Looking for a ~$900 PC for gaming? Ok, lets have a look at this black minimalist looking Dell XPS desktop computer. It has a pretty good Skylake i7 processor, but the graphics card released in early 2014 and it is 2 generations old (launch price was 149 USD, dropped to around 99 USD, around same price as faster and newer GTX 1050). If you plan to buy this PC for gaming then I suggest something else, because this build is not balanced for playing games, graphics card is less than 10 percent of the total cost of this system. 16GB is nice to have in 2017 and 2TB HDD is sufficient for most, although an SSD would be a nice upgrade for this computer. If you think of upgrading the graphics card and adding an SSD right away, then I recommend buying a computer that already have the wanted part, you can save money this way. For normal work it is still good, the processor is from previous generation, but that doesn't matter. Going from Skylake to Kaby Lake didn't give any performance boost, only higher clockspeed and few special features.
Intel Core i7-6700 3.40 GHz, up to 4.0 GHz (4 cores, 8 threads)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM
16GB DDR4 memory; 64GB supported
2TB mechanical hard drive for storage
Windows 10 Professional
Positive:
Good processor with plenty of power for any task
Good amount of RAM and hard drive space
Windows 10 Professional instead of Home version
Negative:
Not the best graphics card, not VR ready
There are better deals if you want a PCpurely for gaming
Neutral
This isn't the newest generation XPS series computer
The modest looking case can be a postitive for some people who don't like flashy gaming cases, for others the office pc look can be a big minus. Those people should look for something from CyberPowerPC or iBUYPOWER
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