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Dell XPS 420 Review – PC Mag

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A review of the Dell XPS 420 multimedia desktop has been posted over at PC Magazine. ‘The XPS 420 has a BTX-style case with a black faceplate and aluminum-silver colored sides. It looks like an evolution of the white silver and black XPS 410 and the Dimension 9100 boxes. Two changes are especially notable: the new XPS MiniView (a 3-by-2-inch, 320-by-240 interactive color display set in the top panel, along with a keypad to control its functions); and doors added to the front panel to hide the optical drives. All in all, it's an attractive makeover, but the unit is still undoubtedly a large tower PC. The case pops open as easily as previous high-end Dell BTX cases.

The system has 802.11n wireless networking occupying one slot in the case, and the RAM DIMM slots are full. As configured, you're limited to installing three PCI cards. The XPS 420 is not really a tinkerer's case (not much room to move around in), but it's fully equipped anyway. The cables are (mostly) neatly routed for airflow, and the system is reasonably quiet when compared with other systems in our labs.’

Read: Dell XPS 420 – PC Mag

Posted by HCG Admin on February 26, 2008 2:46 PM |

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