $399 and get a 360 that will look awesome for years!!!!!!!!

[TeleCustom @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:15AM]

...or are you actually getting high-quality, brand name hardware for the premium price?

as an aside, would it have a BIOS you could use to tweak things on your own?


...I know this won't matter in the grand scheme of things, since this is pretty much for the "Idiot Gamer" (someone with a lot of money and little knowledge of computers who just wants the most superlative box) and I'm confident most gamers realize that a 2 or 3000 dollar box does the same job.

[Loban @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:18AM]

Does it come with all the standard Dell bloatware also? If I bought this machine (and i sure as hell won't), the first course of action would be to format and install a fresh version of Windows.

And I also agree with #1, where is the option for an AMD processor. Do PC enthusiasts even buy Intel CPUs these days? And if you are "hardcore" enough to even consider buying this, why wouldn't you just build your own and save some money?

It's okay if you're a spoiled little brat who knows nothing about computers and who's daddy would gladly spend $10 grand on you for a so called "gaming rig", ut i'll stick to building my own thank you.

[mtc @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:21AM]

Yea, but does it play doom?

[DJ @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:26AM]

But each one is hand painted so that no two boxes are the same..........

By the way, I guessing they have already sold at least four of them, one for each of Michael's kids...

[Ray's stuck on Win98SE @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:27AM]

I'm still playing the Electronic Art's 10 Pack that cost me $10.00 on my Toshiba Portege... That cost me $100.00 $10K Cough... Cough... Maybe after I sell my Farrari

[Alexandre Donzel @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:32AM]

about the AMD option, i would like to remind you guys that dell(icious POS) has an EXCLUSIVE contract with intel, meaning that they will buy ONLY intel processors (and motherboards? i dunno), NOT AMD. so if u guys want a gaming PC with a paint job and the PhysX card and the paint job and an AMD processor, you'd just wanna go buy the parts yourself, go to some car-painting place (the plastic/metal is basically the same as in cars right?) have ur box painted, then assemble the PC and have money left over for that 50 inch plasma screen uve seen at the shop, and a whole s**tload of other stuff

[beej @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:37AM]

Wow. I really can't believe some of the comments about this.

Dell is selling a pretty nice computer, and a pretty nice LCD, and it's really expensive.

If you can't buy it, shut the hell up, and save $7,000 by building your own rig. Don't be all, "OMG DELL r Teh SUX0rZZ cuz they're doing something different!!!~2"

If you've got $10,000 to spend on this machine, by all means, buy it. If you don't? Well. Stop yakking and get off this net.


Oh, and all of my computers run on Intel. (Go ahead, flame me. I guess I'm not a "HARDCORE COMPUTER ENTHUSIAST" because I also consider price when I'm making a system. Hands down, Intel is cheaper, with minimal performance loss. Hell, my Celeron D supports SSE2 and SSE3. That's plenty reason to buy it right there.)

[Dead Tired @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:40AM]

I thought Dell was switching over to AMD in the near future....did I hear wrong?

[TookyG @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:41AM]

beej, since when did Intel become cheaper than AMD?

[TheChaz @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:45AM]

"But, hey, there's always that paint job, right? That's gotta be worth something."

Actually, wether or not it's "worth something" to you, the paint job might be a pretty significant cost component for Dell. The artist who did it is called Mike Lavallee. He has been featured on numerous TV shows and magazines, and he's probably the most sought-after custom painter and airbrush artist working today.

http://www.killerpaint.com/

[segura @ Mar 22nd 2006 11:56AM]

too bad it does not meet the hardware minimum requirements for Vista

[Dreemsteeler @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:03PM]

Pentium 4 3.73ghz 1066 extreme -$1035
GIGABYTE GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal LGA775/nForce4 SLI/4x PCI-E x16 /2LAN Motherboard-$228.66
PC2-6400 DDR2-800 2GB - Patriot -- PDC22G6400LLK -- (2 pcs 1GB)-249.85
(4) PNY Verto GeForce 7900 GTX PCIe x16 GDDR3 512MB HDTV / -2047.96
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty � 260.5
(2)Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB Serial ATA 10000RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer-$560
Western Digital - Caviar RE2 400GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive - 16MB -$184
DELL ULTRASHARP 3007WFP 30 LCD MONITOR 16:10 Wide Aspect LCD-$2084.25
Klipsch ProMedia ultra 5.1 Personal Audio � $352.89
(2)PLEXTOR Black 16X DVD+R-$157.88
V1000A Super Tower Series Xaser -$156.00
Thermaltake AquariusII Liquid Cooling System(to handle overclocking)-239.98

Total= $7569.95

Giving Dell 2360.05 extra�.. Priceless!

For everything else in life there is PRICEWATCH!

[jootje42 @ Jul 24th 2007 2:15AM]

Dreem, Does that work 4X better linking 4 Ponies 7900? I think in my XPS 600 I only have room for 2 cards like NVIDIA 6800 unless I go to 2 dual 1 G 7950X2. Can Quad like that be done on a regular SLI Mobo or do you need a quad mobo?

[willyjsimmons @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:07PM]

TookyG

Intel Pentium D 920 800MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core - Retail

$254

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail

$295

And guess what?

The Intel has 4X the amount of L2 cache and is 65nm.

[calc.exe @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:17PM]

dude, you're getting a dell!

[computer.dude.28 @ Jan 17th 2008 11:35PM]

Dude, you're going to Hell.

[Captain Malcolm Reynolds @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:27PM]

If you've got the money, why shouldn't you buy it?

- I certainly would.

[abib @ Mar 22nd 2006 12:52PM]

there's always ford, honda and ferrari. if you can't afford ferrari.. dont bitch about people who has one. just get ford you lazy bum. it's their money, they sure can do whatever they want with it.

[al @ Mar 22nd 2006 1:02PM]

I want that Ageia PhysX PPU pci card though.

[Mat @ Mar 22nd 2006 1:14PM]

Have you "OMG I can build it cheaper" people bothered to consider that not everyone wants to build their own machine?

After seven years of doing so, I was tired of dealing with the trouble so when it came time for a machine, I totally cashed in on a dell coupon code and was able to get an XPS400 with the 24" LCD for just slightly more than a similar AMD machine I spec'd on new egg...

Here's the thing though:
1. Warranty
2. I didn't have to deal with building it
3. Warranty

That being said the XPS Ren is defeinitely pretty pricey. Watch though, I bet this'll lead to different and likely more affordable variations.

[idiot_checker @ Mar 22nd 2006 1:18PM]

No, you can't build one of these yourself. Nvidia isn't putting quad-capable cards out for "do it yer selfers"...due to cooling and power considerations most can't do (correctly).

Only way to get a rig like this is to buy it. And who wouldn't want a factory supported gaming rig of this level?

[Ken @ Mar 22nd 2006 1:27PM]

#22
>Not everything on pricewatch is the value they post. Good luck getting a 965 for that price. It will cost you at least $300 more. The memory you spec'd is not low latency. Have fun getting it running with no power supply. You also failed to mention the couple hundred bucks worth of keyboard, mouse, external p/s's, and a custom paint job.

It seems to me that their price is on the level.

[Jake @ Mar 22nd 2006 1:31PM]

In all fairness, it is a REALLY good paint job...

[glad @ Mar 22nd 2006 1:41PM]

sorry but S10k or not it's still a dell!

[James @ Mar 22nd 2006 2:07PM]

To #23: Ooo! Intel's crappy chip has more L2 Cache. Face the actual clockings and performance. That 3800+ performs better than the EE editions that run $600. I bought the X2 4400+ for $450, and it runs better than the crappy Intel EE that Dell is putting into that horrible machine.

Scrap the monitor and buy an HD LCD TV for half the cost and same inches. I think it's too early for Quad SLI. ASUS has only recently gotten true dual PCI-E X16. For about $220. Quad SLI at X4 will only run around the speed of the true dual PCI-E X16. For what, $1.5k more? Dell should give you more options. There's so many more better computer parts than what they buy. Oh, I also want to point out. In that $10k machine, Dell will probably be putting in a 400 or 500 watt power supply. Everybody that took A+ Hardware in college should know thats not enough for all that (even dual SLI 79000GTX's should be running a 550w at least).

[diulei @ Mar 22nd 2006 2:23PM]

"If you've got $10,000 to spend on this machine, by all means, buy it. If you don't?"

If I had $100,000 to blow on a computer I still wouldn't spend it on this Dell.

[EinZteiN @ Mar 22nd 2006 2:39PM]

@ #23

NEWSFLASH:

What about the new mobo you have to buy everytime a new Intel processor comes out??? and what about the laggy DDR2 you have to get??

On AMD dualcore, guys who bough a 939 mobo over a year ago, can still use it!!!
Besides the fact that the 920+ gets overhauled by the 3800+ (@stock... and don't get started with the OC'ed results...)
I have a 3800+ running cool (note: COOL AS IN FRESH!) @ 2500Mhz which is faster than the 5x priced 4800+... (i know... half the cache)

you should be around computers a little more... and pay the electrical bill too! you'd think trice b4 arguing that Intel is cheaper (altough i note here that intel are GETTING cheapER and AMD is pricing their CPUs a little higher now...)

oh well...

~EinZteiN

PS: I'm a computer consultant in a computer store... i know what i'm talking about... from the inside!

[m @ Mar 22nd 2006 2:42PM]

that sick paint job must add atleast an extra 1 GHZ to the system's speed! roxorzzroxxorrz

[doodiee @ Mar 22nd 2006 2:44PM]

Hmmm, 10k to blow on a pc... Should I get a Dell or give the guys at Voodoo a call... It would take me about a nanosecond to make that decision.

[Dan @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:00PM]

This is all about Dell positioning itself as the "premium" gaming rig brand.

Flames... those are sooo 1990.

It would be worth 10k if you could tell the guy what to paint!

[demetrius @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:04PM]

Well... It's a fairly good bargain; quad gpus + all the goodies = 10 grand anywhere, a 4.26ghz oc looks pretty nice though (doesnt void the warranty either). If you like custom paint, 30 inch flat panel, or a physics processor Northwest does it too. Alienware is a little cheaper, but doesn't have all the goodies, just a lot of alien stuff (ie. alien klipsch, alien x-fi, alien cooling, etc.) Voodoo PC's got nice looking cases.
I hear only 23 companies will have quad gpus (no do it your selfers can even buy the technology yet)http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3314&s=1 . They can be used on any dual x16 pci express mobos(ie. Asus A32N SLI Deluxe), but can't buy the cards themselves. Clocks for the gpus are between gt and gtx @ 500/600(that's 1200 DDR).
companies with quad gpu: ABS(US), Alienware(US), Atelco(Germany), Biohazrd(US), Cyberpower(US), Dell(US), Falcon Northwest(US), Hypersonic(US), Hyrican(Germany), iBuypower(US), Komplett(Sweden), Kraftway(Russia), LCDC(France), MCJ(Japan), Multirama(Greece), Overdrive PC(US), Polywell(US), Scan(UK), Synnex-Mitac(Australia), Thirdwave(Japan), Velocity Micro(US), Vicious PV(US), Voodoo(US).
So price wouldnt be a breaking point for me, it'd be performance. If you want AMD variants or other custom paint jobs or cases or speakers or monitors, go with the other guys, it's still about the same price give or take a few hundred maybe thousand. playing fear at max settings 2560x1600 resolution = drool. so if you want to be "exclusive" go ahead buy the "McLaren'esque" thing, but for me, i'm fine with my "corolla'ish" Sempron 2800+ /w 9800 pro that i've had since leaving college. i'll still pa pa pwn you on CSS. ;p

[Dan @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:09PM]

If you actually have $10,000, buy a real computer.

- 2.5GHz Quad-core PowerPC G5
- 8GB 533 DDR2 ECC SDRAM- 8x1GB
- 2x500GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm
- NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT 256 MB SDRAM
- Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
- AirPort Extreme + Bluetooth built-in
- 16x SuperDrive DL (DVD+R DL/DVD�RW/CD-RW)
- Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse - U.S English
- Mac OS X - U.S. English
- Accessory kit
- AppleCare Protection Plan for Power Mac (w/or w/o Display) - Auto-enroll

$9671.00

Then again, that machine is suited for supercomputing and scientific analysis. Or you could get an extra 1.9 fps. Such a toss-up...

[Eric @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:10PM]

Yay a 30 inch monitor with extremely noticeable backlighting problems.
10K is cheaper than other offerings tho.

[Dreemsteeler @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:11PM]

#29
ok ok ok, I was poking fun at 10 Grand on a Dell (factory supported box #27) It was intended as humor, Remember the MasterCard priceless commercials?

#26 & #27
No one is upset with the fact that some people have the money to purchase a 10K rig for gaming. However, those with that type of money for this MOST LIKELY will enjoy the build process. As any avid PC gaming pro will tell you, they will reformat and re-install the software and customize just about any other thing (hardware/software See POST #12)so they can get the ultimate performance for their needs.

-all-
Show me someone who drops 10K on a PC and doesn�t price it themselves and I�ll show you a fool!(a rich fool though ;-) )

Factory Support?
1 year warranty usually standard when you purchase the hardware.
Support? 1 year included (FROM DELL'S WEBSITE)


10G�s on a PC and your too cheap to pay a tech? (Mmmhmmm)

[James @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:17PM]

To #38 and Engadget: There seems to need a correction in place. The article is listing a Quad-SLI, not Quad-GPU. There is quite a big difference. I know about Quad-GPU's, but I think a lot of the comments about the price about 4 cards was meaning Quad-SLI (4 GFX cards, not 2, 4-GPU cards).

However, either or, still not worth it. Any SLI 7800GTX will clock almost (if not, the same) as the Quad-GPU's. F.E.A.R is the only game where you might notice 2-3 frames difference, all the rest are already running high.

[apettythief @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:23PM]

I'm sorry, Black Guy, but it's over now. At least it's been confined to Apple Co.

[mark m @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:25PM]

hHAHAHAAHAHH that's a joke, right?

[Rusty Shackleford @ Mar 22nd 2006 3:26PM]

Yeah yeah yeah, but will it run OS X?