Dell XPS 8500 SE, better to buy than build?

kcbeatty wrote:

Hi Jim, just wanted to thank you for pointing out the Dell XPS special edition deals. I was planning on building my next PC but looked at the Dell XPS Special Editions. The deals are changing periodically. What I got was this config:

XPS 85003rd Gen Intel Core i7-3770 processor 3.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz16GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHzDell KB213 Wired Multimedia Keyboard, US-EnglishAMD Radeon HD 7770 2GB GDDR5Dell SRV Software 1703256GB SSD SRT enhancement +2TB SATA Hard Drive 7200 RPMXPS 8500, Black Chassis w/19:1 media card readerWindows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, English, No MediaDell USB 6-Button Laser MouseIntegrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet16X DVD+/-RWIntegrated 7.1 with WAVE MAXXAudio 4Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.0+LE

All for 1119.99 with free shipping, Normal price 1599.99. I already have Dell U2410 monitor. The only thing I plan to add the 1TB boot drive from my old PC as a second drive, and a bd burner. This thing runs as fast as a scalded dog. Windows experience numbers 7.7. Hopefully this machine will carry me to windows 9.0. It came with Win 7 64bit plus the free upgrade to Win 8 Pro but that won't be installed for a while until they get the compatibilities are fixed and maybe till SP1.

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