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Dell G5 Gaming Desktop for
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- Final price will be $729.99 + Free shipping.
Specs: - 10th Gen Intel Core i5-10400F Processor (6-Core, 12-Thread, 2.9GHz)
- 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4, 2666Mhz Memory
- 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6
- Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless + Bluetooth 5.1
- Dell Multimedia Keyboard-KB216 Black / Dell Optical Mouse - MS116 Black
- 360W Chassis with Lighting
- Windows 10 Home 64bit English
- Ports:
- Front Ports
- 2x USB 2.0 Type A
- 1x 3.1 Gen 1 Type A
- 1x USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type C
- Microphone jack
- Rear Ports
- 4x USB 3.1 Type A
- 2x USB 2.0 Type A
- 1x HDMI
- Gigabit Ethernet
- L/R Surround Sound Audio-Out Port
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FYI
Good idea to do a clean install of Windows every now and again. That's why Microsoft has made it so easy (Start > Settings > Update & Security > Recovery > "Reset this PC") and 20 minutes later you are good to go.
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It's not needed but recommended. It's very easy to do and the license will authenticate automatically. Takes like 20-30 minutes max with usb stick. It's really a no brainer. I'd venture to guess most prebuilts from major companies like Dell HP Lenovo will have their own bloat ware. I know Lenovo def does. So half hour to save a few hundred dollars on a "premium" prebuilt that's not even in stock? You decide if it's worth the hassle. Guarantee full diy will eat up more time. Also as much as people knock Dell, I've had warranty service with them in past that was painless. Dude came to my apartment and changed out PSU for me. Have fun getting Newegg or any other smaller company to honor warranty service like that.
The point about proprietary parts being such a major issue is tired and way overblown. You are assuming that specifically PSU, motherboard, or somehow the case will die soon after 2 years warranty (up to 3 even with citi cards as they ADD 2 years on top of mfc warranty). And when that happens you're assuming parts for a system that's being sold in such high volume now will be either hard or very expensive to find. And if that falls through you assume the delayed cost of rebuilding the whole thing with retail PSU and mobo several years later is worse than having paid upfront extra cash for a premium system. Also you assume failure rate of retail parts is MUCH lower than Dell parts. You also assume all the performance problems have no remedy to them whatsoever - ignoring cheap yet good cpu coolers, thermal pad/paste upgrades, etc. 60mh/s at 55-57 Celsius in NE summer not good enough? Extra 2-5% FPS is worth few hundred dollars more? You decide. It will take a little TLC to elevate the Dell tho. It'll satisfy some desire for tinkering.
Nvidia recommends a 600w system.
I bet this is being throttled by power over anything else. I recall all reviews saying 3k series cards spike over their recommended wattage.
this desktop at this price isn't terrible, but throw in the $120 amex deal, and you'd be hard pressed to find a better bang for buck for a budget gamer. this is SD, where people would rather spend an extra $30 to fix the known issues (which are not difficult to fix) than to spend an extra $200 to not have to deal with it (especially if they're under a certain budget).
i'm willing to stand by what i said - i recently bought the xps 8940, another prebuilt from dell with similar specs/issues (was even a better value at $630). with a bit of tinkering, i'm using all of the parts for various pcs for family members (including myself) with no issues.
I just scratch my head when people dismiss the GN video as rubbish - everything they say is true - granted, not totally relevant to the average SDer, but definitely relevant for those who are in the business and in the know making recommendations to those not in the know. I just don't know why some people are advocating to actively dismiss the experts when there are no other counter points from reputable reviewers - if you can get around the issues with the build, great, but must most people won't even know there are issues, won't install a new OS, don't know how / want to swap out CPU coolers, etc. which is needed with this pre-built.
Even for people who DO work on their own systems, if something breaks after the warranty is up, the proprietary nature of some of the major components may limit your ability to either repair (or have it repaired) for a reasonable price.
Kinda funny, though, how polarizing these systems are. It seems like on one extreme, there's those saying "I've owned this exact Dell system for eighteen years and played Crysis while mining crypto twenty-two hours a day and I still haven't spent a penny on electricity" to the other extreme of "Dell executives are going to come to your house and eat your children if you buy one of these", while the truth is, as both of you have reasonably pointed out, somewhere in between those points of view.
But I'm pretty sure Dell executives do eat children.
Even for people who DO work on their own systems, if something breaks after the warranty is up, the proprietary nature of some of the major components may limit your ability to either repair (or have it repaired) for a reasonable price.
Kinda funny, though, how polarizing these systems are. It seems like on one extreme, there's those saying "I've owned this exact Dell system for eighteen years and played Crysis while mining crypto twenty-two hours a day and I still haven't spent a penny on electricity" to the other extreme of "Dell executives are going to come to your house and eat your children if you buy one of these", while the truth is, as both of you have reasonably pointed out, somewhere in between those points of view.
But I'm pretty sure Dell executives do eat children.
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Total (USD):
$652.09
Nvidia recommends a 600w system.
I bet this is being throttled by power over anything else. I recall all reviews saying 3k series cards spike over their recommended wattage.
for the "build your own" enthusiasts, yes this is poor quality, but if you need something to play games on, it's not a bad deal (especially with the amex $120 offer if it hasn't expired yet).
if you need upgradeability, look elsewhere, since it uses proprietary parts.
i'm also hearing that gpu prices are slowly starting to normalize. God knows how long before they're fully down to MSRP, but if all you need is a gpu or if you're trying to resell the gpu, might want to do a bit more research.
the chip shortage that was destroying tesla nio and all auto dealers and making excuses to jack up prices are coming to an end.
we will have more than enough chips now for the next 10 yrs if the crypto crashes by another 50%.
crypto was the main reason for the chip shortage besides the fact that all resources were diverted to making gpus.
Nvidia recommends a 600w system.
I bet this is being throttled by power over anything else. I recall all reviews saying 3k series cards spike over their recommended wattage.
3 - Recommendation is made based on PC configured with an Intel Core i7 3.2 GHz processor. Pre-built system may require less power depending on system configuration.
edit - meant to also state that the recommended is only 450 and not 600 watts. Footnote still applies.
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If you are just an normal person that wants to get a good deal on a good PC that will probably never be opened, and the only real maintenance you do is reinstall Windows ever couple of years to clean the system up. Then this system is perfect for you.
If you want a graphics cards that have 4 ports then the RTX 2070, RTX 3060, ad RTX 3070 that can come with this system have 4 ports. (1 HDMI and 3 DP) so do all the AMD Radeon cards (RX5300, 5600, 5700, 5700XT)
https://www.dell.com/en-us/lp/hmc...hics-Cards
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