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I got a XPS410
Its BS that dell locks OC on the lower end XPS but the XPS 700+ are fully unlocked for OC.
I should of waited till I had the money for a build instead of being lazy with payments through dell plus I did not know the lower XPS models where OC locked. I know for a fact I can get the this CPU to 3.0GHZ easy if I wasn't on a dell! (or on a XPS700+ stupid dell!!)
Anther rant of dell I hate the BTX case F*** you. If I want to upgrade to SLI which I was planing to do, not would I need a new mobo, I would need a new case,new PSU and a new HSF because all thous items I just listed where designed just for the BTX case. So instead of just having to buy new mobo from newegg which I used on my last builds. Instead I would have to rebuild the whole f***ing system! The cost is not worth it. I learned my lesson I will NEVER buy a manufactured desktop ever again! (I want a refund
) I know my fault just saying why I'm pissed and why not to buy a dell.
Message edited by liljone on 06-23-2008 at 12:01:25 AM
Memory: 4GB (PC2 6400)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT OC 512mb (565MHz/1430MHz)
Audio: SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio
i learnt that lesson when i got my first computer, it was a:
Celeron skt478 2.8GHz
256MB PC 333
onboard intelly gfx card
and sum other parts
It was made by HP...
When it came to the upgrading.... i was in the same boat as you!!
From then on, i always buidl my own.. its saves the pounds and hassle.
Cant you say it has a problem? (fiddles with pc) and complain? Then ask for a refund?
lol glad I'm not the only one. I dunno if that would work lol 
| runswindows95 wrote : Again, you bought a Dell. What did you expect? |
lol a s***load of disappointment with extra BS on the side and I got a whole truck load of it from dell lol
Message edited by liljone on 06-22-2008 at 11:58:06 PM
^^ agreed there... just adding above to my last post... i didnt spend $2000, i spent $300 lol so myn wasnt a massive loss hahaha
kkthanksbye
| quantumsheep wrote : Dell are actually a brilliant company if you hvae little tech knowledge and want a decent PC at a reasonable price. However for tech-geeks (Like everyone here) they're really not great. |
Learned that the hard way
Message edited by liljone on 06-23-2008 at 02:52:28 AM
Memory: 4GB (PC2 6400)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT OC 512mb (565MHz/1430MHz)
Audio: SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio
Reply to liljone
| cjl wrote : Actually, the 410's PSU is surprisingly decent - it won't do multi GPU or anything like that, but it will run a Q6600 and HD3870 all day long quite happily. |
I was thinking that would be my only alt is to get 1 really nice video card and a 500W PSU+ and a quad core (waiting for more games to support it before upgrading to quad) but still wont be able to OC .
Message edited by liljone on 06-23-2008 at 03:17:16 AM
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