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XPS 630 vs. XPS 435T

Jun 18, 2009 12:49AM PDT

Hi guys,
I'm planning on buying a new DELL pc but I'm a little confused between xps 630 and 435T (not the mini tower).

With XPS 630, I get a nice chassis, 750W psu, quad core, and a 9800gt sli or gtx 285 but the motherboard is 650i and we all know about the x8 lanes.

With XPS 435, I get an ok chassis, 435psu, Core i7 2.66ghz, x58 chipset, ATI 4850, etc.

So, what should I do? On one hand I get a nice case with future upgradeability and on the other hand I get the core i7 and a not so "gaming looking chassis". I'm really confused and need some guidance. All advices/suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

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Read "to the people who work for Dell"
Jun 18, 2009 2:37AM PDT

The 435T may be a good computer.
I have had mine 3 1/2 weeks and still can't use it.
Dell doesn't seem to care so it's going back.
Lots of luck.

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Budget
Jun 18, 2009 4:11AM PDT

What?s your budget and what are you using for? I?m more than happy to provide you information, but I need to know more details. Silly

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Dell Xps 435T
Oct 5, 2009 10:33PM PDT

I've had my XPS 435T now for 2 1/2 months and love it. It's 64 bit so it supports 6 gigs of RAM. I am very happy with it but the first 24 hours were terrible it crashed on first boot up and Dell was horrible, fortunately I bought it from Microcenter and they were great and just switched it out for a new one. This one booted and ran great best computer I've ever used.
When I walked into Microcenter that day I was going to build a computer I had my researched shopping list in hand and one of the salesmen said I couldn't build one for even close the price of this computer.
He was right and aside from the initial problems I love this computer. I'm just not going to ever talk to Dell again