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Dell Studio XPS Desktop Series Coupons

Dell XPS 8300 Quad Core i7-2600, Radeon HD 6450, 8GB RAM

Intel Core i7 - 8GB RAM - 1000GB Storage
list price:$1,063.99
total savings:$264
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Dell Home:$799.99 w/ CouponFeb 10, 2012Video Explanation
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This is a good price for a 2nd Gen "Sandy Bridge" Core i7 Dell XPS desktop, equipped with 8GB of RAM and a fast-enough GeForce GT 530 GPU.  The i7-2600 clocks in at 3.4Ghz with a healthy dose of 8MB of cache and can turbo up to 3.8Ghz.  You'll be hard pressed to find another Dell XPS 8300 coupon with this spec at this price range.

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  • Mike PaddockJan 19, 2012when the price was $699.99

    Dell XPS 8300 Desktop with Core i7 and 8GB RAM is back to its all time low of $700. Pretty sick to find a core i7 desktop at this price. I'd personally upgrade the video card to Radeon HD 6670 for only $30 more.

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  • Mike PaddockJan 19, 2012when the price was $699.99

    Dell XPS 8300 Desktop with Core i7 and 8GB RAM is back to its all time low of $700. Pretty sick to find a core i7 desktop at this price. I'd personally upgrade the video card to Radeon HD 6670 for only $30 more.

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  • Viet DoDec 03, 2011when the price was $699.99

    Saturday only deal on this XPS 8300 with Core i7-2600. Pretty good deal even if you prefer to build your own PC. Had a mini debate with Dock on this but considering an i7-2600 still cost around $300 by itself, I can see how deals like these are solid (especially if you don't have the time to source all the parts yourself).

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Dell XPS 8300 Quad Core i7-2600, 12GB RAM, Geforce GT 530, Blu-ray + 21.5" Dell ST2220L LED Monitor

Intel Core i7 - 12GB RAM - 1500GB Storage - Blu-Ray
list price:$1,662.99
total savings:$513
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Dell Home:$1,149.99 w/ CouponFeb 09, 2012Video Explanation
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  • Mike PaddockFeb 06, 2012when the price was $799.99 with 1 coupon for $50.00 off

    Cheapest XPS 8300 Core i7 Desktop + 24-inch Monitor combo we've seen from Dell. The desktop alone usually sells for this price so this bundle is like getting the $270 monitor for free. Besides the weak video card (upgradable on Dell's site) it's a good bang for you buck machine.

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  • Mike PaddockFeb 01, 2012when the price was $849.99 with 1 coupon for $50.00 off

    Dell XPS 8300 Desktop with massive 12GB RAM and 24-inch Monitor dropped to $850 today which is the lowest price to date by $100. Dell probably didn't intend this bundle to be so cheap because their standard sale page shows this package for $400 more... but hey, we found a link with a big discount. At this price you might consider upgrading the video card to Radeon HD 6670 for only $30 more (big improvement over the base Geforce graphics).

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  • DanaNov 26, 2011when the price was $899.99 with 1 coupon for $50.00 off

    I have the XPS model from a few years ago. Dell puts together a very solid PC. And for this price, you get a very capable gaming rig and a reliable work-horse computer all for a good price. If my old XPS was not so reliable, I would grab this deal.

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  • Viet DoNov 25, 2011when the price was $899.99 with 1 coupon for $50.00 off

    The guys wanted me to post something while at the outhouse so I'm happy to comply. Hmm, TMI? Very sweet deal on the XPS 8300 + UltraSharp 2412M IPS monitor combo during Cyber Monday weekend. Previous lowest price was almost 4 months ago at $999, and this time you're getting another $100 off. Okay low/mid GPU with 8GB RAM and a Blu-ray drive.

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Dell XPS 8300 Quad Core i5-2320, 6GB RAM, 1GB Radeon HD 6450

Intel Core i5 - 6GB RAM - 1000GB Storage
Dell Home:$682.99Feb 09, 2012
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    EXPIRED: Dell XPS 8300 Core i7-2600, 16GB RAM, Radeon HD 6770, Blu-ray

    Intel Core i7 - 16GB RAM - 1500GB Storage - Blu-Ray
    list price:$2,172.99
    total savings:$823
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    Dell Home:$1,349.99 w/ Coupon
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    • snackslapperJan 09, 2012when the price was $1,284.99 with 1 coupon for $100.00 off

      i picked this computer up around november with half the storage and half the ram for $750 and free shipping. same video card and blu-ray. with ram being so cheap and storage options a plenty, i don't see how this is a deal. i got the deal from this site.

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    • Viet DoJan 09, 2012when the price was $1,284.99 with 1 coupon for $100.00 off

      Agreed. This isn't really any stellar deal but its what's available right now. In fact, there's a better XPS 8300 deal right below this one (on the right), where you get a 24-inch LED monitor for similar specs and cheaper price.

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    • Mike PaddockOct 19, 2011when the price was $1,249.99 with 1 coupon for $150.00 off

      Check out this ridiculously high powered gaming desktop at Dell. Do you really need 16GB of RAM? Better question: Why wouldn't you want the crazy specs on this machine? The Geforce GTX 560 Ti video card leaves no room to question that Dell designed this configuration for gamers. Most important: today's price $160 less than you could have ever gotten these specs at Dell.

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    EXPIRED: Dell XPS 8300 Quad Core i7-2600, 12GB RAM, Geforce GT 530, Blu-ray

    Intel Core i7 - 12GB RAM - 1000GB Storage - Blu-Ray
    list price:$1,423.99
    total savings:$574
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    Dell Home:$849.99 w/ Coupon
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    I'm not sure why you'll need 12GB of RAM, but with the way DRMs are going these days we'll probably need as much RAM as possible since the system will slowdown to a crawl otherwise, amirite? Hah.  This beefy system comes packing with a high-end quad core 2nd Gen i7 along with a mid-range Radeon 6670 GPU.  Plenty capable to run all modern games at respectable resolution and settings.  Now you can camp the Jet spawn point in Battlefield 3 in style. Woot.

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    • Viet DoSep 08, 2011when the price was $899.99

      Blowout sale on the XPS 8300 with 12GB of RAM is still going on strong. High-end 2nd Gen quad-core Intel Core i7-2600 running at 3.4Ghz with 8MB cache and turbos up to 3.8Ghz. The CPU itself runs for about $300. While the mid-range 6670 is okay, you can easily upgrade the GPU in the future if you want even more speed. This machine will run all modern games without a single problem. You get slightly less hard drive space than the previous offering but 1.5TB vs 2TB is no difference to me honestly.

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    • Viet DoAug 31, 2011when the price was $899.99

      Last day for this $500 coupon on the XPS 8300 Desktop. Specs are in the title but I'm going to repeat them here because I don't know what else to say about this decent deal: quad-core i7 2nd gen, 12GB of RAM, and the popular mid-range GPU HD 6770. Pair this baby with a decent gaming monitor and you'll be able to load up X-Wing (1993) and game the night away.

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    • AnonymousSep 01, 2011when the price was $899.99

      what's the difference between 1st gen and 2nd gen i7?

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    • Mike PaddockAug 29, 2011when the price was $899.99

      Darn good price for this gaming desktop from Dell. Don't expect to to find similarly spec'd machines at other manufactures for less than $1,000. Dell had a similar (but lesser) XPS 8300 12GB RAM deal in early June for $200 more. If you go to Dell's standard sale page you'll find a desktop with a lesser graphics card and hard drive for $100 more than this deal. This ends September 1st.

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    • AnonymousAug 30, 2011when the price was $899.99

      eh not that great... *1 year ago* i got a refurb studio xps w/ i7-920, 8 gb, + a 5870 (when it was around $400) for a little less than $1000.

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    • Mike PaddockAug 30, 2011when the price was $899.99

      At the moment I'd say this is the best deal out there for a high end desktop. Compare this to a Lenovo K330 or an upgraded HP h8xt with similar specs and you'll get a price around $200 more. I've tried upgrading lesser XPS 8300 configurations at Dell but no matter how I work it and what coupon codes I use I can't get close to the price of this "special" offer.

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    • Viet DoAug 31, 2011when the price was $899.99

      right but thats a first gen i7 while this is a 2nd gen i7. unless youre talking about the 9100 XPS deal with the first gen i7-930 + a 24-inch IPS panel.

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    Ultimate Buying Guide to Dell XPS Desktops

    The Dell XPS series desktops offer high performance options for targeted at media power users. The 8300 and 9100 series come equipped with Intel’s powerful i5 and i7 series processors while the 7100 comes with AMD’s Phenom and Athlon processors. 

    With sleek looks and substantial expandability the Studio XPS series offers a great prebuilt option for the power user that isn’t ready to make the jump to building their own computer. Selection of video cards is better than average with a wide range of available hard drive configurations. 

    Most of the optional add-ons are a little overpriced, but that doesn’t stop the computer itself from being a good value. Standard with 7.1 audio and a modest dedicated graphics card the Studio XPS series is a solid multimedia machine even in stock configuration.

    Graphics and Gaming Option

    The graphics options on the Studio XPS are fairly expansive and can prove somewhat confusing. On the 8300 you have the option of four different ATI (otherwise known as AMD) Radeon cards as well as one NVidia card while the 9100 adds an even lower end NVidia to the lineup. 

    To simplify a long wordy explanation we can just summarize the lineup by giving specs for the highest and lowest end card, and of course then everything else falls in between. At the bottom of the barrel we have the Radeon HD 6450. It offers modest business graphics and video acceleration capabilities. It can handle newer games on medium-low settings with lower resolutions so it’s not a bad option if you’re a light gamer or someone who doesn’t care about graphics as much. This card is for someone looking to playback 1080p video smoothly or have Photoshop be a little more peppy. 

    On the other end the Radeon HD 6870 is a pretty powerful card. Far from the most powerful but very capable you should expect to be playing games at full 1080p with medium-high settings. The Radeon HD 6770 proves to be a pretty good value in the lineup. At almost half the price of its bigger brother the 6870 the 6770 proves to be a very capable card with about 75% of the power of the upgraded model putting it right in the sweet spot. If looking at upgrading graphics on the 9100 I would avoid the upgrade to the 6450 as the performance gains are marginal for the cost.

    Studio XPS 9100

    Being labeled the studio model you might think the 9100 comes with some magic extras over the 8300 but this is not really true. It does look somewhat flashier with a bolder stance and red accents, but they both offer the same media ports on the top as well as a sleek finish. 

    Standard Core i7 is a nice touch but it comes standard with a weaker graphics card than the 8300. The pricing differences on graphics cards are strange in that the upper range graphics cards are the same price for both, but the lower end cards are more expensive of an upgrade on the 9100, certainly something to think about if you’re debating between the two. Up to a 6 core Intel i7 processor sounds pretty impressive but it doubles the cost of the base 9100 making it a little impractical unless you have to have the two extra cores.

    The monitor add-ons aren’t the greatest deal unless you get them in a package deal of some sort, although they do get you that nice XPS swagger with styling that matches the tower a bit better than one of the shelf at Best Buy might offer. The base configured 6GB of memory is quite a good start even for the modest power user, although if you plan to do lots of CAD and Photoshop, constantly having tons of windows open and server software in the background the upgrade to 8GB would be advised. 

    Hard drive configurations are fairly plentiful with options for RAID 0 or RAID 1. RAID 0 wouldn’t be recommended for most media solutions in which data security is important because failure of one drive causes complete data loss, so it’s like double jeopardy. For sensitive information RAID 1 is a nice thing to have, essentially an auto backup of everything that is on it. It is a disappointment that RAID is not an option on the additional hard drives because then you could split the best of both worlds. Either way you shouldn’t have too much trouble packing a lot of storage onto the XPS 9100.

    XPS 8300

    The 8300 is supposed to be the lower end model, although in this case I think it is the better deal. The primary differences between the 9100 and 8300 are their processors and their only real distinction is that the i7 is hyperthreaded. Yes, it is a nice feature to have, especially for the multimedia power user but if you don’t strictly need it then it can save you some cash. The only other real deal breaker is that you can’t have a second drive on the 8300 so if you need the storage you’re stuck with the studio model. But the i5 and i7 will really only show a difference in things like advanced video encoding or other processor intensive applications. Other than that they are very similar. Same graphics card options, very similar memory options, and similar upper end graphics card options.

    The Bottom Line

    Dell’s XPS desktop line comes with sleek styling and hardware targeted at the media user that make it a great power user PC or even a nice gaming rig if you don’t want to shell out for Alienware. With exceptional processor and graphics card options the XPS offers powerful options in a package that is significantly more professional and subtle than the Alienware alternatives.