Pros
- Chassis has robust design
- Plenty of expansion room
Cons
- Side panel is hard to remove
At A Glance
Well-heeled gamers who want the option to expand their system will find room to grow in this stylish, powerful PC.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | XPS7RMIN |
| Inventory Number | 25279 |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 |
| Processor speed | 2670.0 MHz |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 2048.0 MB |
| Display | |
| Included monitor | No |
| Display size | 24.0 inches |
| Monitor model number | Dell 2407WFP |
| Display type | LCD |
| Graphics | |
| Primary Graphics Chipset | Nvidia GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual-GPU |
| Video Bus | PCI Express |
| Video Memory Type | DDR2 |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 640.0 GB |
| Other storage | Five-in-one media-card reader |
| Expansion slots | |
| Open PCI Express X16 Slots | 1.0 |
| Open PCI Express X1 Slots | 1.0 |
| Number of PCI slots | 3.0 |
| Number of PCI-Express Slots | 4.0 |
| Green | |
| Energy Star compliant | 0.0 |
| Optical Drive | |
| Optical Drive Speed | 16.0 |
| Optical Drive Type | DVD-ROM |
| Second Optical Drive Speed | 8.0 |
| Second Optical Drive Type | DVD+R DL/DVD±RW |
| Included Drives | 2 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Five-in-one media-card reader | 1 |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots | 3 |
| Parallel Port | No |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower |
| Internal Drive Bays | 4 |
| External Drive Bays | 6 |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| World Bench 5 Score | 153 |
| World Bench 5 Word Score | Very Good |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Mozilla | 239 |
| Multitasking | 297 |
| WinZip | 195 |
| Microsoft Office XP | 478 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| ACD Systems ACDSee | 357 |
| Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL | 226 |
| Discreet 3ds Max DirectX | 229 |
| Adobe Photoshop | 221 |
| Windows Media Encoder | 211 |
| Adobe Premiere | 300 |
| Roxio VideoWave | 211 |
| Ahead Nero | 185 |
| Musicmatch Jukebox | 363 |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Overall Graphics Score | Very Good |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 137.47 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3 with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 138.77 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 141.37 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 140.43 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 173.41 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry with AA, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 180.35 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 179.49 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 179.55 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 243.53 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 241.17 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 257 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1280 by 1024, 32-Bit | 582.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit | 563.17 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament, 1024 by 768, 16-Bit | 616.94 Frames per second (higher is better) |
