Dell's
Studio XPS had "winner" written all over it from the get-go. With practically every other
Core i7 rig
on the market catering specifically to gamers who were willing to pay a premium for an equally cutting edge GPU, this machine directed itself to everyone who just wanted to do everything
but game (and do so quickly). The kids over at
DesktopReview were able to take the sub-$1,000 box for a spin, and while they weren't too fond of the relatively plain chassis, it was pretty much thumbs-up everywhere else. Performance in everyday applications was stellar, gaming was better than average and the value was unbeatable. Overall, the Studio XPS is darn close to the perfect machine for folks who want to compute quickly and play a game or two on the side, but rather than taking our word for it, we'd suggest hitting the read link and having a look for yourself.
[Thanks, Max]
posted Nov 22nd 2008 3:01PM
Super shmexy.
ill second that motion.
hawt compy
and "plain chassis"? this is better looking than any other dell (most other pc's period) i've seen.
i approve.
But is it as fast as an Ethiopian?
dont you mean kenyan?
Kenyans are fast, Ethiopians fast unwillingly :(
PC is hawt!
The world marathon record is held by an Ethiopian...
I've got the Inspiron (basically the silver one) and it looks pretty stylish, although I think it would look nicer in black. "Plain" it may be, but I'd rather have a plain, stylish one than an Alienware one.
But nobody's as fast as KENYANS!
So says the Powerthirst video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs
Upside down side show?
¿uʍop ǝpısdn ʎq uɐǝɯ noʎ op ʇɐɥʍ
One of these days I'll replace my 4 yr old machine...till then I'll play TF2.
@ el taco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nivR8LkSn1Q
Oh yeah. To bad I can't "Borrow" it from J.R.
Tolkein?
No. Tolkien
My bad grammar Nazi.
Anyone wanna buy me one???
I'll buy you one if you give me a 1,000$?
i'll buy myself one if you give me $1000
Bring it to Canada; then I might buy one.
Dell likes to delay stuff for Canada...why Dell why?!
119 watts when idle, ouch! I wonder how low it can go with an integrated graphics card and a smaller board. Maybe m-ATX or mini-ATX in the future.
Plain chassis? That's a damn good looking Dell.
I love it when you crack jokes like that..
I suspect that the reviewer(s) of the XPS has a fondness for these crimes against aesthetic and humanity: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/18/intel-core-i7-desktop-roundup-the-rest-of-whats-new/
The Puget Systems machine with the Antec case is the only one that doesn't look like it was beaten with an ugly bag of hurt.
So I take it that you lol'd?
lol
This quote from the conclusion is a little scary:
"Given the speed of the processor and discrete graphics, this system begs for a very fast storage solution. I'd really recommend going with a RAID 0 configuration and a huge tertiary drive for storage. "
I'm a fan of speed and all, but does the author really recommend doubling the chances of a complete system failure just for some increased performance? Personally I'd just get a fast secondary drive and relocate my pagefile to it. Or if I really need blazing I/o I'd build a RAID 0 array as a secondary disk, not my primary.
But hey, reinstalling your entire OS and applications can be fun, I suppose.
lol I vaguely remember doing something like this.
They weren't fans of the "plain chassis?" Yeah, I guess we need a lot more flames, UV lights, and side windows on PCs for them to be cool.
::eye roll::
Agreed, understatement is best. Much like pulling up to the lights in your Audi RS6, looking like an A6, or similar.
I looked at this, I'd rather go with a regular Studio Desktop, even though it doesn't have the i7, it DOES come with a monitor for that thousand dollars. If I already had a decent monitor, things might be different.
Hello Milo, long time no see! Its expensive because its new. When the sales will go down a bit Dell will include a monitor. Im gonna update to one of these probably by april-may when the price will have stabilise a bit. Im super happy right now with my duo2core 3ghz for everything 3D and Motion Design but a sub 1000$ quad running as fast as the current Extreme is too tempting. I always buy a new dell per year when I see a good rebate or sale. (old go in the render farm!) Most of my friends are still paying their slow ass G5..! make me really happy!
This really is a great value. For cutting edge tech, it's really affordable. The thing about the case ... it's the studio line. If it were in line with the regular xps 420 and 430 cases, there'd be extra height and width ... more room to have more options. I'd also guess it might be a little quieter too.
its look more like the vostro case to me (at least one the picture). Cant complain as my vostro mid-tower is super silent. This summer I noticed a fans noise increase when rendering or doing music in Audition but after psssshhhhhhhing the cpu fans with air spay the noise had gone. My room is really dusty and the computer on the floor is gathering little dusty kittens all over the fans. I should do something about it... like passing vacuum a bit more often.
engadget, please make a lowest rank ability that would take it from transparent to deletion
this is not the Studio XPS I was waiting for
Erm, I think he likes the copy and paste button....
This was not done on an iPhone.
i tried to read that post but I got lost after the 287th lol
lmao
Yah I agree..
Either delete lowest ranked ones, or kind of hide them and add a "show" button for those who want to see them (think its done on Youtube like that right?)
Thanks a lot in advance :D
No kidding, people who crave for a Mac Pro without having the money should really consider about this one cause its more CPU and GPU power+ram than the 3000$ configuration (macpro quad with 4gb or ram) for a mere 1000$. Add a Dell coupon for get your 10% off and Voila! you've just add a damn powerfull workstation to your production pipeline. With the money saved, you can get that 30 inches screen and that Herman Miller Aeron chair for impress your customers.
Miller's chair is so ... 90's :). There's a lot of good ones out there but I like the Leap myself. Don't know about the Freedom from Humanscale, but it looks interesting.
How would you compare an i7 with a xeon quad core 12mb cache? Most of what I need to do is virtualization.
Thanks.
the i7 is better, it has 8 threads so is built more for virtualisation than the xeon is. also allows you to get an x58 motherboard that takes ddr3 tripple channel ram - eg much more bandwidth.
What does LOL mean anyway? LOL
I must comment that they messed up. To get the 4850, it would cost 1199. I knew it was too good to get i7 and 4850 under $1000.
building = 4870X2 and i7 < $1000
Really? Up here in canada, the cheapest LGA1366 board at NCIX costs $300. $385 for the chip (920). 4850 for $200. HDD for 100, case plus PSU for 100, ram for 40, DVD burner for 30, and I'm staring at $1155 self built.
Plus, I'm using dell's site here when I give that figure.
I'm pretty sure he was referring to an assembly by buyer. Getting stuff from newegg and putting it together yourself, etc...
The case is identical to an inspiron mini tower on the inside. the HDDs are vertically mounted because the case isn't very long, and this configuration allows for some of the longer video cards to fit. my 9600GT would never have fit if they were horizontally mounted. a few more PCI slots would be nice, dell.
Wow, this is amazing. I need a new MATX PC for 2009, very very tempted by the dell studio desktops but at same time I want core i7. The latter costs a lot to custom build and I can't see any MATX i7 boards. Long and behold dell come out with the answer to my problem! This is one of hell of an awesome little PC, can't believe they have crammed so much performance into that tiny so ordinary looking case. And not only that, its cheap cheap for all the kit contained (at least in the UK it is). One of the best I have ever seen, will be ordering when funds allow. Well done Dell!
wow, a cheap tn panel with a cheesy case. who wouldnt want one!
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