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davidrosen

davidrosen

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so i'm trying to do a little research for my girlfriend. she's a photographer and uses a nikon d800 so her files are huge. the computer she's been doing her editing on is starting to really crawl and i think it's time for her to get a real computer.

i was looking at this guy for her: http://www.amazon.com/Dell-XPS-8700-X8700-7500BLK-Desktop/dp/B00CUAVXAY

the only thing that's got me a little weary is simply the brand name. but honestly i've had dells in the past that were great, and spec wise the thing seems to me like it's a beast. i compose music and although i got my computer 3 years ago, this thing is better, spec-wise, than what i'm using. the only thing i can't tell is what the power supply is like on this thing, but processor, ram, ram expandability, and the ssd and hdd all look great.

any opinions/thoughts would be much appreciated. i was also looking at some asus pcs... i'm looking at dell/asus/etc because if she's gonna do this she wants to go for it soon, and with amazon prime, she could have this thing in 2 days. and the price is right. we're not super bargain hunting, but it's not name-brand over-expensive either.

thanks!
 
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manofchalk
If the machine follows ATX specifications you can change the PSU to whatever you want without issue. You will definitely need a new PSU if you ever want to add in a decent graphics card.
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Power supplies in prebuilts, you can just assume their pretty low quality. From the prescence of that red switch on the back, it doesn't have Active PFC which is a pretty standard feature in even budget PSU's, so wouldn't expect anything what enthusiasts would even call adequate.
However it will work with the machine as-is, and if it does fail you have Dell to replace it.

Looks like a decent machine for her purposes, like all pre-builts its a bit odd in some choices (like 24GB of RAM) and could be had cheaper and higher quality if you custom built it, but its not too bad.
 
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davidrosen

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thanks for the response. yea the 24gb ram is an odd choice, but it is expandable unlike some pre-builts and like i said everything else looks pretty great.

one quick question, as far as you can tell, do you think I'd be able to replace the PSU if she ever needed to? i can't imagine her upgrading this thing for years. it will sit there as is, with an external harddrive hooked up and that's about it. the only things i could imagine her ever adding would be a better video card and possibly a 3rd internal harddrive (probably a 2nd ssd).
 
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thank you for your help. yea she went ahead and ordered it this morning. i'm sure it's gonna be more than she needs coming from a computer that cost $500 4 years ago to a computer that costs $1700 today... haha.
 
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