is this a good price?

[Bordoh]

I'm purchasing a new computer for my wife, I've been checking out the dell outlet (refurbs) when they have coupon codes available. The primary purpose of this computer will be gaming.

This is the one I'm considering at the moment, but I'm not all that sure on prices, is this a good deal? also, will it be able to play newer games just fine?

BaseStudio XPS - 435 Tower

ProcessorProcessor: Intel Core i7-920 Processor (8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 2.66GHz)

Operating SystemGenuine Windows 7 Home Premium

Hard Disk Drive1 TB SATA II Hard Drive (7200RPM) 3.0Gb/s, 32MB Cache

Memory12 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz (6 DIMMs)

Media Bay16X DVD ROM Drive
16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability

Video1 GB ATI Radeon HD 5870

Network Interface CardDell 1525 Wireless-N PCIe Card

Hardware Upgrade
No Modem
Thermal Heat Sink
125V Power Cord

Software Upgrade64BIT Operating System DVD

Office SoftwareMicrosoft Works 9.0

Security SoftwareMcAfee Security Center, 30 Day

KeyboardUSB Keyboard

MouseDell USB 6-Button Laser Mouse

the after tax and shipping price comes to $1,018. It seemed like a fairly solid system for a thousand dollars, what do yall think?

 

[Winterpool]

Realise this is technically a 'prebuilt' forum amongst other things, but most desktop talk seems to occur on 'General Hardware', even if it's built by Dell, etc. You may get more responses there...

At first glance, a thousand bucks felt a little costly, but then I realised it had 12 GB of memory! Though I don't know exactly what one would do with 12 GB RAM on a gaming machine.

It also has a Radeon HD 5870 -- the card alone costs almost $400 at most vendors. That said, if it's the video card that's the refurbished component, perhaps it shouldn't be assessed at that price.

The power supply, I think, is 475 W? I expect it's sufficient for the build, but many enthusiasts might want a tad more power if additional components were going to be added in the future.

 

[Bordoh]

thx for the info.. but I'm curious, how do you know its a 475w PS? its not listed anywhere that I can see

 

[corkyg]

Reviews are published. CHeck paragraph 5 of this:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2341742,00.asp

 

[Bordoh]

ah, great, thanks.

so, from the other stuff I've looked at, this seems to be about the best bang for my buck to me. I could be wrong, but I'm staying around 1,000 for my budget.

would anyone disagree on that? or possibly suggest a better deal for around $1,000?

 

[pjkenned]

Including OS it's a pretty good deal. Basically it's:
$100 OS
$200 CPU
$300 RAM
$400 GPU

Case, motherboard, hard drive, power supply, DVD, wireless N NIC, keyboard/ mouse (these aren't too good) + warranty for free versus building one yourself. Is it the best out there? No. But for the relative ease of just calling dell if something is wrong, it isn't a bad deal. You'll be fine running most games on it too.