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Dell XPS 8940 Desktop: i5-10400, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, GTX 1660 Ti Expired

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Dell Home & Office has Dell XPS Desktop (XPS MT 8940) on sale for $699.99 when you apply coupon code DTXPSAFF21 at checkout. Shipping is free.

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Deal Instructions:
  1. Go to Dell XPS Desktop and add item to cart
  2. Proceed to cart
  3. Apply coupon code DTXPSAFF21
  4. Your total will be $699.99, shipping is free
Specs:
  • Intel Core i5-10400 6-Core (12 Thread) 2.9GHz Processor
  • 16GB (1x16GB) 2666Mhz DDR4 RAM
  • 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
  • 1TB 7200 RPM 3.5" SATA III Internal Hard Drive
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
  • Built-In WiFi 802.11AC + Bluetooth 4.1
  • Windows 10 Home 64bit English
  • Dell USB Keyboard & Mouse included
  • Ports:
    • Front
      • SD Card Slot
      • Headset Jack
      • 3x USB 3.1 Type A
      • 1x USB 3.1 Type-C
    • Rear
      • Audio ports (5.1 channel 3 jack)
      • 1x DisplayPort 1.2
      • 1x HDMI 1.4
      • 4x USB 3.1 Type A
      • 2x USB 2.0 Type A
      • Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)

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I think its a decent deal for the money. I got this system on the last $590 deal and its a solid PC for the price. Heres my random knowledge dump based on a week of ownership:

(Mine has 16GB after I added one stick) Hooked up to my 4k TV ( 4k resolution but drop in detail/textures as needed): Shadow of the Tomb raider: ~40-50FPS@medium; Time spy score: 5568
Was able to overclock GPU by 120mhz and memory by 112mhz ish with no over voltage. Able to see about 10-15% improvement in minimum frame rate and an increase of about 5% in average frame rate.

The system runs very quiet at least I can't hear it running in my living room with normal background noises. Has two 3.5" bays for internal expanse and two 2.5" for SSDs (comes with one 2.5" SSD bracket). Has I think 3 extra Sata cables and power connectors from what I remember.

GPU (1660 super) is double slot short length with 6-pin power connector.
4-memory slots in total, mine came with single 8GB 2666mhz 1.2 Cl19, was able to find a cheap $28 8GB module on Amazon to upgrade to 16GB.

Upgrade possibilities:
CPU: any 65w LGA1200 CPU (ie. 10700)
Memory: DDR4 DIMMs 2666 or 2933 depending on process (I think)
GPU: Something that can run off of 6-pin power plug (you can find adapters for 6 to 8-pin if you want to gamble) or add SFX PSU
Wifi: This is pretty standard
SSD M.2: NVMe drives PCIe 3.0 x4
SSD/HDD: I think there's at least 4 sata ports on the motherboard
2 additional PCIe slots: 1x and I think 4x (above and below the GPU) are open for network cards or other cards

Pardon any typos or mistakes, tried my best to compile what I could off of memory Smilie cheers, hope this helps

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Chaltierx
02-01-2021 at 12:38 PM.
02-01-2021 at 12:38 PM.
Missed out on the last frontpage deal. (https://slickdeals.net/f/14771809-dell-xps-desktop-i5-10400-8gb-ddr4-256gb-ssd-6gb-gtx-1660-super-590-free-shipping) How does this compare? Worth the extra $100?
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Wazzupeh
02-01-2021 at 12:52 PM.
02-01-2021 at 12:52 PM.
Quote from Chaltierx :
Missed out on the last frontpage deal. (https://slickdeals.net/f/14771809-dell-xps-desktop-i5-10400-8gb-ddr4-256gb-ssd-6gb-gtx-1660-super-590-free-shipping) How does this compare? Worth the extra $100?
Same question here.

Looks like the differences are:

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 SUPER™ 6GB GDDR6 -----> NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6 (any difference between Super vs TI??)

8 GB ram --> 16 GB ram

256 ssd --> 256 ssd + 1TB sata HD
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Felixfifi
02-01-2021 at 12:54 PM.
02-01-2021 at 12:54 PM.
Quote from Chaltierx :
Missed out on the last frontpage deal. (https://slickdeals.net/f/14771809-dell-xps-desktop-i5-10400-8gb-ddr4-256gb-ssd-6gb-gtx-1660-super-590-free-shipping) How does this compare? Worth the extra $100?
Probably not 16gb of ddr4 isn't worth much but what you consider the value of the time and effort to overclock the gpu might make it not worth it.
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Walt-Whitman
02-01-2021 at 01:13 PM.
02-01-2021 at 01:13 PM.
Quote from Chaltierx :
Missed out on the last frontpage deal. (https://slickdeals.net/f/14771809-dell-xps-desktop-i5-10400-8gb-ddr4-256gb-ssd-6gb-gtx-1660-super-590-free-shipping) How does this compare? Worth the extra $100?

I would think it is pretty close.
RAM - $38
1 TB HDD - $45

The 1660 super and ti are not dramatically different. But super is newer and has slightly better fps.

All in all not the exact same value as XPS at $590. But it is really close and is a great deal if considered in isolation. You would have a hard time beating this price at present times.
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02-01-2021 at 01:22 PM.

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02-01-2021 at 01:22 PM.
I think its a decent deal for the money. I got this system on the last $590 deal and its a solid PC for the price. Heres my random knowledge dump based on a week of ownership:

(Mine has 16GB after I added one stick) Hooked up to my 4k TV ( 4k resolution but drop in detail/textures as needed): Shadow of the Tomb raider: ~40-50FPS@medium; Time spy score: 5568
Was able to overclock GPU by 120mhz and memory by 112mhz ish with no over voltage. Able to see about 10-15% improvement in minimum frame rate and an increase of about 5% in average frame rate.

The system runs very quiet at least I can't hear it running in my living room with normal background noises. Has two 3.5" bays for internal expanse and two 2.5" for SSDs (comes with one 2.5" SSD bracket). Has I think 3 extra Sata cables and power connectors from what I remember.

GPU (1660 super) is double slot short length with 6-pin power connector.
4-memory slots in total, mine came with single 8GB 2666mhz 1.2 Cl19, was able to find a cheap $28 8GB module on Amazon to upgrade to 16GB.

Upgrade possibilities:
CPU: any 65w LGA1200 CPU (ie. 10700)
Memory: DDR4 DIMMs 2666 or 2933 depending on process (I think)
GPU: Something that can run off of 6-pin power plug (you can find adapters for 6 to 8-pin if you want to gamble) or add SFX PSU
Wifi: This is pretty standard
SSD M.2: NVMe drives PCIe 3.0 x4
SSD/HDD: I think there's at least 4 sata ports on the motherboard
2 additional PCIe slots: 1x and I think 4x (above and below the GPU) are open for network cards or other cards

Pardon any typos or mistakes, tried my best to compile what I could off of memory Smilie cheers, hope this helps
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direfan
02-01-2021 at 01:41 PM.
02-01-2021 at 01:41 PM.
I would have liked to upgrade the ssd to at least 500 gb, but cannot change anything nor can I add an optical drive.
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02-01-2021 at 01:42 PM.
02-01-2021 at 01:42 PM.
I'm seeing this @ $1100
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02-01-2021 at 01:45 PM.
02-01-2021 at 01:45 PM.
A fine deal. When you all get dells, do you run Windows reset to get a clean copy without Dell's extras?
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StingyCurmudgeon
02-01-2021 at 01:50 PM.
02-01-2021 at 01:50 PM.
Does dell hike the price before doing the coupon to make it seem like more off? Having a hard time believing retail is 1100. Are these really THAT expensive, or no?
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ksparr
02-01-2021 at 01:50 PM.
02-01-2021 at 01:50 PM.
my husband just asked me to look for a new desktop because his is running so slow. He does a lot of stock stuff mostly and some financial stuff for church. Would this be a good choice?
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02-01-2021 at 01:51 PM.
02-01-2021 at 01:51 PM.
Quote from sr2002 :
I think its a decent deal for the money. I got this system on the last $590 deal and its a solid PC for the price. Heres my random knowledge dump based on a week of ownership:

(Mine has 16GB after I added one stick) Hooked up to my 4k TV ( 4k resolution but drop in detail/textures as needed): Shadow of the Tomb raider: ~40-50FPS@medium; Time spy score: 5568
Was able to overclock GPU by 120mhz and memory by 112mhz ish with no over voltage. Able to see about 10-15% improvement in minimum frame rate and an increase of about 5% in average frame rate.

The system runs very quiet at least I can't hear it running in my living room with normal background noises. Has two 3.5" bays for internal expanse and two 2.5" for SSDs (comes with one 2.5" SSD bracket). Has I think 3 extra Sata cables and power connectors from what I remember.

GPU (1660 super) is double slot short length with 6-pin power connector.
4-memory slots in total, mine came with single 8GB 2666mhz 1.2 Cl19, was able to find a cheap $28 8GB module on Amazon to upgrade to 16GB.

Upgrade possibilities:
CPU: any 65w LGA1200 CPU (ie. 10700)
Memory: DDR4 DIMMs 2666 or 2933 depending on process (I think)
GPU: Something that can run off of 6-pin power plug (you can find adapters for 6 to 8-pin if you want to gamble) or add SFX PSU
Wifi: This is pretty standard
SSD M.2: NVMe drives PCIe 3.0 x4
SSD/HDD: I think there's at least 4 sata ports on the motherboard
2 additional PCIe slots: 1x and I think 4x (above and below the GPU) are open for network cards or other cards

Pardon any typos or mistakes, tried my best to compile what I could off of memory cheers, hope this helps
One thing to note on the previous dell (which I also purchased), while there's extra SATA ports and slots for SSD/HDD's, the power supply has only 3 power connectors and two are placed very close together on one cable IIRC.
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02-01-2021 at 01:52 PM.
02-01-2021 at 01:52 PM.
Quote from OldKillerStar :
A fine deal. When you all get dells, do you run Windows reset to get a clean copy without Dell's extras?
these days not a lot of bloatware, but ya, you can download image off dell site and do a clean install. the serial #/etc is in BIOS afaik.

Quote from SiennaDeer7849 :
Does dell hike the price before doing the coupon to make it seem like more off? Having a hard time believing retail is 1100. Are these really THAT expensive, or no?

who cares what's the retail price is... it's FAKE
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