Update: This deal is still available.
Dell Technologies has
Dell XPS 8960 Desktop on sale for - 10% Off clearance items coupon code
10OFFCLEAR =
$2,294.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
nberardi for finding this deal.
Specs:
- 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700 16-Core / 24 Thread Processor
- 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR5 4800 MT/s Memory / RAM (supports up to 64 GB)
- 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive / SSD
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB GDDR6X Graphics Card
- WiFi 6E (2x2) + Bluetooth
- 1000W Power Supply
- Windows 11 Home
- Ports:
- Front
- 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (1 w/ Power Share)
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C w/ PowerShare (no video/audio output)
- 3.5 mm headphone/microphone combo jack
- SD card slot
- Rear
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C (no video/audio output)
- 2x USB 2.0 Type-A
- 7.1 audio 6-connector stack of re-taskable audio ports
- 1x DisplayPort 1.4 (UMA only)
- 1x Gigabit Ethernet
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With current prices, you can build a comparable machine for about $2600 (plus money for Windows 11, a keyboard, and mouse). Dell's offering saves you about $300 over this:
Intel Core i7-13700 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 280 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
ASRock B760M-H/M.2 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard
Crucial CT2K8G48C40U5 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR5-4800 CL40 Memory
TEAMGROUP MP33 512 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
MSI GAMING TRIO GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB Video Card
Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case
Deepcool PX1000G 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Total for that build with current prices is $2636.75.
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The value of these components will be less than a self-build as there is no upgrade path for any of it. You can't reuse the case or carry over the power supply for a future upgrade. Dell will not send you a new bracket for water cooler heatsink to make it compatible w/ future sockets. Every component inside will essentially be single use. This adds up to hundreds of dollars of expenses on your next PC build (unless you just buy another prebuild).
First, 16gb ram, and the motherboard only has 2 ram slots (WHY microATX?!?!). You're gonna need at least 32gb if you want to do any sort of multitasking or like opening 41 Firefox windows like me (currently utilizing 24gb of 64).
Second, the hard drive is way too small. Many AAA games (that you'd need a 4090 for) these days are >100gb. Along with Windows, you'll only be able to fit 2-3 games on it. My previous rig had a 500gb SSD and I had to constantly uninstall old games to play new ones.
Dell charges an arm and a leg to upgrade these, ($300 for a 2tb nvme, $450 for 64gb of ram?!), which you can buy yourself for roughly half the price. As others have already posted, the rest of the components are highly proprietary and usually very low quality (they don't even list the model number in the specs), which makes upgrading or even replacing certain components a nightmare. If you're tech savvy enough to do this on your own, you'd probably be able to build yourself a much better machine for just a few hundred dollars more if you are scouring PC hardware deals. Dell is putting the 4090 carrot on a stick and baiting people into overpaying for basic QoL upgrades.
Finally, you don't *have* to buy a "gaming" case with a tempered glass side panel. There are many muted case options if you're seeking a sleek professional look, and not have to compromise on cooling. Check out the Fractal Design North or beQuiet! cases for example.
You are way worse off building one your own. The cheapest 4090 right now goes for just under $2000. Add in every single other component, including the OS and a keyboard (because this includes a keyboard even if it is a mediocre one) and you will end up spending easily between $2700-$3000 building it yourself rather than purchasing this deal for $2295.
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You are way worse off building one your own. The cheapest 4090 right now goes for just under $2000. Add in every single other component, including the OS and a keyboard (because this includes a keyboard even if it is a mediocre one) and you will end up spending easily between $2700-$3000 building it yourself rather than purchasing this deal for $2295.
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with color correction and such with 4k source material, you need to be at 64gb.
the best way that these pre-builts make sense is if the hardware perfectly fits the intended purchase... same thing with the microcenter bare bones mb/ram/cpu combos, which i always end up having to upgrade, so i don't save any $$$ with it... the crappy ram died, which is even worse... never again.
one reason that i wouldn't do this deal is because i don't see any air filtration on that front panel? an air-cooled 4090 needs a lot of fresh airflow with filtration, which does require bigger cases in order to run more fans at slower speeds, aka to be quiet.
Here are a couple of alternate PC deals that IMO are better than this one, albeit with lower end GPUs. At least they know a top spec GPU/CPU deserves more RAM, disk space, and cooling.
https://slickdeals.net/f/17420349-yeyian-phoenix-glass-gaming-pc-rtx-4080-super-intel-core-i7-13700f-32gb-ddr5-1tb-ssd-2000-free-shipping?src=ca
https://slickdeals.net/f/17418999-lenovo-legion-t7-gaming-desktop-i7-13700kf-rtx-4070-ti-32gb-ram-1tb-ssd-1649-at-b-h-photo-video
that's why we build our own, to be able to push the limits... pre-built combos are usually for people who don't need as much performance, and there is a market for that, as well as for people who don't know enough to understand what matters.
Motherboards are the first to go, and dell's are absolutely bottom barrel for Power delivery VRM designs. Once it blows, you have to get another one that fits, and that one is just as bad quality if not worse than the first (if buying used).
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