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My New XPS toy... M1730

post #1 of 9
7/27/08 at 9:19am
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Well, I used to have an Inspiron 9400 which I modded into an M1710, which is in this photo forum. I eventually managed to get some funding and bought the M1730 about 4 months ago and love it. Heres a basic photo of my setup:



The Specs:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor T9300 - 2.5GHz, 6MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB

Windows Vista(R) Ultimate 32 bit
Dell(TM) Wireless 355 Bluetooth Module
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED HD Audio Software
17.0" UltraSharp(TM) Widescreen WUXGA (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife(TM)
Smoke Gray LCD display with Integrated 2.0 mega pixel web cam
4GB (2x2GB) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
200GB SATA 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive
2nd 200GB SATA 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive
Blu-ray Combo Drive
Dual 512MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 8800M GTX with NVIDIA(R) SLI(TM) Technology


Intel(R) 4965AGN Wireless-N Mini-Card

AGEIA PhysX Mobile Technology(TM)


I was worried this would be a slow processor but it's great does all my photo work and web design work with ease, and it's great for games ! Fantastic machine, love the light up keyboard.
In the photo it's sitting on an akasa 17" notebook cooler to help keep the temps happy.
I'll try and take some more photos of it at some point.
Dan.


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post #2 of 9
7/28/08 at 1:25am
Very Very nice setup!!!!... how much did it run you?
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post #3 of 9
7/28/08 at 4:17am
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It was around $4 K Australian, I bought it there as I was buying with pounds so was better value for me I found it too exspensive still but it's what I wanted and it's a fantastic machine !

I'm running Everest ultimate also for the logitech panel and it's great, gives me all the stats i need for gaming and system performance, even temps, but other than little tweaks here and there I haven't modded it much more that standard.
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post #4 of 9
7/28/08 at 12:06pm
SAWWWWEET Man, she sure is pretty...I get my warcraft one tonight, and I'm really excited, I've heard nothing but good things about the m1730
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post #5 of 9
7/28/08 at 1:19pm
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Cool Stuff, let us know what it's like. Where are you as I haven't seen these warcraft editions, is that in the USA ? They look great from what i've seen.

I'm saving up to eventually upgrade to the X9000 CPU but i'm happy with my 2.5 at the mo.
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post #6 of 9
8/1/08 at 2:17am
Have just ordered mine, pretty damn identical to yours!

Can't wait... ALMOST excited enough to wash away the guilt over retiring my old Compaq.
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post #7 of 9
8/5/08 at 3:14am
Wow looks like an indestructible tank. Unless you have a 64bit, I think you're overkilling a bit lol :P
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post #8 of 9
12/28/08 at 7:27pm
thats pretty cool...is it just me or when you buy in AU or Europe these prices tend to be worst then the US?
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post #9 of 9
4/5/09 at 4:55pm
thats a pretty good gaming pc. wish they started to make them a little thinner though but with all that in it including dual cards it might take awhile.
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