Dell Dimension XPS GEN 3 Review

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Dell Dimension XPS GEN 3
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jason tolman's Review of Dell Dimension XPS GEN 3 Computer

12th Aug 2004

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    5 stars
  • Time Computer Owned
    Between 1 - 4 Weeks
  • Ease of Set Up
    5 stars
Good Points

Hugely powerful. Best Dell PC available.


Bad Points

Some people have said it to be noisy due to the fans but I don't think it be noisy, to be honest when I am using it I hardly hear anything.


General Comments

The Dell Dimension XPS GEN 3 is a beast of a machine, perfect for a PC gamer or even home use. However it all depends on the type of specification you order with it, I ordered mine with a 3.2ghz pentium 4, 400gb hard drive, 1024MB ram, 256MB ATI radeon X800 XT graphics card, 12X DVD/writer, sound blaster audigy 2 XPS plus 5.1 surround sound and the Dell 17" LCD TV/Monitor. This machine is so quick it's unbelievable, it can be easily upgradeable and at £2000+ I think it is a bargain, it will be at least a year maybe more before this PC will go out of date, would recommend to anyone looking to buy a new PC. Perfect 10!!!

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Members' Comments onjason tolman's Review

  • DWB on 31st Aug 2004

    I ordered almost the same system and it shipped with a motherboard problem. I agree the system is extremely quick. Mine with 3.2ghz and 1gig of ram boots in about 30 seconds. The motherboard problem is with the integrated nic card. Should be replaced in a few days. I ordered the 20.1 flat panel monitor. I am very impressed with the monitor. I have it hooked up to my laptop(analog) and my XPS (DVI). The DVI is a much better pciture. I will report back after mother board is replaced.

  • DWB on 16th Sep 2004

    This is a followup to may last review comments. After a lot of time and energy on the phone with Dell, I finally got a replacement box. The system is working great. It is fast and quiet. The only compliants are that the box generates a lot of heat sitting under my desk. The DVD Rom drive can be a little bit noisy. I still have not been able to get a complete copy of my invoice from Dell. I have tried about 6 times. They keep leaving the part with the speaker purchase off. I need this to send in for a rebate. This is a great system, however I have had my share of frustration with Dell customer care and support. I am still very impressed with the 20.1 inch flat screen LCD. For the price it is hard to beat.

  • MoStLy HaRmLeSs on 5th Oct 2004

    Received my dell a little over a week ago, oh man this thing rocks, my mates gave me some grief over the dell badging with comments like "umm its a dell? are you insane?" "yeah ok nice spec but its a dell?" well they soon shut up about the make when they witnessed FarCry in all its glory...

    HardwareOC Farcry benchmark:-

    Resolution: 1600×1200
    Ultra quality option, OpenGL renderer
    Level: Regulator, demo: Regulator.tmd
    Antialising: 8×
    Anisotrophic filtering: 16×

    Score = 42.38 FPS

    All in all I am most profoundly happy with my Dell :D

    Dell XPS Gen3 3.2GHz HT
    1024MB DDR2 PC4200 533MHz
    160GB SATA 7200RPM 8MB Databurst Cache
    256MB ATI Radeon x800 XT Pe