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New Desktop

  • 19-09-2014 6:23pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12


    Hey everyone looking at buying a new Windows Desktop PC for the purpose of music production have been on to a Dell agent and they have come up with a machine with the following specs what do you guys think would it be up to the job or what would you recommend all advice is welcome thanks

    Components
    1 XPS 8700
    1 4th Generation Intel Core i7-4790 processor (8M Cache, up to 4.0 GHz) 1 XPS 8700, Black Chassis
    1 32GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz - 4 DIMMs
    1 3TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 6.0 Gb/s + 256GB SSD
    1 Blu-ray Combo Drive (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
    1 Power Cord : UK 250V
    1 Monitor not included
    1 AMD Radeon(TM) HD R9 270 2GB GDDR5
    1 No Speaker Requested
    1 Dell SRV Software 7260AC
    1 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.0, Dual Band 2.4&5 GHz, 2x2
    1 Dell USB 6-Button Laser Mouse
    1 Keyboard : UK/Irish Dell KB213 USB Multimedia Keyboard
    1 McAfee Live Safe 30day Trial
    1 Adobe Revel 1.1 Premium 90 Day for Windows 8.1
    1 McAfee Live Safe XPS 12 Month Subscription
    Software
    1 BluRay Cyberlink Software for Windows 8 without media 1 Operating System: Windows 8.1 (64Bit) Multi-Language
    English,Swedish,Spanish,Norwegian,Danish 1 Software : Microsoft Office 2013 Trial, MUI 1 Additional Software
    Service
    1 1Yr Collect & Return - Minimum Warranty 1 No Warranty Upgrade
    1 No Accidental Damage Support


Comments

  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,321 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Master


    If it's for music production only, no gaming,surfing the web. then there's some things in that spec that wouldn't be needed.
    Anti virus etc..

    It might be worth looking at the PC Building forum where they can help you find a better spec machine at a lower price


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 Mph2010


    Thanks for your reply. Yes I will definitely have a look


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