Dell UK upgrades the XPS 700 series with Core 2 Duo.

zekrahminator · Aug 31, 2006

The extremely powerful computer Dell showed off with Quad SLI has offially started shipping. And if you live in the UK, your new Dell ships with a Core 2 Duo processor. You can get a Dell XPS 700 with Core 2 Duo for £1,100 including VAT and shipping. Anyone who ordered their XPS 700 and hasn't received it yet has been given the option for a free Core 2 Duo upgrade instead of the original Pentium D.

View at TechPowerUp Main Site

stealthfighter · Aug 31, 2006

*drool*
AWESOME MACHINE...

g12rxz · Aug 31, 2006

d00d, its a frickan dEll

jocksteeluk · Aug 31, 2006

the problem with that system is the fact its a modified nforce chipset .

Batou1986 · Aug 31, 2006

my question is why would u get a high end gaming system that has a locked bios and no access to temperature sensors or fan speeds not to mention no type of tweaking ie overclocking and such due to a locked bios unless dell has changed there usual bs for the xps systems :banghead:

infrared · Aug 31, 2006

With some dell xps' you do have access to some overclocking features, still not great for overclocking though.

Jimmy 2004 · Aug 31, 2006

Well, to be honest I'm never going to spend that much money on something from Dell... I'd expect them to mod it to half it's potential speed anyway.

newtekie1 · Aug 31, 2006

The machines are great, they just aren't what the modding community want, it isn't marketed toward them anyway. It is marketed towards John Q. Public that has no idea how to overclock, no interest in it, and could care less about fan speed control and locked BIOS. They just want a machine that works right out of the box, and performs great, regardless if it costs a lot of money.

Also, they talk about quad-SLI, but it seems like in the picture they have used 2x 7800GTX 512MB cards in it...though I am sure it is just the stock picture and I am just being picky.

Dark Ride · Aug 31, 2006

newtekie1 put it right. some people don't need/want to overclock or tweak their hardware.

AsphyxiA · Sep 1, 2006

it still a dell which means its cheap manufacturing. Most of the money that one spends on the dell is labor. Why not just build your own computer? Cheaper faster and better! If you don't know how then make some friends who do know how. Chances are every person who plays computer games knows someone who can at least install a video card.

evil bill · Sep 2, 2006

probably true, but as has been said, if you are the type of person who would consider building your own PC, then you are not Dell's target market. If you are reading this forum, you are probably thinking about what kind of an awesome system you could build for £1,100 and how poor value this Dell is in comparison.

PCs frighten the life out of most people - everyday, people pay the likes of PC world £150 for a 6600gt and then another £30 to fit it. To us, this is lunacy - to them it is safety.

If you build a system for a friend, and it goes wrong, what kind of warranty do they have? How sure are you that you could fix it? What if you cant and they have given you £1,100 based on your assurances of a better system?

Leave the Dell buyers to their ways - they deserve each other :laugh:

I went in and used their PC builder to create a system as close to one a friend just built for £700, and it came in at £1,650. An that was using an e6400 and a 7900GTX 512MB whereas my friends is an e6600 and X1900XTX 512MB. And that was reducign the warranty to 1yr onsite.

socrates2006 · Sep 7, 2006

But...

zekrahminator said:
And if you live in the UK, your new Dell ships with a Core 2 Duo processor.

Sure, but through their "special" BIOS, they've disabled all the features you'd want in this new processor, including VT support and the ability to run 64-bit editions of Windows.

newtekie1 · Sep 7, 2006

socrates2006 said:
Sure, but through their "special" BIOS, they've disabled all the features you'd want in this new processor, including VT support and the ability to run 64-bit editions of Windows.

No it doesn't. I am sure they wouldn't gimp it that baddly. The locked BIOS is only going to prevent people from using it to overclock the processor, not disable features of the processor. Dell has never done this and I don't expect them to start now. In fact I don't think it is even possible to disable these features via the BIOS, is it? And what good reason would they have for doing it? They don't disable 64-bit support on their other 64-bit processors, hell even their Celeron D machines have 64-bit support, so why would they disable it on their top of the line machines?

magibeg · Sep 7, 2006

I'm sure there was a hint of sarcasim in that. But dell is good (well this is my situation anyway) when you have parents that are afraid of sales people at futureshop and the like and wouldn't let a certain son of theirs build the computer because they are afraid

. But yea everything is idiot proofed so i can't do anything to my computer.... strangely enough my pc came with ati tool :confused:

stealthfighter · Sep 7, 2006

heh...
My dad flipped when I removed ata cables/dvd drive/floppy drive/front case pannel to MOVE things. heh... He'd die if I ever OC'd the processor...

W2hCYK · Sep 7, 2006

wait huh? your pc came with atitool? what manufacturer? dell?

magibeg · Sep 7, 2006

Yea, it came pre-loaded with ati-tool. Which at the time i had no idea what it was. I just assumed it came with my x800se

(god damn se)

-yes its a dell... 8400 if it matters

infrared · Sep 7, 2006

hehe, maybe some of the dell technicians were playing with it and forgot to uninstall it.

magibeg · Sep 8, 2006

Beats me, actually now that i actually got thinking about it... it does seem extremely strange to have overclocking software on it :laugh:

. Its a shame they didn't do something more usefull such as put in a x800xt or something just for kicks. Though the x850's weren't out yet

socrates2006 · Sep 8, 2006

newtekie1 said:
No it doesn't. I am sure they wouldn't gimp it that baddly. The locked BIOS is only going to prevent people from using it to overclock the processor, not disable features of the processor. Dell has never done this and I don't expect them to start now. In fact I don't think it is even possible to disable these features via the BIOS, is it? And what good reason would they have for doing it? They don't disable 64-bit support on their other 64-bit processors, hell even their Celeron D machines have 64-bit support, so why would they disable it on their top of the line machines?

Do you own one? Have you tried this? Have you escalated this issue with Dell? Have they told you it's possible, because I've had feedback directly from them stating specifically that VT will NOT be turned on this BIOS. So if you've been told something different, I'd like to seek clarification from Dell because this issue alone is sufficient reason for me to return the box. http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=xps_desk_genhdw&message.id=26668

Secondly, the Windows XP 64-bit setup fails with stop error A0 and the specific error message that the ACPI BIOS is not compatible with Windows 64-bit. This is not hearsay but first hand experience from a professional system builder. Seems I'm not the only one to have hit this wall: http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=xps_desk_genhdw&message.id=27514

evil bill · Sep 8, 2006

Oh my - just read that thread about them not supportign VT - is this a new low from Dell or have they done worse?

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory	2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply	ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software	XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.

Processor	P4 2.8
Motherboard	Intel D865PERL
Memory	2x512 Ballistix DDR400
Video Card(s)	GeForce 5200
Storage	Maxtor 120GB
Power Supply	Allied 300w 10A

Processor	AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.6ghz
Motherboard	ECS KA3 MVP Crossfire 3200 Chipset
Cooling	None to speak of.
Memory	2048MB DDR2 Patriot Memory 4-4-4-12
Video Card(s)	X1800GTO2 512MB soon I'll flash to an XT!
Storage	250GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache SATA Seagate
Display(s)	19 inch widescreen 4ms by AG Neovo
Case	Gigabyte Poseidon Mid-Tower ( AWESOME CASE! )
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum -- 200 Watts to each Jamo Classic 10, powered by a Denon Class A amp
Power Supply	Rosewill 600Watt w/ Active PFC and Dual +12v
Software	Windows XP Professional SP2

Processor	custom dupont risk chip cpu prototype
Motherboard	custom ibm x5 solid state carbon mainboard
Cooling	industrial technologies prototype dupont custom heat transfer unit
Memory	6x 2gig prototype ecc hnc ddr4
Video Card(s)	prototype low energy version nvidia 9 series unnumberd card
Storage	1tb solid state hdd
Display(s)	44 inch samsung plasma screen tv/monitor
Case	custom ibm mobile home server case
Audio Device(s)	custom Yamaha sound processing processor in spm format
Power Supply	1200watt deli cord custom made dupont type psu
Software	sun unix/windows type v

Processor	Ryzen 5900X
Motherboard	ASUS Prime X470 Pro
Cooling	Arctic liquid freezer II 240
Memory	2 x 16 Gb Gskill Trident Z 3600 Mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 3060 Ti OC
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO 500 Gb / 860 EVO 1 Tb
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Lian Li Lancool II Mesh
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitech G703
Keyboard	Logitech G513
Software	Win 11

Dell UK upgrades the XPS 700 series with Core 2 Duo.

zekrahminator

McLovin

stealthfighter

New Member

g12rxz

New Member

jocksteeluk

New Member

Batou1986

infrared

Jimmy 2004

New Member

newtekie1

Semi-Retired Folder

Dark Ride

AsphyxiA

evil bill

New Member

socrates2006

New Member

newtekie1

Semi-Retired Folder

magibeg

stealthfighter

New Member

W2hCYK

New Member

magibeg

infrared

magibeg

socrates2006

New Member

evil bill

New Member

System Name	Box of Distraction
Processor	Ryzen 7 1800X
Motherboard	Crosshair VI Hero
Cooling	Custom watercooling
Memory	G.Skill TridentZ 2x8GB @ 3466MHz CL14 1T
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080Ti FE. WC'd & TDP limit increased to 360W.
Storage	Samsung 960 Evo 500GB & WD Black 2TB storage drive.
Display(s)	Asus ROG Swift PG278QR 27" 1440P 165hz Gsync
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Phillips Fidelio X2 headphones / basic Bose speakers
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750W G3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 6.0 (mx red switches)
Software	Win 10 & Linux Mint
Benchmark Scores	https://hwbot.org/user/infrared

System Name	Jimmy 2004's PC
Processor	S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz
Motherboard	ASUS K8N
Cooling	AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans
Memory	1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB)
Video Card(s)	Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory)
Storage	500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA
Display(s)	Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024)
Case	Antec P182
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers
Power Supply	Corsair HX520W
Software	Windows XP Home

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	G-REX
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus Master X570
Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB Platinum SE + 4 x Corsair LL120 (White)
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4-3600 (White)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Aorus Master RTX 3080 10GB
Storage	1TB Samsung 980 Pro NVME \| 2TB Sabrent Rocket Q NVME
Display(s)	34.0" LG 34GP83A-B
Case	Lian-Li Lancool 2 Mesh (White)
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Virtuoso RGB Wireless
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core Pro SE
Keyboard	Corsair K70 MK2 (Cherry MX Brown) + White PBT Key Caps
Software	Windows 10 Home

System Name	Media PC
Processor	Intel Core-i5 4460
Motherboard	Asus H97i plus
Cooling	Noctua LH-9i with upgraded NF-A9, x2 Noctua NF-F12
Memory	8GB x2 Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz kit
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Super clocked GTX970 itx
Storage	1TB western digital black 2.5"
Display(s)	Samsung 55" Plasma
Case	Fractal Design Node 202
Audio Device(s)	Onboard DSP, sound forwarded to Onkyo receiver in 2.1 mode
Power Supply	Fractal Design 430w itx PSU
Mouse	Logitech Wireless gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech Wireless, Xbox One S controller
Software	Windows 10 pro

System Name	Main Rig \| Second Rig
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo Wolfdale E8200 @ 3.2Ghz \| Pentium 4 530J 3.0Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS P5KC @ 1,600Mhz FSB \| Asus P5P800
Cooling	Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro \| Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Memory	OCZ 4GB DDR2-800 (2x2GB) 5-4-4-15 \| Corsair 1GB XMS DDR-400 (2 x 512MB)
Video Card(s)	MSI NX8800GT 512MB Pre-OCd @ 660/950 \| Powercolor X850 Pro 256MB AGP
Storage	500GB WD Caviar SATA300 \| Hitachi Deckstar 80GB SATA
Display(s)	LG 22" W2252TQ
Case	Antec 900 \| ATX Window case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard High Definition Audio \| Soundblaster Audigy SE
Power Supply	Hiper 730W HPU-5M730-SE \| Tagan 480W
Software	Vista 64-bit SP1 \| Windows 7 32-bit RC1

System Name	Not named
Processor	Intel 8700k @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E Gaming
Cooling	DeepCool Assassin II
Memory	16GB DDR4 Corsair LPX 3000mhz CL15
Video Card(s)	Zotac 1080 Ti AMP EXTREME
Storage	Samsung 960 PRO 512GB
Display(s)	24" Dell IPS 1920x1200
Case	Fractal Design R5
Power Supply	Corsair AX760 Watt Fully Modular

Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.3GHz
Motherboard	P5WDG2-WS Pro, need new chipset cooler.
Cooling	Dangerden TDX-775
Memory	OCZ 2gb PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM 4-5-4-15
Video Card(s)	X850XTPE 256mb @ 585/640
Storage	2x 250gb Perpendicular SATA3.0, 2x Maxtor DiamondMax10 160gb SATA-150 drives
Display(s)	Sceptre 19" 8ms LCD
Case	Lian-Li PC-65
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	OCZ GameXStream 700w 18a 12v, Quad Rail
Software	Windows XP SP2