By Kevin Lee
If you had a desktop computer growing up, it probably was a Dell. The company’s towers have always been attractive, reliable and, above all, value packed.
The latest XPS Tower Special Edition is especially interesting in that it’s more compact than ever. What’s more, Dell has packed in Nvidia’s 10-series graphics cards, making it virtual reality-ready and powerful enough to game even when hooked up to a ridiculously sharp monitor.
Pricing and value
The Dell XPS Tower Special Edition now starts at $1,049 (about £800, AU$1,325) a small step up from the $999 (about £770, AU$1,260) base configuration we reviewed last year. What’s changed since then is the addition of 7th generation Intel Core processors, newer AMD Polaris graphics cards, faster RAM, and now every XPS Tower Special Edition now comes with a 256GB solid-state drive, or SSD.
Our review configuration is a mid-range model that comes with a higher-end Intel Core i7 CPU, Nvidia GTX 1070, plus double the memory and storage, for $1,599 (£1,449, AU$1,999). Regardless of whether you go for the same graphics boost, you’re looking at a VR-capable rig for roughly a grand and a half.
The Special Edition version of the XPS Tower isn’t available in the UK and Australia, …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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