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January 25th, 2008 21:00

XPS 420 vs 720?

What are the general comments regarding the performance and quality between the 420 vs 720?
Lookig gfor a Quad core PC primarily as a software development workstation.  The 420 seems to be a better deal with same configuration, wondering which is a better overall PC quality and performance wise?
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    fishywishy

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    Posted January 25th, 2008 21:00

    the 720 has a much bigger power supply, can run 2 video cards, and can have better cooling. maybe also slightly better parts
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    Posted January 25th, 2008 23:00

    This post has been removed in protest of DCF's and Dell's policies, behavior, lack of respect, and poor treatment of the community.
    Message Edited by cademetz on 06-27-2008 11:34 PM
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    wynand32

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    Posted January 26th, 2008 00:00

    There are a number of threads on the topic with some additional detail. Do a search and you'll likely find them...
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    Posted January 26th, 2008 10:00

    Thanks for the replies.  So is the 420 stock PS maxed out basically?  Is there any option to upgrade it?  That seems to be the main downside on it over the 720.
     
    How many drive bays does the 420 have?
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    Posted January 26th, 2008 12:00

    Thanks.  Seems to be cheaper to go with the 720 then if I need to upgrade to the max to get a decent PS.
     
    With the standard PS how many drives would it realistically support?  I will only have the one DVD drive, and possibly 2-3 HDs I suspect, the media card reader, and the video card.  I don't need SLI.
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    Posted January 26th, 2008 12:00

    You can upgrade the PSU form dell to the 425w if you choose the largest bundle that has the 768 GPU but other than that you would have to buy your own PSU. As far as I know there are 2 HDD bays, 2 Optical Bays, 1 Video Accelerator bay, 1 media card slot, and I'm not sure how many PCI slots.

    Message Edited by xrogly on 01-26-2008 09:46 AM
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    Posted January 26th, 2008 13:00

    the 420 can take 2, maybe 3 hard drives (if u dont have a floppy drive)
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    Posted January 26th, 2008 14:00

    there are 5 internal sata ports and 1 external on thee 420.
    2 are pretty much hdd (no access from outside).
    There is a 3 1/2 flexbay that can be used for a 3rd hdd if you don't have a floppy.
    I am not so sure you can't use an empty dvd (5 1/4) with one of those old time brackets that allowed a 3 1/2 hdd to be placed in a 5 1/4 slot for 4....
    And of course there is the external sata port for 5...
    not to mention 6 usbs and 2 firewires.... 
     
     
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    Posted January 26th, 2008 15:00

    Thanks, I'm just concerned now if the 420 can handle 3 HD plus USB, Firewire, etc on the stock (smaller) PS.

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