Ol Smoke Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Yep, I finally did it. I bought a new PC and I got it from Costco for $699. Here is what it has in it : It is a DELL XPS 8900 (I KNOW!!!!) but I've had trouble with everyone I made, so... I couldn't even buy the parts for this thing at $699. Anyway here is what it has: Intel Core i7 6700 CPU 16GB RAM 1 TB HDD Nvidia GeForce GTX 745 4GB graphics card Windows 10 64 DVD+ BLuRay player Wireless Bluetooth Media card reader HDMI and USB 3.0 Wireless Keyboard and laser mouse Two year warranty You tell me if this is good or not. I haven't kept up with PC stuff for 6 or 7 years. I just want it to copy and paste and beat NormanCorn in COD4. That's what I live for ! 3 Quote
Ol Smoke Posted January 6, 2016 Author Posted January 6, 2016 Trying to copy and paste.................. Intel Core i7 6700 CPU 16GB RAM 1 TB HDD Nvidia GeForce GTX 745 4GB graphics card Oh yeah!! 1 Quote
Buckwild Posted January 6, 2016 Posted January 6, 2016 Very Nice! The video card is low end(Entry level) and You may want to upgrade in the future. People can't even buy that card, It's supplied to manufacturers. But It's not a bad video card at all. You'll have to see how it does in games. Power supply is good for what You have, You may need larger with better video card. The new $300 quad-core processor(3.4 GHz) with 8 MB cache! But CPU is only 65 Watts. Not bad, I would have gotten a 95 Watt CPU(More muscle). One TB of traditional 7200 RPM storage. It seems that everyone is buying Solid State hard drives now, They're amazingly fast. Should be a good gamer rig. 1 Quote
Bow_In_Honor Posted January 8, 2016 Posted January 8, 2016 That's a pretty kick ass computer for $699. The video card isn't even bad either. It's not great, but it's not a junker that's for sure. You should have no problem running COD4. Quote
Administrators daredevil Posted January 8, 2016 Administrators Posted January 8, 2016 For that money could had asked someone to build it for you. You could build good rig if you buy in parts and make it yourself. Keep 1TB HD and add one more SSD of 512GB if you can which goes around 130$ or so. Then see the speed of machine. SSD is must. 1 Quote
Hysteria Posted January 8, 2016 Posted January 8, 2016 What DD already said, if you buy in parts and let someone build it for you, it might be cheaper / better. I don't think a i7 is necessary for gameing. A i5 new gen would do the trik also and is cheaper. (assuming that it's only for gaming and not rendering/video editing) If you like to build it your self PM me maybe i can help with it? Quote
Ol Smoke Posted January 11, 2016 Author Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Final report on this: that computer died. The HDD just stopped working. I took it back to Costco and got another one. It was sick when I started it up. I ran tests and found that part of the southbridge wasn't working. Returned it too. I just noticed something that is very very wrong on here: I said the Dell cost $699, that is wrong, it cost $799. It was $200 off the original price. Sorry! I went to Fry's and got parts and built my own again. It's not as fast as the first Dell was but it is very stable. I bought the following parts: Intel i5-4590 3.3 GHz CPU Pair of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2400MHz 8GB Ram ASUS Z97-A Motherboard Western Digital 1TB HDD PNY GeForce 750ti Video Card Windows 10 Home 64 Windows 10 for Dummies 2- 64GB USB3.0 Flash Drives All of that cost me $849. I installed all that into my old Cooler Master Case with the 750W Power Supply with the 7 fans. The reason I went i5 was, cost for one and they didn't have any 6th Generation stuff to complete the system. No MB or DDR4 RAM. I have finished all the installs of my software and it is running very well. I get 200FPS in COD4 but I lock it at 125 FPS. The game plays flawlessly and my scores are starting to go up. No more locking up and glitching. I actually get kills with the G3 Silent rifle. I amazed at how fast I run now in the game. I was always in the rear before. I have only read a little of the Dummies book, but I have already learned how to get rid of those apps and make the desktop more like XP. I can actually copy and paste now! Even onto the FA website. Edited January 11, 2016 by Ol' Smoke 1 Quote
Heaven:) Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 You'll be surprised at how well the 750ti handles to say it's an old card. Was one of the best in it's time, still handles newer releases out today too. I'd really recommend an SSD to add to that at some point, too! 1 Quote
Administrators daredevil Posted January 12, 2016 Administrators Posted January 12, 2016 No SSD no talk Spend 60$ and get 250GB SSD. Install OS and your fav game on it. Rest all in regular hard drive. Take image back up of SSD. So if you loose you restore from image. Lot's of image backing software's. I just stick to free ones. Get 12GB RAM at least. Now a days 8 is in low end. But you are buying from Costco? Check the deals here. http://slickdeals.net/ Quote
St0rmSlaSh Posted January 12, 2016 Posted January 12, 2016 That'a a really nice computer! I would just upgrade the graphics card to maybe a gtx 950 or something like that. Quote
gibson66 Posted January 26, 2016 Posted January 26, 2016 Nice. I've got the xps 8700 too, it's a damn fine gaming rig. Like Storm said, you might want to up the graphics card to a gtx 950. I did it and it was well worth it. Quote
SubZer0 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 As said before on this topic ; SSD is the magic word. Rest of the setup is more then OK, only thing is the grapics card. But, if you are only going to play COD 4 its more than OK to run with the GTX 745. Quote
redy. Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 nice computer. should work well for ET (like stated above) upgrade potential: - install an additional SSD - reinstall windows 10 clean to get rid of dell software and branding - new faster graphics card Keep in mind if you open the computer and exchange parts the warranty might be violated 2 Quote
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