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Dell XPS 630 in Desktop PCs

Verdict

Expensive, but bucketloads of performance for the cash - and a gaudy, loud-mouthed case to go with it.

Review Date: 1 Apr 2008

Price when reviewed: £1,403 (£1,613 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
5 stars out of 6

Features & Design
6 stars out of 6

Value for Money
5 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code NPUK5-DRX602
Review Date 1 Apr 2008
Price ex VAT £1,403
Price inc VAT £1,613
Overall rating 5 stars out of 6
Performance 5 stars out of 6
Features & Design 6 stars out of 6
Value for Money 5 stars out of 6
Warranty
Warranty final 1 year(s) return to base
Basic specifications
Total hard disk capacity 1,000
RAM capacity 2.00GB
Screen size 24.0in
Processor
CPU family Intel Core 2 Quad
CPU nominal frequency 2.40GHz
CPU overclocked frequency N/A
Processor socket LGA 775
Motherboard
Motherboard Dell 0PP150
Conventional PCI slots free 1
PCI-E x8 slots free 1
PCI-E x1 slots free 1
Wired adapter speed 1,000Mbits/sec
Hard disk
Capacity 1.00TB
Hard disk 2 nominal capacity 1,000GB
Hard disk 3 make and model N/A
Hard disk 3 nominal capacity N/A
Hard disk 4 make and model N/A
Hard disk 4 nominal capacity N/A
Drives
Optical drive Toshiba TS-H653B
Optical disc technology DVD writer
Optical disk 2 make and model N/A
Optical disk 3 make and model N/A
Monitor
Monitor make and model Dell E2408WFP
Rear ports
USB ports (downstream) 6
FireWire ports 2
PS/2 mouse port no
Modem no
Graphics card
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards? yes
3D performance setting High
Graphics chipset Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Graphics card RAM 512MB
Number of graphics cards 2
Additional Peripherals
Speakers N/A
Speaker type N/A
Sound card Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Peripherals N/A
Case
Case format Full tower
Dimensions 195 x 519 x 489mm (WDH)
Front ports
Front panel USB ports 2
Front panel FireWire ports 1
Front panel memory card reader no
Operating system and software
OS family Windows Vista
Noise and power
Idle power consumption 179W
Peak power consumption 293W
Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score 1.49
Office application benchmark score 1.23
2D graphics application benchmark score 1.59
Encoding application benchmark score 1.26
Multitasking application benchmark score 1.87
3D performance (crysis) low settings 41fps
3D performance setting High
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