14 DAY TRIAL // If you are looking for a new gaming rig that supports all the latest technologies and customized components, you might want to check Dell's new line-up of gaming PCs. As if the XPS 710 H2C Edition wasn't powerful and pricey enough, Dell now releases the XPS 720 H2C Edition.
When Dell bought Alienware, it borrowed a thing or two as far as customized setups go. The new XPS 720 H2C Edition is taking customization to the next level, integrating and Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 CPU overclocked to 3.46 GHz . The system RAM includes 2GB of 800MHz Corsair DOMINATOR DDR2 memory, factory overclocked to 1066MHz and to support this highly tuned setup Dell provides an NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI MCP motherboard. What good is this motherboard if you don't use its features to the maximum? Thus, Dell includes two 768MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX graphics cards operating in SLI mode.
Dell knows that a system as powerful as this one can blow your desktop up in no time, so, in order to keep it all cool and quiet, the H2C thermo-electric/liquid cooling system makes a comeback. Moreover, the XPS 720 H2C rig also integrates Dell's LightFX technology, which was first seen with the release of the XPS M1710 notebook series. The LightFX toolkit allows users to control three light zones, eight intensity levels and 16 colors on the computer case.
So what else do we get for that dizzying sum of $5,999 USD? Keep in mind that this is the entry price and you could customize the rig with more pricey stuff. Right, so for the entry price system we get dual 160GB SATA/300 10,000 RPM hard drives, a 2x Blu-ray drive, a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card and "only" one 24" UltraSharp 2407FPW flat-panel LCD display. Dell also allows users to specify which OS among windows Vista Home premium or XP Media Center they prefer on the new rig.
"Hard-core gamers and technology enthusiasts continue to challenge us to push limits, and we relish turning those challenges into reality," said Glen Robson, general manager for Dell's worldwide gaming products. "Dell is committed to delivering the best PC gaming experience available, combining leading-edge hardware and accessory innovations with the most extreme games, and the XPS gaming products are designed to do exactly that."