Dell Outlet Business and Home Deals!

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looking at the outlet, they look to be about $820 after taxes - 150 gc = $670. i'll keep any eye out for the next $75 gc deal, they come around the holidays if i remember.

i know z-series vaios are $650-$700 and my ex picked one up free after MS windows phone challenge giftcards. I'm hoping dell lives up to it's name as being cheaper, i really like those alienwares.

i can't do lenovo, they shill their products here and i don't support unscrupulous companies

Been using a Precision T3400 for the past few years and decided to upgrade. Went with an Alienware Aurora R4 for $1304.25 after coupon.

Specs include an i7 3820, 16GB ram, 1TB hard drive, 2GB GTX 680, 24x DVD burner, blu-ray drive, card reader, and TactX mouse & keyboard. I'm in the InfoSec field and the power of the GTX 680 is insane when it comes to forensic data carving and auditing password strength - it has 1536 Cuda cores!! Not a fan of the hard drive but I have 4 SAS drives going in instead. The CPU is fine for now but will probably upgrade to a 6-core 3920k in a year or so when they get cheaper. Overall I'm happy with the purchase.

So thinking of grabbing either 8500 and upgrading the video card to 660gtx or one of the Aurora r4s. Anyone have any thoughts on that ? can get roughly equiv proc/mem for 8500 around 650ish, and the Auroras run about 1000. Thats after the discount codes. The aurora seem to come with 560ti which is good but would prob want 660 so thinking 8500 is prob better bet. Any thoughts appreciated
thx

Just picked this up for 527.20:

XPS8500

Processor Processor: Intel Core 3rd Gen i7-3770 Processor (3.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz)
Operating System Genuine Windows 8 Home Edition
Hard Disk Drive 1TB Hard Drive, 3.5 Inch, 7200rpm, SATA
Memory 4GB, DDR3 UDIMM Memory, 1600MHz, Non-ECC (2 DIMMs)
Media Bay 8X Blu-Ray BD Combo (Blu-ray ROM + DVD+/- RW)
Video AMD Radeon HD 7770
Network Interface Card Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0
White Chassis w/19:1 media card reader

Quote from spongebobfl : Just picked this up for 527.20: XPS8500 Processor Processor: Intel Core 3rd Gen i7-3770 Processor (3.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz) Operating System Genuine Windows 8 Home Edition Hard Disk Drive 1TB Hard Drive, 3.5 Inch, 7200rpm, SATA Memory 4GB, DDR3 UDIMM Memory, 1600MHz, Non-ECC (2 DIMMs) Media Bay 8X Blu-Ray BD Combo (Blu-ray ROM + DVD+/- RW) Video AMD Radeon HD 7770 Network Interface Card Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0 White Chassis w/19:1 media card reader

i have that same exact system in my cart and debating on pulling the trigger or not. i like it all except the 4GB ram...

Quote from elismush : i have that same exact system in my cart and debating on pulling the trigger or not. i like it all except the 4GB ram...

I know... that was the only 'meh' for me... But, RAM is cheap... you will be able to grab 8 or 12 GB name brand pretty cheap...

You can pick up a Vostro 3560 with an i7 quad, 1080p screen, and Radeon 7670M 1GB GPU for $721. It is a fair price and Vostros are reliable machines.

Quote from spongebobfl : I know... that was the only 'meh' for me... But, RAM is cheap... you will be able to grab 8 or 12 GB name brand pretty cheap...

i pulled the trigger. it may not be the most amazing deal anyone ever got on this thread, but it's good enough and i need a computer ASAP.

where do you recommend i go for Ram? Crucial.com?

Quote from spongebobfl : Just picked this up for 527.20: XPS8500 Processor Processor: Intel Core 3rd Gen i7-3770 Processor (3.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz) Operating System Genuine Windows 8 Home Edition Hard Disk Drive 1TB Hard Drive, 3.5 Inch, 7200rpm, SATA Memory 4GB, DDR3 UDIMM Memory, 1600MHz, Non-ECC (2 DIMMs) Media Bay 8X Blu-Ray BD Combo (Blu-ray ROM + DVD+/- RW) Video AMD Radeon HD 7770 Network Interface Card Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0 White Chassis w/19:1 media card reader

I picked this up for 503.20 before tax

XPS8500

Processor Processor: Intel Core 3rd Gen i7-3770 Processor (3.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz)
Operating System Genuine Windows 8 Home Edition
Hard Disk Drive 1TB Hard Drive, 3.5 Inch, 7200rpm, SATA
Memory 4GB, DDR3 UDIMM Memory, 1600MHz, Non-ECC (2 DIMMs)
Media Bay 8X Blu-Ray BD Combo (Blu-ray ROM + DVD+/- RW)
Video Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
Network Interface Card Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0
White Chassis w/19:1 media card reader

knock it off and ignore, please (posts removed)

Quote from core22 : Been using a Precision T3400 for the past few years and decided to upgrade. Went with an Alienware Aurora R4 for $1304.25 after coupon. Specs include an i7 3820, 16GB ram, 1TB hard drive, 2GB GTX 680, 24x DVD burner, blu-ray drive, card reader, and TactX mouse & keyboard. I'm in the InfoSec field and the power of the GTX 680 is insane when it comes to forensic data carving and auditing password strength - it has 1536 Cuda cores!! Not a fan of the hard drive but I have 4 SAS drives going in instead. The CPU is fine for now but will probably upgrade to a 6-core 3920k in a year or so when they get cheaper. Overall I'm happy with the purchase.

How the hell were you able to get it for that price? The best I could find was one with a GTX 580 for $1500

I am still hesitate of buying. Maybe I should wait and see if there is better deal on President's day.

Quote from elismush : i pulled the trigger. it may not be the most amazing deal anyone ever got on this thread, but it's good enough and i need a computer ASAP. where do you recommend i go for Ram? Crucial.com?

No, definitely not from crucial.com, that it's never cheap...newegg just had a 16GB Kit for 63...may still be available...look for the thread here

Quote from fire2012 : How the hell were you able to get it for that price? The best I could find was one with a GTX 580 for $1500

I've been checking daily and had my eye on it. Also been looking for the new outlet coupons a few times a day so when they hit I was in there very soon after. The 1st system in my cart had an i7 3960x with a GTX 660 for $400 more, but I felt it was a better deal to stock up on the GPU now for less $.