The Bottom Line
- Excellent Widescreen LCD Monitor Included
- Creative X-Fi Audio Card Standard
- Fairly Expensive
- Limited Software Bundle
- Fairly Lackluster 3D Graphics Card
Description
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Desktop Processor
- 1GB PC2-5400 DDR2 Memory
- 320GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
- 16x DVD+/-RW DL Burner and 16x DVD-ROM Drives
- Dell UltraSharp 2007FPW 20" Widescreen LCD
- NVIDIA GeForce 7300LE Graphics with 256MB TurboCache
- Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic Audio with Dell AS501 Flat Panel Monitor Speakers
- v.92 56Kbps Modem and Gigabit Ethernet
- 10 USB 2.0 and One FireWire Port
- Windows XP Media Center 2005 and Corel Word Perfect
Guide Review - Dell XPS 410
8/9/06 – Even though the Dell XPS 410 can easily overrun the budget of someone looking for a mainstream desktop PC, their low end configuration does fall on the higher end of this category of PC. For this price, there are some pretty solid specifications and performance.
The XPS 410 is an upgrade of the older 400 model by replacing the aging Pentium D series with the new Core 2 Duo processors. Even the low end E6300 with half the cache of higher rated models can outperform the older Pentium D especially in PC gaming. With a full gigabyte of memory included, it should be able to run most programs without too many memory swap slowdowns.
Storage wise the XPS410 is quite good. It uses a large 320GB 7200rpm SATA hard drive that provides plenty of space for storing programs and data. The system includes both a 16x DVD+/-RW dual layer DVD burner for recording music, movie or data CDs and DVDs and a 16x DVD-ROM drive for simple playback.
Since the XPS 410 is geared towards gaming, graphics are important but it is a mixed bag. The GeForce 7300LE graphics core is a step up from integrated graphics cores, but it's reliance on system RAM and lower clock speeds make it less suited for high resolution PC gaming. On the other hand, Dell includes their superb 2007FPW wide screen LCD monitor in the package.
With all these features and price, it would be nice to see Dell offer a bit more in terms of bundled software.
