Dell introduces XPS 625 gaming rig

Dell has been pretty laptop-heavy at CES so far, but it looks to be balancing things out a bit today, with it introducing its new gamer-minded XPS 625 desktop. This one is AMD through and through, and includes your choice of AMD Phenom or Phenom II Black Edition processors, ATI Radeon HD4670 or HD4850 graphics cards (in single or CrossFireX configurations), and some other suitably high-end specs all around, including up 8GB of RAM, a whole host of hard drive options and, of course, an AlienFX custom lighting system to remind you just why you bought it. Best of all, prices start at a reasonable $999 for a decently-equipped system, and you can get your order in right now.

[sanriver12 @ Jan 8th 2009 5:53PM]

AMD = fail in gaming desktops

[Karl Viklund @ Jan 8th 2009 6:09PM]

Ehh. You comment just failed. AMD makes great products.

[Shinigami @ Jan 8th 2009 6:31PM]

AMD/ATI 4870 rocks (but my NV GTX280 is still faster).

[sanriver12 @ Jan 8th 2009 6:42PM]

i guess i have to clarify, amd processors = fail
i love their latest video cards tho

[Mobius_1 @ Jan 8th 2009 8:01PM]

Phenom IIs are competitive for their price, and overclocking is not a concern here since it's an OEM MoBo which has no overclocking capabilities. If you want Core i7, there are other models from Dell that cater to you, this is aimed at other people. Don't hate.

[Inspector Gadget @ Jan 8th 2009 6:00PM]

Does anyone know when the 'Adamo' is due to be unveiled??

[Karl Viklund @ Jan 8th 2009 6:09PM]

Wooha. I Love it! Those machines are so nice! :)

[LonnieDvD @ Jan 8th 2009 6:09PM]

No thanks Dell, $999 is too expensive. Come to think of it, PC gaming itself is too expensive, which is why I got out of PC gaming a year ago. If I get the urge to game again, I will buy a $300 Xbox 360, and spend the rest of the money on games!!

[Shinigami @ Jan 8th 2009 6:32PM]

A PC gamer spends $1250 on a PC and never spends a coin on games. So its cheaper in the long run ;)

[Stereotype @ Jan 8th 2009 7:15PM]

$300 on a 360, $50-$60 per game, and $50 per year for Xbox Live...
Say you have at least 10 games and one year of Live....thats about $950 right there....excluding a TV and some accessories...

PC...$999 for the computer, $20 bucks a game, no fee for Live (unless you need Windows Live Gold) and maybe some accessories and monitor. Say you have 10 games....that equals $1200....Sure thats $250 more then the 360 package....but look at what else you can do with a computer... Don't get me wrong...console gaming is nice...but for just a little bit more of a price...(less for me b/c I wouldnt buy 10 games)...I can do a LOT more with a PC....and I could even get a 360 controller for the PC if I wanted to... :P

[lukas88 @ Jan 8th 2009 6:10PM]

It looks loud. You know you are over the hill when you value a quiet, modest computer over a noisy one with all the horsepower. And if your first thought was "liquid cooling" then you are too rich.

[Sam Beckett @ Jan 8th 2009 6:19PM]

XPSs have the nicest cases you will ever see.

[Jinx @ Jan 9th 2009 12:44PM]

From my perspective they're really doing a great job with the thermals in and out of XPS Gaming rigs.

[Prestor John @ Jan 9th 2009 12:41AM]

As long as your browser is blocked from viewing the websites for Falcon Northwest, Velocity Micro, VOODOO, Hypersonic-PC ..

And if Newegg stops selling cases by Coolermaster, Silverstone, Lian-Li ....



oh wait, they still wouldn't be that nice.

[anonymous @ Jan 8th 2009 6:38PM]

XPS's are very beautiful cases, but personally i prefer my P182 fridge case. unassuming unobtrusive space heater, and with an Orochi, its damn near silent

[Shinigami @ Jan 8th 2009 6:42PM]

Guys at Engadget, I really really really appreciate your work at CES09 but please stop saying BULLSHIT like "reasonable prices" when they ask $999 for a gaming PC when a $650 PC beats crap out of it. I understand that $999 may sound "reasonable" compared to $1799 by HP but its still too much. That PC is piece of crap.

[A S @ Jan 8th 2009 6:51PM]

Uhm, not to burst anyone's bubble, but XPS is Dell's higher end system. XPS has its own line of customer service separate from the rest of Dell. So, it's not going to be priced at $650. And I would challenge anyone to bring a $650 commercially built PC (not self built) that beats this $999 XPS. I hate it when people complain that high-end systems cost a lot. Yes my friends, Goyard bags cost a lot too.

[WhyFi @ Jan 8th 2009 7:41PM]

Link? What $650 PC beats the crap out of this?

[Mobius_1 @ Jan 8th 2009 8:04PM]

Dude, a self built PC takes time, and many people would rather just buy and do what they really want to do -- game. I personally would prefer building, but you can't expect everyone to be PC enthusiasts. And oh, those looks damn high quality, and warranty, too.

[OmutaX @ Jan 8th 2009 8:36PM]

A self built PC is not something just for enthusiasts. Someone with half a brain, an hour on google and a couple of informative reads, a trip to Newegg, can build a fantastic gaming rig for cheaper.

Building your own computer isn't brain surgery. It's kinda like tinkering with your own car, intimidating at first but it becomes deceptively easy.

@Mobius_1 - Quality products and components that you pick and choose yourself don't come with a warranty?

tl;dr - These pre-built gaming PCs are for money wasting hacks.

[balls @ Jan 8th 2009 9:39PM]

@OmutaX: Yes building a PC isn't hard, but thats not the point.

Only a fool would say that building a pc is better than buying a prebuilt rig. There are pros and cons to each approach.

There are many people whose time is far better spent doing other things than fucking with homebuilt pc's.

[clearThumbtack @ Jan 8th 2009 10:02PM]

I've built my share of desktops. My first 3 actually. But now i've grown up and have more money than time; I can totally understand why people would buy a pre-built rig.

Even someone like me who has lots of experience with computer hardware needs to do the research to know what the best bang for the buck is at the time of building it. This can take hours. Then, you have to order you stuff and have it all come in separate boxes. Once you get everything, then you put it together. How many times have you had dead components doing this? I've had a dead mobo and a dead vid card a different time. Both times sucking up hours of time trying to debug the problem, only to have to send back the parts and wait for new ones and hope everything else works out.

It certainly can be a headache. I built my last machine 5 years ago, maybe dead components are less frequent now, but putting together your own rig isn't always trivial. Let's not forget about the warranty on your system you build yourself...

[WhyFi @ Jan 8th 2009 10:23PM]

Yeah, I'd still like to see some links on this $650 killa PC. So many people that built 1 rig feel like they can run off at the mouth about how, for X dollars, it's so much cheaper and the rig will be SOOO much better if you build your own... and then go on to list X dollars of CPU, memory, MB, GPU, HDD... and completely neglect the case, PSU, optical drives, decent HSF, OS. Add it all up, and YAY, you saved 50 bucks. I've built my last 5 PCs, so I'm not going to argue that rolling your own doesn't have merits, but stop it with this "I can do so much better for half the price" crap.

[L5dbaa23 @ Jan 8th 2009 9:26PM]

Ummm ...According to thier site the full suite of processors offered on this box are unlocked and overclockable....

[balls @ Jan 8th 2009 9:30PM]

CoreI7 or bust.

After 4+ months of tweaking like crazy, I finally got the 4850 vista 64 drivers stable. Then my basement floods.

God damn you AMD.

[superhobo @ Jan 9th 2009 5:39AM]

HD4850?
On an ultra high end system?
Was the 4870 so expensive?