"I was in the market to get a new PC for my online schooling but also media use and my beloved video gaming! I was in between either getting this or the new Dell Studio XPS with the new Intel Core i7. While I reallly wanted that computer for it's new technology the case it is in is just absolutely horrible! Overheating has been a big problem from what I've heard and I could only imagine how bad it would get in there if I were to throw the ATI Radeon HD4870x2 in there!

Ok after buying this computer I saw that it had an ATI Radeon HD3650, that just won't cut it for modern gaming. ATI Radeon HD3650 is a 256MB DDR3, whereas an ATI Radeon 4870x2 has 2 1GB cards that are internally crossfired with DDR5 memory! Do your research or even use one and you'll see that it blows every other card out of the water except for the the NVidia GTX295. I purchased an ATI Radeon HD4870x2, now that's some power! I ended up having to replace the power supply too. I put in a OCZ GameXstream 700W PSU to power the beast. I wasn't too big of a fan when it came to the onboard sound so I decided to buy the Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro sound card and wow what a difference it makes in my games, music and movies! I ended up taking out the DVD burner and put in a Blu Ray play, much better now! I took out the modem and TV tuner since I don't have any use for them and I put in a fat video card cooler to hep take all the heat away from that silicone bonfire! I installed everything myself and saved well over 150 bucks installations alone! I had no problems except that I'm going to have to get an exchange on my video card since it has a memory leakage. The video card that I put does get very hot if you don't use the fan in the Catalyst properly. Otherwise overall good buy and after talking with the guys from Dell, their tech support doesn't know anything about what their computers are capable of handling! Come on Dell hire some people that actually know their stuff!

Bottom line is if you're looking to get a great mulit media pc and possibly upgrade down the road then this is for you!"

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