Building a new Dell computer

[Xodus]

My Dell XPS 420 has finally died after 6 faithful years of gaming. I've never had any problems AT ALL with it and loved it. I am looking into buying another dell, not only because the last one lasted so long, but ALSO because I have credit through them and that is the only way I can afford the major purchase right out, and still pay 12 months same as cash. I built this with their customization thing and as far as it looks, everything seems like it would play all the modern games on high. The only thing I'm wondering, I'm paying 110 USD more for the 6870 than the 6770. Is this worth the extra hundred bucks?

Thanks.


XPS 8300




Date 4/17/2012 3:17:55 PM Central Standard Time

Catalog Number 29 Retail 19


Catalog Number / Description Product Code Qty SKU Id



XPS 8300:
XPS 8300 T83WH 1 [225-0125] 1


Processors:
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor (3.4GHz with 8MB Cache) TI72600 1 [317-6080] 2


Operating System:
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English W7HPCY5 1 [318-0455][330-6097][331-1418][420-6436][420-6576][420-9691][420-9841][421-0756][421-2087][421-3645][421-4047][421-4652][421-5577][421-5693][421-5953][421-6194] 11


Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed):
Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook DSTART 1 [410-0450] 22


Hardware Support Services:
1 Year Basic Support T1O 1 [420-8878][938-3290][938-3350][950-3337][950-9797][960-8700] 29


Protection:
DataSafe 2.0 Online Backup 2GB for 1 year DSO2G 1 [421-4356][927-2357][988-0099] 34


Monitor:
No Monitor N 1 [320-7810] 5


Memory:
8GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 4 DIMMs 8G1334D 1 [317-5786] 3


Hard Drive:
1TB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache 1TBS 1 [342-2007] 8


Video Card:
Single AMD Radeon™ HD 6870 AT6870 1 [320-2278] 6


Optical Drive:
16X CD/DVD Burner with Roxio Creator 2011 16DVDRW 1 [318-0282][421-5083] 16


TBU:
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader AAREAD 1 [410-0547] 15


Wireless:
Dell 1501 Wireless-N PCIe Card DW1501 1 [430-3922] 19


Network Card:
Add 2 USB 3.0 ports CAGEUSB 1 [330-9084] 13


Speakers:
Dell AY410 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer AY410 1 [313-7969] 18


Sound:
THX® TruStudio PC™ THX 1 [421-9898] 17


Security Software:
McAfee SecurityCenter, 15-Months MCEM15M 1 [410-0569] 25


Modem:
No Dial Up Modem Option N 1 [313-3607] 14


Keyboard:
Dell Consumer Multimedia Keyboard SMMK 1 [331-0659] 4


Mouse:
Dell Laser Mouse 6BTNLM 1 [330-1158] 12


Trusted ID:
Trusted ID,IDSafe, 12 Month Subscription, Digital Delivery CSTID12 1 [421-6594] 214

[JoshJ5Hawk]

Re: Building a new Dell computer

I personally don't think you need to shell out the extra $110 for that card. I was running ArmA 2 on my HD 4650 on high settings until I upgraded to my GTS 450. But I can say, that I wouldn't bother with McAfee, I would just take that off of your bill, and pick up Microsoft Security Essentials.
/Happy Gaming\