Tuesday, February 27, 2007

A New Order

No, don't worry :) I am not extrapolating anything radical...

After six years of using a Pentium III 550 MHz PC, I finally ordered a new PC (an XPS 710) from Dell. Its primary use: serious gaming (flight simulation with Microsoft FSX to be exact!). Check out the core stats:
  • Intel Core2 Duo processor E6600 (2.4GHz, 1066FSB) w/Dual Core Technology and a 4MB L2 cache
  • 4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
  • 768MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX Video Card (supports DirectX 10!!)
  • 160GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive (10,000 RPM)
  • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 (with free upgrade to Windows Vista Home Premium)
  • 16X DVD+R/RW CD-RW Combination Drive
  • Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic PCI Sound Card
  • 1 kilowatt Power Supply
  • Copper Heat Sink
  • Two 120mm x 38mm front fans


Picture Copyright (C) Dell, Inc.

I wanted to get it with an Intel Extreme processor but, after, a lot of thought decided that the Core 2 Duo would be more than sufficient.

And, yeah, it only set me back by about 3 grand...

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