The Dell XPS 730x - every man's Gaming Computer Review

The Dell XPS 730x - every man's Gaming Computer

Nicely tucked between screaming XPS 730x H2C, at a whopping $6000+, and the bottom benchmarking standard for a little above $1500, is the sub 4k XPS 730x. This is rather a nice position for this piece of machinery. It retains all of the size and grandeur of the more expensive model without sacrificing all of the power and performance that should give up by going with the base model. 730xs chassis is a metal monster. Much like its more brawny presence the H2C, you have a choice between pre-aluminum finishes, natural silver, red, or blue. To compliment with the Alienware PC branding (also owned by Dell), the lighting system, both inside and out as be labeled as AlienFX, formerly known as LightFX. Once only within reach of the modding community and custom box OEMs, this dazzling lighting system can be set to music, alert you of new e-mails, etc. one of the features I find most interesting is the "Theater Lighting" feature. This battery-operated lighting addition works much like a refrigerator door when you open easily removable panel to maintain or upgrade your PC, and internal light automatically shows you the way without the need of an additional flashlight or other lighting source.I found this most handy and convenient. Sturdy, functional, and visually appealing, the framework structure and aesthetics of this gaming computer more than meet the needs of most users. What about its internal components?

With an Intel i7-940 CPU, the system is off to a great start. While not overclocked like its 965 cousin, the 940 is no lightweight. Complete with 4 cores and HyperThread supported, most people will barely feel the pinch of not having the 965. Couple this screamer with 6 GB of available memory and 600 GB of SATA drive space, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 GPU, and a whopping 1 killowatt PSU to power it all, and the XPS 730x is built to please.The included blu-ray drive is simply icing on the cake for an already fine gaming PC.

Benchmark test results through this gaming system to be a stable performer. Though maybe not performing at the top of its class, being a midrange model it does quite well. If you are an obsessive gamer, dropping in an extra GPU for SLI could quite well satisfy your needs. There is lots of room for upgrades with this machine. You can install to more SATA drives an additional PCI card, or even a PCIe x1 card.

Unfortunately there is no more room for RAM, but with 6 GB under the hood, utilizing it might take some working to begin with.

For the person who wants to game, and game right, without the desire to sell the house to do it, this might very well be the best gaming computer for most players out there.

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