Decent PC?

[JohnBu]

Hi, not for me, but for a teenager who wants to play some games

What you think of this $980 PC?

http://www.dell.com/au/p/studio-xps-...tudio-xps-7100

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[gmonkey]

personally i hate dell... id get a toshiba or acer or a hp. find dells unreliable to say the least

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[Vectracious]

been dealing with Dell for quite a while now - never have had any issues with any of the PC's I've bought (laptop and desktop) - probably about 15 all up in the last couple of years.

[Bloodnok]

Hi, not for me, but for a teenager who wants to play some games

What you think of this $980 PC?

http://www.dell.com/au/p/studio-xps-...tudio-xps-7100

Nothing special, but should be quite capable. Not going to set any performance records, but no major stand-out problems either, and not a bad price. Still might be able to build faster from parts for the same price, but not by a long way (versus the normal price you'd beat it hands down from parts).

Only issues for me would be a better OS - at least Pro (I generally don't think Ultimate is worth the upgrade cost), and make sure you get the OS install disks. Dell offer the ability to tweak the spec - so check the upgrade costs out when ordering for both of those things.

With the OS install disks, you can do a proper clean install and get rid of all the hateful bundled crap software. It's annoying to have to do it, and it'll take you/him a weekend to get the machine properly sorted doing it this way, but it's so worth it in both performance and usability terms. IIRC I got charged $2.50 or something for the "upgrade" of having the disks shipped with the machine...

[gravy258]

+1 for Dell, at least you get good back up from them
theres a nice alienware lappy on here http://www1.ap.dell.com/au/en/dfo/df...refid=df&s=dfo
I bought my laptop from the outlet saved $800

[JohnBu]

I've never had trouble with Dell, and their customer service seems ok when I had to make a warranty claim.

I'm happy to buy a Dell, but just wondered on the specs for a gaming machine..

For my own PC, I would have built from scratch, but it's not mine and I don't want to get involved when it doesn't POST or it gets a malware... recovery can be done by amateurs.

thanks Gravy, there is also this http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/topi...=au&l=en&s=dfo

But not sure about the graphics card, but everything else is great.. I'll prob pick this up.

[Dahlia]

Best PC is the one you build your own. It's cheaper and easier to upgrade parts in the future. Just my two cents.

[JohnBu]

Best PC is the one you build your own. It's cheaper and easier to upgrade parts in the future. Just my two cents.

True, but I don't want to be involved when shit goes down or Windows is corrupted.

[metry]

i built my own pc. saved heaps of $ if you want a warranty the best thing to do would be go to a computer shop and get them to build it for you. theyl probably build you a better speced pc for the same money as dell would charge. i know ijk charges 45 to build your computer for you as well as give you a one year warranty. but theyre in sydney. just my 5c

[poita]

you'd be better off buying from a 'bigger' company

always wonder how long that 'cheap' computer store around the corner will be there if you have issues

or need something replaced under warranty

your choice though


and a huge +1 to what vectracious said