9300 or XPS???

Ordered my 9300 today 2ghz, 2 gig ram, 100gig hd, UXGA screen and Go 6800 video. Cost me just under $2k delivered with a travel case. Should be here in about 2 weeks.

Now I am having second thoughts that maybe I should have ponied up the extra coin for the XPS and 7800 video.

What do other users think??

I am using this to replace my aging desktop (AMD 2500+, 1gig ram, 256mb Nvidia 6800GT, 19" CRT) going to give the desktop to my son. If the 9300 works out well I will not need another major upgrade till the VISTA products come out. Can anyone recommend a good external (portable) HD for keeping my games on? I do not want to clutter up the laptop with my games if I do not have to.

Thanks,

Dante

 

Well, I think you should have gone for a XPS instead. since your requirements sound like loads of gaming. im sure u'll get a XPS in the same price range.

 

i have a 9300 and its great. i dont think you will see a significant improvement over your desktop, though.

i also have a xps m170 getting fixed (hopefully). it blows the 9300 out the water with the 7800gtx.

if money is no object to you i would have went with the xps m170. but if you were planning to get another laptop when windows vista comes out anyway, the 9300 will be perfect until then.

 

well you sound like a gamer so i think you should've gotten the xps. dont get me wrong tho the 9300 is a good gaming machine, but if you are totally into gaming, then the xps would've been perfect.

 

I just sent through a cancellation notice to Dell and asked them to re-quote me on the XPS system with 7800 GTX card and all the goodies.

On another note I found a XPS600 desktop in the Dell Outlet this morning for $2099 with dual 7800 GTX SLI cards, but I decided to pass on that for now.

 

As for the hard drive, it is usually cheaper to buy a hard drive and case. There is usually a hard drive deal at SlickDeals or FatWallet.

 

Thanks, for the HD info.

OK I am looking at the XPS M170 2ghz, 1gig ram, 100 gig HD (5400rpm) the NVIDIA go7800 GTX, bluetooth wireless, DVD RW the works..... Looks like around $2400 including freight and tax.

 

that is a pretty good price. is that with a coupon?

 

Yes that is using the current 30% off coupon....

 

It is certainly one hell of a gaming machine. Pretty good price too.

 

that is what i was thinking

 

Darn it. I can't seem to get the 30% coupon to work. The $350 one will though... Were you able to get it for the better price?

 

You have to call into Dell and order your system and they can over-ride the system and apply the 30% off. I am still waiting to order untill the next couple of weeks.

 

OK I just placed my order:

Final cost: $2569.23 tax and freight included....
System is as follows:

222-0250 XPS M170, Pentium M 760 (2GHz/533MHz FSB)
1 320-4259 17in True Life Wide Screen UXGA
1 311-4665 2GB,DDR2,533MHz 2 Dimm
1 320-4529 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 Ultra,for XPS M170
1 464-5315 100GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
1 420-4768 Microsoft Windows XP Home Service Pack 2, English
1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
1 420-4928 Windows Media Player 10
1 313-3776 Dell Resource CD with Application Backup,w/Tools for XPS M170
1 412-0706 Dell Media Experience,v2.1
1 420-4830 DELL SUPPORT 3.0
1 420-5477 Dell Direct Download
1 430-1277 Integrated 1 Gigabit Network Card and Modem
1 430-1048 Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0, for Inspiron
1 464-5302 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
1 420-5111 CyberLink PowerDVD v5.5 Decoding Sofware for DVD Drives
1 430-1404 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 Internal Wireless (802.11b/g,54Mbps)
1 412-0802 No Security Subscription
1 312-0316 80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
1 412-0586 AOL BSD/SMB
1 412-0670 DELL/MY WAY HOME PAGE
1 412-0845 Paint Shop Photo Album 6.0 Starter Edition
1 412-0803 Corel WordPerfect 12 plus Trial of Quartro Pro and Presentations
1 902-0681 Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, 1YR Extended
1 960-7600 Type 3 Contract - Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response, Initial Year
1 412-0359 Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
1 902-0941 Technical Support,1 Year Extended
1 960-8710 Technical Support,Initial Year
1 462-4506 Purchase is NOT intended for resell
1 464-5002 System not eligible for hardware mail-in rebate
1 464-4786 Thank you for choosing Dell
1 420-5136 Quickbooks 2005 Special SimpleStart Edition

 

Should have bought RAM from newegg. 2 1 gig sticks of kingston RAM costs me about $200. Last i checked Dell wants $400 for the 2 gig option.

 

It was $275 less 30% =$192.50 extra

The only thing I skrimped on was the CPU. Couldn't see paying an additional $500-30% for an additional .26ghz

 

You got the 30% coupon to work? I'd probably order one today if I could get the 30% off.

 

As stated above......
You have to call into Dell and order your system and they can over-ride the system and apply the 30% off.

I am actually considering buying an XPS 600 desktop as well and I should be able to use the Dimension 30% coupon for that.

 

xp is better bang for ur buck but if ur a serious gamer go wit the xps

my 00.000002 cent