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This new Dell XPS gaming rig is hawt... no, really!
on: May 15, 2006, 04:47:05 am
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Re: This new Dell XPS gaming rig is hawt... no, really!
Reply #1 on: May 15, 2006, 05:26:48 am
It sure looks nice and apparently there is also one LED in the backplate which should help plugging in cables in dark corners of eart... room.
 

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Re: This new Dell XPS gaming rig is hawt... no, really!
Reply #2 on: May 15, 2006, 05:52:19 am
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Dell has always been expert at thermal engineering

Yes, I'm sure their early power laptop users would agree...

I don't like it. It looks like a giant heater, and would certainly be on the floor beside the desk if I was going to get one. And with that many obnoxious blue LEDs, you could do away with your Christmas tree and forget about ever sleeping with it switched on in your room.
 

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Re: This new Dell XPS gaming rig is hawt... no, really!
Reply #3 on: May 15, 2006, 05:54:09 am
The LEDs can be turned off you know.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Re: This new Dell XPS gaming rig is hawt... no, really!
Reply #4 on: May 15, 2006, 06:03:47 am
Quote from: Sandwich on May 15, 2006, 05:54:09 am
The LEDs can be turned off you know.
Yeah, case LEDs can become very annoying very fast. However, backplate LEDs could be very useful, assuming you can at least plug power cord first.
 

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Reply #5 on: May 15, 2006, 06:22:13 am
it looks like a cheesegrater in the front
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Reply #6 on: May 15, 2006, 06:52:42 am
Pretty. Probably to go along with these, that rolled out a little while ago...

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Reply #7 on: May 15, 2006, 12:04:28 pm
I dunno... could be risky.
I am a revolutionary.
 

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Reply #8 on: May 15, 2006, 05:02:50 pm
"Experts" at thermal engineering?  My Optiplex 280 with a single fan that revs like a jet turbine whenever something processor-intensive is going on begs to differ. :lol:
 

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Reply #9 on: May 15, 2006, 05:07:50 pm
When it comes to desktops I say "build your own"
When it comes to laptops I say "leave it to the experts"
But that's just me.
 

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Reply #10 on: May 15, 2006, 05:17:59 pm
There are several larger pictures of that case floating around on the internet. It actually looks pretty neat, although I'll still take my stacker over it easily. As for the "experts at thermal engineering" comment, the less said the better. :rolleyes:
 

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Reply #11 on: May 16, 2006, 12:58:31 am
Quote from: Mars on May 15, 2006, 05:07:50 pm
When it comes to desktops I say "build your own"
When it comes to laptops I say "leave it to the experts"
But that's just me.

*agrees whole-heartedly*

*and wishes he was good/expert enough to build his own laptop*

 :nod:
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Reply #12 on: May 16, 2006, 01:04:59 am
Quote from: Mongoose on May 15, 2006, 05:02:50 pm
"Experts" at thermal engineering?  My Optiplex 280 with a single fan that revs like a jet turbine whenever something processor-intensive is going on begs to differ. :lol:

Did you attach the included airfoil to it?
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Re: This new Dell XPS gaming rig is hawt... no, really!
Reply #13 on: May 16, 2006, 07:38:14 am
Nah, it clashed with my room decor.  The landing lights on each speaker go very nicely, though. :p
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