Are Dell Pre-Built Gaming PC's Worth It?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Today we are looking at a gaming/workstation pc from Dell featuring an RTX 3060 and i7 11700. But is it worth the asking price?
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I actually really like Dell cases because they still have a disc drive and a lot of front IO. Modern cases have stripped away all expansion in favor of RGB
my question to you is… why do you need a disc drive tho jus curious
@@BradenSlayer I’m old. I still use a ton of physical media like cds and disc based games that I rip to my pc. Admittedly a lot of this can be done with an external drive. I just like the convenience of an internal drive because there’s less cables to deal with.
@@animedrawer69oh okay, very true aswell
@@BradenSlayer blu rays exist, i am assuming this is a blu ray drive, and if you want to you can still burn some discs and watch some 4k blu ray if you ever want to.
I have a older xps dell pc, and it works very well, it runs all the games I throw at it like a dream, Battlefield 2, Ark survival evolved, fortnite, Minecraft(with mods), you name it! And also on high settings too.
Also another thing, the dell keyboard and mouse are REALLY nice and are good for both gaming and work, i first started using the mouse when my other nonwired one died, and after that I fell in love
Ummm....4 sticks doesnt mean its quad channel, 8 sticks is quad
Is that not Seth rogan??!
dell bloat ware non standard parts your better building a gaming pc
Dell XPS is pretty much the same stuff as their normal systems with a nice name on it.. Trust me I used to build them...
Yup destroyed Alienware when they bought them
@@RK-zf1jm I thought dell always owned Alienware
@@trikshotz2955 The Ceo of dell always owned alienware, but before he made it a subsidiary of dell it was just alienware. But still owned by the same guy as dell. What changed was the "non" premium aspect, no custom components or diy work, more of a streamlined factoryline with bad pc builders
I had seen an Inspiron from the inside. Then I saw the XPS, and then the Alienware Aurora R13. They all are the exact same on the inside. But just pumped out on the outside. I then returned my XPS and Alienware and just built my own custom rig
The motherboard chipset is H470 so it should be dual channel RAM even though all 4 DIMMs are populated (2 DIMMs per channel)
G'day Eddy, I made the same comment before reading yours as I've noticed Jackson has been doing this for a while
These guys are great and enthusiastic but they do lack some basic knowledge...
@@Beary98 they know, they're just joking
For 1500 dollars you gotta give a good cooler 🤦🏿♂️🔥
For that price it should not be proprietary parts
1600
@@skies4371 $1599.99
you joined yt 5 years after it was made🔥
Wait this is $1599.99???
ffs, get it straight for once. 4 sticks of ram does NOT mean quad channel... you should know that. 11700 supports 2 memory channels, so its still dual channel, just with extra sticks
Right?! I couldn’t believe he said that shit, I knew they weren’t the most reliable channel ever but this shows how limited their knowledge is
Yes we are aware of this mistake, it’s kinda become a community joke to call it quad channel. Not that deep :)
@@ToastyBros somehow I find that kinda hard to believe, with how serious it was said, and the fact that the comments pointing it out are upvoted so much. You’re supposed to be a channel helping people make informed pc purchasing decisions, so even if it is some lame joke you should point out that fact, so people aren’t confused when HWInfo or whatever says their system with 4 sticks is running in dual channel
Appreciate the feedback!
@CalebTheCashew To be fair when your a reviewer its kind of expected that you will no the ins and outs and how everything works especially when most of the people that watch took that comment serious.
Another Dell dumpster hotbox pc. GN would be triggered to say the least
The only thing wrong with this PC is the CPU cooler. It would be decent otherwise, decent components, no glaring build errors, nothing broken.
@@Safetytrousers no vrm cooling proprietary parts no airflow
@@Safetytrousers on surface it might look like that but as soon as you compare it to other prebuilts in the same price category then you would realise its shit.
Without cpu frequency validation, vrm temps and gpu hotspot tests this pc would fail. Not to mention the dell proprietary crap plus added bloatware that comes with it and money grubbing warranty/support practices.
@@UsmanKhan-uk4yl It's not a proprietary GPU.
The PC is shown doing very decent gaming, but being held back by the poor CPU cooler.
So what if the components are this or that if it does what you want it to do? I wouldn't buy it but it is a thing.
And you can get a Windows key and USB stick for around £10, just reinstall Windows.
@@Safetytrousers The motherboard and PSU appear to be oem dell parts. For a $1600 price tag, they're asking for too much.
I personally wouldn't buy a dell prebuilt 😒 their selection of parts used are poor and overpriced they seem more interested in selling you an extended warranty rather rather a decent pc 🤔 I mean look at that rubbish cpu cooler on an i7 🙄
No PC enthusiast would buy a Dell prebuilt, but for the people who would this PC seems pretty good except for the CPU cooler.
@@Safetytrousers I've been out if the pc building scene for awhile my last pc was an I5 with a gtx 970 my current laptop has an i7 with a 1660ti but id like to upgrade do you have any recommendations I mean I can get this pc for $1300 out the box as soon as tomorrow is it really that bad of a deal?
3:43 I don't Appreciate you flipping me off man 😢
The fact that they didn't comment on this
wtf is that cpu cooler lol and that mobo looks like it came from 1999
i use a gaming laptop as a starter but looking at you guys it just gives me ideas to do yt
lol same. I have 2 channels with 10+ subs😂 also with a gaming laptop bro
I gotta gaming laptop but it be laggy
"this isnt really built with gaming in mind, but its a really high end office pc"
what i expected: just an 11th gen i7 running off igpu
what i got: rtx 3060.
Could you do a performance video with an upgraded cooler? That would be interesting to see how it could improve! Great vid
I would *HIGHLY* advise against buying a Dell prebuilt for gaming or productivity. I've had a few Dell "gaming PCs" in the past and almost everything inside is built around being anti upgradable. I'm talking weird non standard sata ports, removed fan headers, and crippled motherboards. Save yourself the headache and buy something else.
What would you recommend?
Eh, I used to think that way too. But to be honest, by the time I'm ready to upgrade, the socket's changed so my mobo is out, my cooler isn't compatible with the new socket, RAM has changed, about the only things I could keep would be the case, the power supply and the SSDs. And by that time, I'm usually wanting a new case and want the reliability of a new power supply since they're cheap anyway. Heck, I got my old i5-2500k/GTX 560 ti system on a shelf behind me. I stole the SSD and left the rest lol.
Aside from the lacking cooler, reinstalling windows is KEY to a better gaming experience. I work for a very large SI and everyone knows the windows installed on these machines does in fact bottleneck performance. Too much bloatware! Wipe the drive and completely restart. You won’t be disappointed.
toasty bros asus also has same price range computer but it’s got ryzen 5 5600x with rtx3060 could you also make a video dedicated to that PC?
concerning the cooler issue, can you just buy a larger cooler yourself and swap it out? if so, any recommendations that would work?
a good air cooler probably, but I don't know if you could mount a radiator for a aio or a loop
Ive had mine for almost 3 years now. I payed 1200 plus tax at Micro Centre during the Pandemic. GPUs were hard to get and EXPENSIVE. But the GPUs inside PCs werent overpriced, weird LOL. So I bought this XPS 8940. Mine came with i7 10700, 16gb DDR5, STOCK SMALL cooler. 500w PSU, 1tb SSD and a GTX 1660 SUPER. I added the stock tower cooler it was supposed to come with (ordered it on ebay or amazon), I added heatsinks to the vrams, added 16gb more DDR5, exact same sticks it came with to match the kit, totaling 32gb. I added an intake fan at the front. I swapped out the 1660 for an RTX 3060 12 gb. BEAST
I have an XPS i7 10700K w/16GB dual channel and a 3060ti. Paid about $1,350.00 and I'm satisfied after replacing the exhaust fan and adding an intake (total of like $27.00). With the "K" CPUs you get a much beefier cooler and heatsinks on the VRM. I agree though, the "F" processors cooler is a joke. Normally I build my rigs, but didn't want to deal with the GPU shenanigans at the time.
Great vid guys!!! That being said, why is Jackson always giving us the finger when he's pointing out the usb, hdmi etc. ports? 🤔😔🤣
Tell me why I thought you were Seth Rogen hahahaha
$1599 is a terrible value for a Dell. Even the worst of system integrators are a much better buy than a Dell. Good luck fixing that cooling issue on these Dell XPS systems. Besides a completely useless cpu cooler the airflow in these cases is terrible. You mentioned "front ventilation", very little air is being drawn through that at all. Proprietary PSU cables and motherboard power connections and form factors and power supplies... it's a mess! About the only thing nice was the EVGA 3060 card.
What’s another pre built pc that’s 1599 and runs better than this?
What do you record with when your doing your benchmarks on all your pcs you guys reviewed
love how big the knife was to cut some tape lol
XPS Special Edition was on my list of maybes but that motherboard is horrible
You should've bought this pc from Dell's Website, considering that they have a better warranty and financing options.
I honestly can’t tell if this is in reference to the ltt secret shopper or you actually believe this lol
they are not gaming!! they are office duu
Costco has that for 1499 and one with a 3060ti for 1599 same specs
intel integrated graphics is sometimes a life savior when your main graphics card will fail or something
mostly cause they are very common on most PCs and can run rlly light games even though that wasnt the purpose but amd igpus are amazing. from someone who switched from intel uhd to vega it feels like switching to a lower budget gpu. now im trying to buy a gtx 980 and having a vega igpu is still good as backup and it can be used as an encoder for like streaming leaving the main gpu untouched. its amazing how far integrated graphics has come so far.
COMPUCLEAR Complete set Dual 22 inch Monitors & OptiPlex - Core i3-3220 - 8GB RAM - 256GB SSD - WiFi - Windows 10 64-Bit Desktop PC Compute ( can you try this pc ) it’s £130 and I think it could run some games
“Quad channel” lmao seems legit. Get your facts straight
Yes we are aware of this mistake, it’s kinda become a community joke to call it quad channel. Not that deep :)
@@ToastyBros lmao they actually got triggered about that... so weird... People can't just watch the video without trying to make themselves look intelligent lmao
that cpu cooler came with my 2nd gen i5 dell optiplex 790 it was underpowered then
Ngl this pc ran a lot better than I thought
i really wonder why dell moved away from the style that the xps line had from like a decade ago, now it looks almost no different then their current optiplex line
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Work PC with a 3060? What kind of job is that? VR?🤣
Do you guys think it will run red dead redemption 2? Just wondering I’m new to gaming pcs
You keep roasting DVD drives. I’d much rather be able to buy a game on DVD and get it delivered next day via Amazon Prime and install it within 5 minutes, than wait 3 whole days for it to download via Steam!
At least you can’t lose it digitally even if you can you can still damage a dvd
would it blow up if i play starfield (i also have a cat whose hair gravitates to fans on electronics
im thinking about getting Dell RGB Gaming Desktop PC.
Dell didn't use an OEM 3060 I am shocked.
How much
dell xps is made for gaming......what planet are you from ?
Early gang!!!!!:)
First!!!
Mine didn’t come with a 3060 or actually no gpu at all
This is a bit off the video topic but, i just got an acer nitro 5 with the 11th gen i5 and 1650 but it runs really hot and I'm wondering if there is any way I can help it cool better?
It's a laptop what do u expect
Grab a laptop coolng pad, it will blow fresh air to the bottom of your laptop which should help with temps. I seen them for 23 to 30 bucks on amazon
@@mundan2435 thanks ill look into that
i would suggest looking into undervolting if your cpu supports it
Dell makes their PC's for creators not gamers. I really like the Dell XPS prebuilt because it comes with a CD/DVD drive. The new ones don't but they do include an external solution which is perfectly fine for me. Even the lowest end configuration with an i5-13400 and a GTX 1650 Super are totally fine for gaming and they are good for rendering blender animations and adobe software stuff. I think they are a bit lower on the performance side because of how Dell does the aircooling for the CPU but there is a watercooling option which I am using.
Can you tell me if this pc you guys have can it run warzone and what FPS it have I’m looking in to buying this pc..... Dell Optiplex 390/790 - 2nd Gen i5 + GT 710
you wouldn’t be able to run warzone I bet
Look at the minimum requirements for warzone...
A couple TH-cam addressed, first comes to mind is optimum tech used an Asetek 645LT 92 mm AIO cooler to fix overheating CPU.
You shouldn’t have to do that when you already payed $1600 for a prebuilt the purpose of a prebuilt is not having to do stuff like that yourself
@@alop53O1 I agree
I mean the base specs are good, but it’s a fucking fell bro. I hate the proprietary chords they use
G'day Toasty's,
I'm disappointed with this video as it seems more like a Dell advertisement than a Review Guys,
Plus I have noticed something that Jackson has been doing lately is calling 4 RAM Sticks 'Quad Channel' on a Desktop PC, it is still only 'Dual Channel' as the CPU only has a 2 Channel Memory Controller even if the Motherboard has 4 DIMM Slots, You replied with what looks like a 'Copy Paste' reply of 'it is a Community Joke' but you guys seem to be the only ones in on it & it is very misleading as many of the Toasty viewership are beginners, so would not understand.
ok, whats up with the sord he used to open the box lol?
69 yeh yeh less goo!!!👉😃🧢👈
Cool video, but i can't buy stuff from microcenter or newegg, because i live in Germany. Where can i find the deskmat, i didn't found it at newegg. And they didn't ship to Germany, but they ship to Turkey, it's a little bit wired.
Dell is a joke. They made this to be a workstation PC but they give you the crappiest CPU cooler and the VRM's have no heatsink on them. Just being a workstation means that the PC will be kept on more than a regular PC and it needs all the cooling it can get, I mean look at those CPU temps over 85 degrees Celsius, that's not ok. If they make these cases to have a front fan to push air inside it would be even better. Their desing team must be high not listening to the feedback they're getting.
Let’s go!
I love you guys videos I don't have a pc but I watch you guys video to get a idea of what I need to build a pc
These guys often seem to be a little biased in their reviews, Microcenter sent it to them so they were paid im assuming. If a video about a specific pc isn't titled as a review that mostly means they've been sponsored in some sort of way so its not going to be 100% honest.
@Leumens yeah it's honestly shit that companies like Dell take advantage of the fact that unexperienced people watch these people and fully trust them. It's also incredibly fucking sad that Dell can't even afford to put the normal stock cooler inside of their prebuilds. I honestly clicked this video expecting a biased review because no one reviews fell pc's positively nowadays.
sir it is entirely Dells fault ....my 10700K version is also hitting 90/100 degress with the stock cooler it cam with
Please test the ASUS D5 ExpertCentre
How easy is it to replace the cooler?
I think it uses the Intel mounting, so any air cooler that has Intel mounting will work.
Check Dawid Does Tech Stuff video about the same computer for the tempreture problem
who else thought the box was a laptop
Where can I get one and how much
I smell bias
Looked this up and almost all the microcenter reviews say that this pc crashes constantly.
what about red dead 2 lol im having a hard time getting over 30 fps on my i5
cpu utilisation 35% ish i wonder if reach 100% if thing would not melt lol
You should spend 200 dollars on new coolers and fans .Dell wants you to fry their systems so buy a new one in a couple of years .
" does not have gaming in mind"
has 32 gb of ram and an RTX 3060 in it.
Ok, the knife to open the box is cool, but maybe a bit overkill? Lol
For $1500.00 they surely could install a friggin' 120mm tower budget air cooler, it would show useful improvement.
Dell prebuilts are only worth it if you get their old $100 prebuilts and throw in a gpu, there you go, you got yourself a gaming pc with no annoying high price or RGB
Dell has a lot of bloatware. There systems are overpriced for what you get. HP=king of OEMs
Just reinstall Windows as the first thing you do. You can get a Windows code and USB stick for around £10.
@@Safetytrousers there specs are also bad. For example, I once bought a dell desktop, and it had a intel cooler on a Ryzen cpu
@@Graphics_Card This PC looked pretty decent except for the CPU cooler.
@@Safetytrousers The windows code is not needed. You can activate windows on an OEM prebuilt using the license it came with after performing a fresh windows install.
@@perrybeyer7531 Even better then.
Another Dell "hot box". Dell engineers should be ashamed.
@10:48 - A cooler upgrade is a must for these units.
I thought you were going to do multi tasking work as well
You can get a 30% better performance if you just turned off frog effect.
How do I get those free wireless headphones from microcenter?
I know a am late because I just got my phone back
No..
Can I replace the gpu with a 3090ti?
You guys should check out an Alienware system
That cpu is burning hotter than the sahara desert
that Dell's IO is better than my case's, with that C port and card reader
When did this become zaddy bros?!!
The man with the mustache looks like he needs a nap
The answer is NO! Thanks me later.
only that one isn’t worth it, other ones are
Nooo im so mad I got this video notification 7 hours after posting and I need to save up for a pc its super hard but watching this makes me feel like I have one
not a pc you want. There are much better deals for a similar price or a bit more that come with better cases and cooling.
Play amoung us
It will run at locked max framerate
I used to buy Dell, then I woke up.
Get a big knife lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
why do they look so old with glasses on lmao
Give me this rig I am dying for it
Your link is sold out bros
dell was king for a long time i had a dell inspiron with a gtx 1050 ti before i got my lenovo laptop with 120hz gtx 1650 ti 32gb of ram ryzen 7 4800h 4.2 ghz and 165hz pixio monitor and this was a huge upgraded for me dell never was really great with specing out their systems so it became a real headache especially when it came through buying through the stores selling it a higher price then it would be online a complete rip off i think tbh dell should be cut off from the market completely they can't keep their act together
Dude you got a Dell...
@@mrvapor4791 reported mocking
When will dell learn to put on a proper cooler.I would love to see a aio on it with custom connectors cause of there shitty back plates :D
When they learn that proprietary parts arent the way which will be never because theyre greedy assholes that want everything you buy to come from them.