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Dell XPS 730 H2C Review - CNET

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A review of the Dell XPS 730 H2C gaming desktop has been posted over at CNET. 'Dell's brand-new XPS 730 H2C high-end gaming PC ticks off all the right boxes and even manages to pull off a few new tricks, at least for Dell. It's the first PC that Dell will ship with a factory-overclocked CPU and memory. Our $6,747 review unit features the latest quad-core processor from Intel and boasts four graphics chips between two ATI graphics cards. Dell has also added a few new tweaks to smooth out the case design. That's all good stuff, but the problem is that Dell loses out on price and performance to its boutique vendor competition. This new XPS is ambitious, but you can get more for your high-end gaming dollar elsewhere.

Maingear's Ephex is the primary competition for this new Dell. We reviewed a $5,200 Ephex a few months back. That system technically has lower-end core hardware than the XPS 730 H2C we reviewed, but it still managed to outperform this Dell on our application benchmarks due to Maingear's aggressive overclocking. Equally damning for Dell, you can spec out various Ephex configurations that either match or surpass the Dell on features and would likely widen the performance gap, and still keep the price lower than this XPS 730 H2C.'

Read: Dell XPS 730 H2C - CNET

Posted by HCG Admin on May 7, 2008 10:14 PM |

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