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dell xps help with config

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samudragupta
samudragupta Original post #1
Sep 1, 2011 at 10:37 PM
Hi friends i am getting a dell xps 15 in 10 days. I wanted help with configuration.
I would be a little bit into gaming and more of movies and browsing. So around 5 hours gaming a week and 40 hours movies, download and browsing. I have configured the below on the dell website. Please share your expertise if this is sufficient. Question are:
1) do i need 6 gb ram or can i downgrade to 4gb
2) is the 2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M sufficient for gaming.
3) is i7-2630QM ok for gaming

Thanks alot.

PROCESSOR 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz

DISPLAY 15.6" (39.6cm) HD (1366x768) WLED display with TrueLife™

MEMORY 6GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (1 x 2GB + 1 x 4GB)

HARD DRIVE 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive

OPTICAL DRIVE Tray Load 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write capability

VIDEO CARD 2GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M graphics with Optimus

BATTERIES 6 Cell Primary Battery

WIRELESS NETWORK CARD Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6230 with Bluetooth v3.0+HS

KEYBOARD Dell™ Backlit Keyboard (English)

all this at Rs.58,559.53
Ishu Gupta
Sep 1, 2011 at 10:40 PM
Downgrade to 4GB.
Get the 1920x1080 screen
samudragupta
Sep 1, 2011 at 10:53 PM
Hi Ishu thanks for the reply, is it wise to downgrade the processor to i5-2410M? will it suffice for gaming? its just that i would like to save as much as i can..
Ishu Gupta
Sep 1, 2011 at 10:56 PM
Yeah.

If you want to save, why don't you get the DV6 6121TX @ 52k (2630qm, HD6770M, 4GB) or DV4 3016TX @ 42k (2410M, HD6750M, 4GB, 14")

Both will perform much better in gaming than the Dell. Dell has the better screen (if you go for 1080p) so movies will be better.
samudragupta
Sep 1, 2011 at 11:06 PM
hi ishu hp was always my first choice however the news that hp is selling off their pc division i am worried about after sales and extended warranty from their support, hence i choose dell...
Ishu Gupta
Sep 1, 2011 at 11:30 PM
They are spinning off. ie splitting. Support and warranty will remain the same. Services will probably get better.

Else they will get the **** sued out of them. :lol: