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Badders · 21-04-2011, 13:36

Strangely I've just had exactly the same speced Dell XPS 8300 delivered to work - apart from:

Dell Wireless 1520 Half Mini Card (802.11n)
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music (using PCI slot)
Dell AY410 Multimedia Desktop Speaker
Dell AY511 multimedia SoundBar

> Careful with RAID 0 as if one disk goes you loose the system.

Yes, first job was to make it RAID 1 - make sure you've got a recovery DVD before doing this.

> I'd never buy a Dell. Their prices are a rip and aftercare sucks.

Here at the office we have nothing but Dell. They just work - and carry on working. Occasionally, wear and tear takes it's toll so we have to replace the odd Power Supply or Disk. We've still got a Dell Poweredge 4200 server with Windows NT Server 4.0 and it's been running trouble free 24-7 since 1998.

Regarding aftercare, we've never used it. If it's going to fail it'll probably happen within a year so we never take out the extra warranty. If it runs trouble free for a year then there's a good chance it'll run for much longer. After that, just replace the component which has failed.

Price wise they may be more expensive but still competitive. We need reliability and I guess Dell need that also. Their systems tend to be underclocked so they don't get stressed which is why they last so long I guess. They're also very quiet.

Anyhow, that's my two-pence worth.

21-04-2011, 13:36	#6
Badders Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Stockport Posts: 189	Re: New Dell Desktop Strangely I've just had exactly the same speced Dell XPS 8300 delivered to work - apart from: Dell Wireless 1520 Half Mini Card (802.11n) Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music (using PCI slot) Dell AY410 Multimedia Desktop Speaker Dell AY511 multimedia SoundBar > Careful with RAID 0 as if one disk goes you loose the system. Yes, first job was to make it RAID 1 - make sure you've got a recovery DVD before doing this. > I'd never buy a Dell. Their prices are a rip and aftercare sucks. Here at the office we have nothing but Dell. They just work - and carry on working. Occasionally, wear and tear takes it's toll so we have to replace the odd Power Supply or Disk. We've still got a Dell Poweredge 4200 server with Windows NT Server 4.0 and it's been running trouble free 24-7 since 1998. Regarding aftercare, we've never used it. If it's going to fail it'll probably happen within a year so we never take out the extra warranty. If it runs trouble free for a year then there's a good chance it'll run for much longer. After that, just replace the component which has failed. Price wise they may be more expensive but still competitive. We need reliability and I guess Dell need that also. Their systems tend to be underclocked so they don't get stressed which is why they last so long I guess. They're also very quiet. Anyhow, that's my two-pence worth.