Dell's XPS 720 upgrade kit revealed

When Dell's gaming powerhouse XPS 700 was delayed last year, the company attempted to make things right by promising a free Core 2 Duo upgrade when those boards became availabile -- and now the Direct2Dell blog has some shots of the kit 700 owners can expect to receive when the program goes live. It's pretty much what you'd expect: the new mobo from the XPS 720, and the mounting hardware and front I/O panel to match. Somewhat more interesting is the option to upgrade to an Intel QX6700 Core 2 Quad for 25% off Dell's usual price, and the fact that XPS 710 owners will also be able to get in on the upgrade action -- although they'll have to pay for the privilege. We gotta hand it to Dell -- lately they've been pretty good at the whole lemons / lemonade thing. Let's hope a few more companies take the hint.

[John Doe @ Jun 22nd 2007 1:18AM]

Ugh..... No doubt I'm going to be send out to do the upgrades on more then a few of those machines. as much as you would think a mobo replacement is a breeze the 700's are a complete and total PITA to get the motherboard out of there. Borg implants have less cables interweaven through their host.

*goes and stocks up on 10 year old Tomatin.* I'm going to need it.

[JohnTitor @ Jun 22nd 2007 1:23AM]

More people need to learn to build PCs

[John Doe @ Jun 22nd 2007 2:08AM]

More people need to learn how to rebuild the transmissions in their cars.

[JohnTitor @ Jun 22nd 2007 9:27PM]

yeah I'm just waiting for NewEgg to sell the parts to do so

[S @ Jun 22nd 2007 1:40AM]

LOL, click on the pictures and see how bad the quality is! Instead of having a professional, (or someone who had a decent camera) take the pictures, Dell had a forum admin named Chris come down and take these pics. Did he use a cellphone cam or something?!

Sorry, had to vent the dell hatred. I was among those who waited several months last year to get this computer delivered.

[craig @ Jun 22nd 2007 2:06AM]

...and the best you can do is complain about the quality of the pics?

[robot rock @ Jun 22nd 2007 2:28AM]

Is Dell still using proprietary PSUs? That'd be a big dagger.

[GUY76 @ Jun 27th 2007 11:36PM]

750watt and 1000Watt power supply options.

[GUY76 @ Jun 27th 2007 11:38PM]

750 watt and 1000 watt power supply options.

[KorruptioN @ Jun 22nd 2007 7:04AM]

Why are there two ATX power connections? I see a 20-pin and a 24-pin.

[Jeremy K. @ Jun 22nd 2007 8:35AM]

Woah, that is weird.