Its not a bad dealing considering its Dell flagship computer for gamers. For an extra $120 jumped on it and added 2GBs of ram

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=278603

XPS 700 in depth

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/t...-video-preview


Price $1455

Specs:

Pentium D Processor 920 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)
Microsoft Windows XP x64 Edition
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
Dell USB Keyboard
24 inch UltraSharp 2407FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
1GB NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual-GPU Graphics Card
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache
Dell 2-button USB mouse
Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Symantec AntiVirus 64-bit,12-months
3Yr Ltd Warr,At-Home Service,and HW Warr Support plus Nights and Weekends

 

XPS 700 Details

http://www.dell.com/content/products...n=specs#tabtop

 

Personally, I'd ditch the 64bit OS and A/V. Other than that, seems like a killer rig.

 

I will give the 64bit OS a try, but I've never had any problems with XP home so will use that, the thing I like about it the xps 700 fully compatible with Conroe and is Vista upgradeable, so should last for some time to come.

 

I've been using XP x64 for a few months now and I haven't had any problems. Just make sure you get the 64 bit drivers for everything.

 

That's a good deal IMO. The only thing is that DirectX 10 is coming soon, and it's not going to be backwards compatible with DX9. I'll probably wait another year or two before getting a new rig, and that's if I'm still into games.

Oh and Windows Vista has a MINIMUM requirement of 512mb RAM, and 1GB recommended. ANd if it's anything like games, the recommended amount won't gurantee the smoothest operation either.

 

Yeah, I was thinking of just waiting. There are a bunch of good things on the horizon. Give microcrap a chance to work out all the bugs in Vista, then buy a new rig.

 

Well for anyone who ordered the XPS 700 above just got a free CPU upgrade from Dell, due to the delay in orders

So instead of the Pentium D Processor 920 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB)

You will get the lastest E6300 Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 Ghz (Conroe) CPU

 

wow, that makes it a really good deal then

 

Well you would think so.... but as of right now not 1 person has recieved there XPS700, and by the looks of it I won't get mine until the end of Aug.

Right now over at the XPS700/Dell fourm there are alot of unhappy people, including myself.... Dell are just playing games lieing to everyone about the real status of whats really going on.

If you order a XPS700 your looking at ALEAST 50-60day wait.... before it starts to get built.

 

I hope you are getting money off- as fast as PC components depreciate. When I build my own gaming rig from Newegg, I make sure all the parts will be at my house in 2-3 days. I'd be pissed if I had to wait months.