Good deal? Dell has a student special on the following computer (Dell XPS 8500 model) for $899 which includes a $200 gift certificate (and an additional 5% off I think though the Dell Advantage program but not positive about this). Also includes free two-day shipping and 1 year ADP. So effectively for $699 I would get:
Desktop - XPS 8500
Dell KB213 Wired Multimedia Keyboard/ Dell Laser Mouse
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3770 processor 3.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz - 2 DIMMs
1TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 6.0 Gb/s
AMD Radeon™ HD 7570 1GB GDDR5
16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW), write to CD/DVD
Seems like a pretty good deal to me? Since the memory is 4 GB x 2 and there are 4 DIMMs, I could easily upgrade to 16GB for about $40 just by plopping in the memory I think (versus the $150 extra that Dell wanted to charge for 16GB).
Was also thinking of upgrading the video card, but not sure what the power supply can handle. I believe the Power Supply is 460W. I could have upgraded to a 2GB 7770HD GDDR5 for another $150 but after reading the reviews figured I should go and buy my own? No clue what the power supply can handle though as I have never upgraded / built my own computer (I'm a student and I've always had laptops). And I have no clue how to add in my own separate power supply either.
I think the chassis also supports mSATA SSD drives.
Suggestions? Good deal or not? Should I spring for the 7770 video card or upgrade it myself? If the latter, with what? Please help.
Desktop - XPS 8500
Dell KB213 Wired Multimedia Keyboard/ Dell Laser Mouse
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3770 processor 3.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz - 2 DIMMs
1TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 6.0 Gb/s
AMD Radeon™ HD 7570 1GB GDDR5
16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW), write to CD/DVD
Seems like a pretty good deal to me? Since the memory is 4 GB x 2 and there are 4 DIMMs, I could easily upgrade to 16GB for about $40 just by plopping in the memory I think (versus the $150 extra that Dell wanted to charge for 16GB).
Was also thinking of upgrading the video card, but not sure what the power supply can handle. I believe the Power Supply is 460W. I could have upgraded to a 2GB 7770HD GDDR5 for another $150 but after reading the reviews figured I should go and buy my own? No clue what the power supply can handle though as I have never upgraded / built my own computer (I'm a student and I've always had laptops). And I have no clue how to add in my own separate power supply either.
I think the chassis also supports mSATA SSD drives.
Suggestions? Good deal or not? Should I spring for the 7770 video card or upgrade it myself? If the latter, with what? Please help.