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Dell's First XPS System With AMD Phenom II Tested

Posted by timothy on from the shakeup-in-round-rock dept.

MojoKid writes "Dell's new XPS 625 is their latest AMD-based creation, and is the first out of the Dell labs using the relatively new Phenom II processor. Initial reviews of AMD's new chip have been favorable, as this new quad-core processor is slated to deliver roughly the same performance as Intel's quad-core Core 2 processors at more tolerable price points. While it's pretty clear that the Phenom II can't quite crack Core i7 levels of performance in most usage scenarios, the new Dell rig does show more than respectfully in a myriad of benchmarks. This was obviously a solid design win for AMD with their latest CPU."

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  1. Re:Pricing between i7 and phenom II 3ghz by CannonballHead · · Score: 2, Informative

    Also, for those interested in quick specs between the two processors:

    # Series: Phenom II X4 ($219) # Hyper Transports: 4000MHz
    # L1 Cache: 4 x 128KB
    # L2 Cache: 4 x 512KB
    # L3 Cache: 4MB
    # Manufacturing Tech: 45 nm
    # 64 bit Support: Yes
    # Voltage: 0.875-1.425V

    # Series: Core i7 ($288)
    # QPI: 4.8GT/s
    # L2 Cache: 4 x 256KB
    # L3 Cache: 8MB
    # Manufacturing Tech: 45 nm
    # 64 bit Support: Yes
    # Hyper-Threading Support: Yes
    # Virtualization Technology Support: Yes

  2. Re:Pricing between i7 and phenom II 3ghz by wjh31 · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz_myth

  3. Price diff is 4 more than just for the CPU, though by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Now add a motherboard and memory.

    The cheapest LGA1366 motherboard I could find on NewEgg is $190.
    The cheapest AM2+ motherboard I could find on NewEgg is $60

    Also, the AM2+ can still use DDR2 ram, while the core i7 requires more expensive DDR3.

  4. Re:retail vs build it yourself price.. by Zantetsuken · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except I can tell you they won't use something like Asus for the motherboard, more like MSI or Gigabyte, which are also reputable, but cheaper in price, and though the Dell case probably is only worth the $100 or so, they still could put in a much nicer case for another 50 to 100 bucks, another 50 for a card with better cooling, the hard drive they used is $179...

    Basically, they could save 50 bucks on the motherboard, put it towards a better version of the graphics card, which after accounting for the hdd, would only put them at maybe $1200. So they're making a pretty easy $300 bucks per system there...