Dell XPS 430 Decent deal?

Alanstrainor

Alright lads, i've decided it's time to upgrade my 3 year old Dell lappy that's struggling to do what i want it to do. Seeing that i want as much power as possible and no longer need it to be portable, i've decided a tasty desktop is the way to go.
As the title suggests, i've been looking at the XPS 430, which seems to be priced well, and i've been looking at the below spec for €769

Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Core Processor Q8200 (2.33GHz, 1333MHz, 4MB cache)
Genuine Windows Vista™ SP1 Home Premium (64 BIT) - English
Microsoft® Works 9 - English
1Yr Premium Warranty Support
Display Not Included
4096MB 1067 MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [4x1024]
640 GB Serial ATA non Raid (7200 Rpm)
512MB ATI® Radeon™ 4850 Graphics card
16X DVD+/-RW (Read/Write DVD, CD)

Now, it's no core i7 but i figure, for the price the Q8200 is a reasonable processor, and the DDR3 ram is nice for "future proofing". I basically want a PC that will last me at least 3 years, will play some games like GTA4, Crysis etc etc. I wouldn't want to spend crazy money on a high end graphics card, but do you think the 4850 is adequate?
Can you recommend anything better for the money? And is it a decent deal for 769 all in?
Cheers,
Alan.

PS: As far as i understood it, if you buy a machine with Vista Home Premium or above after the 1st of July you will get a free* upgrade to Windows 7 in October? Does anyone know if this is applicable to all Dell machines bought with Vista?

cherryghost

its not too bad for the price i suppose. would you consider building a pc?you can get a lot better value for money. for the same price you could get a better system

Voodu Child

You can get 10% off with this voucher:
KRZHSR9WFP4DL? (expires July 8)

It brings it down to €692.10

You can knock another few quid off if you buy through the EPP, but it's only 3% so around €17.

Alanstrainor

Thanks for that voodu, you've just made me more tempted to just buy!

iggy

Voodu Child wrote: »

You can get 10% off with this voucher:
KRZHSR9WFP4DL? (expires July 8)

It brings it down to €692.10

You can knock another few quid off if you buy through the EPP, but it's only 3% so around €17.

This voucher not working for me. Is it working for anyone?

Alanstrainor

iggy wrote: »

This voucher not working for me. Is it working for anyone?

Yeah it works for me. Are you including the "?" at the end?

Voodu Child

iggy wrote: »

This voucher not working for me. Is it working for anyone?

It works fine for the PC in question, just double-checked it.

There are conditions for it (minimum price, model range etc) so it won't work for every item on Dell. But it works fine for this XPS.