X-mas Build For The Wife

[Rodneyho]

I just buy the wife a Dell as she has so much multimedia stuff (i mean crap) that she likes the look, multimedia bonuses, and combos they offer. She actually uses that stuff. (photo/video editing, embroidery design, managing her E-bay sales...etc. No way around it I can build myself machines all I want and no matter what case I show her she always likes/wants the shiny new Dell stuff.

 

That being said, looking at the current line up, I am stuck making a choice. Budget is 1500.

 

Needs Laser Jet Printer, D-Link DGL 4300 router.

 

The new Studio XPS has the I7 single Video Card 6gigs of ram (tri channel 6x1gb) DVD RW

 

Or

 

I could go E8500 and get her SLI 4GB ram Blu-RAY (rom dvd rw)

 

There are pros and cons obviously but I am stuck. She does play EQII about 5-6 hours a week and is getting annoyed with not being able to push the graphics anymore on her old system. What are your thoughts.... I even considering getting teh I7 deal and tossing two 9600 Super clocked in SLI after market in it. Just ideas.

 

Oh she has a 24" UltraSharp Dell monitor already

Edited November 29, 2008 by Rodneyho

[Rodneyho]

After reading some reviews might stay away from the 9600GTs

[Jenova69]

My girlfriends comp has one 9600gt and it runs most games on High (with minimal AA and AF) at 1680x1050

[Rodneyho]

Going to call tonight and get that PSU upgraded before they ship and and toss a 9800GX2 in that thing when it shows up :-). Not a bad deal at all IMO.

 

 

Item Number Quantity Item Description

224-3607 1 Studio XPS 435MT

311-9770 1 Studio XPS 435MT, Intel Core i7-920 processor(8MB L2 Cache 2.66GHz)

311-9798 1 3GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz

330-0915 1 Dell Consumer Multimedia Keyboard

320-7706 1 No Monitor

320-7611 1 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3450

341-8294 1 500GB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive 7200 RPM

341-5593 1 Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Readerincluded in Dell Bluetooth Package

421-0085 1 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Ultimate 64-Bit Edition English

330-2980 1 Dell Resource DVD with Application Backup

420-6436 1 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp

463-2282 1 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access

420-8873 1 Dell Dock Consumer

330-1158 1 Dell Usb 6-Button Logitech Mouse

430-3347 1 Integrated 10/1000 Ethernet

313-3607 1 No modem requested for Dell Dimension

410-1867 1 ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE

313-7183 1 Blu-ray 6X BD-R, DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write capability

420-9162 1 Power DVD 8.1, Blu-ray Disk Playback

420-8154 1 Roxio Creator 10.2 Premium Blu-Ray

313-7186 1 Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

313-4032 1 Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer

461-8389 1 No Virus Protection Requested

412-1397 1 No Productivity Software requested

988-7347 1 No Warranty beyond 1 year

992-9687 1 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus Onsite Service Initial Year

990-8029 1 1 Year Limited Warranty and Next Business Day,Desktop

991-7130 1 Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Service, Initial Year

960-8700 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year

412-0360 1 Soft Contracts - Banctec

988-7707 1 2GB DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 FOR SDO/DIM/INS/XPS

988-0099 1 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe Online

420-9518 1 DATASAFE ONLINE 1.1 2GB FOR DIM/INS/XPS

330-0172 1 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Desktops

310-8626 1 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System

467-7316 1 Dell Remote Access Basic Email

464-7518 1 Special Offer - $50 off (included in price)

* -DISCOUNT/COUPON APPLIED

Subtotal: $1,219.00

Shipping and Handling: $0.00

Sales Tax: $73.14

Total: $1,292.14