Comments on: Review: Dell Studio XPS 435MT gets the job done

By: Ernesto Catalan

Ernesto Catalan — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:53:53 +0000

I bought my Studio XPS back in mid 2008. It is going to be my LAST Dell purchase. Sure, for video and audio enconding and rendering this machine IS fast. If you use it for this sole purpose, look no further. Yet, regular tasks and apps such as Word, Excel, PP, etc. open and run at about the same speed that a single or dual core PC. In fact, it is in THIS area that the XPS makes no improvements whatsoever. My machine came with Vista Home Premium, which seemed to work fine at first but now has turned into a nightmare. I recently switched the OS on my laptop from Vista to Windows 7 and was AMAZED at how efficient and FAST it became. I am definitely ditching Vista from my Studio XPS in hopes that it might turn into a faster machine.
By the way, DELL customer service is as unuseful as it gets. Been a DELL owner for 8 years now and this XPS will be the LAST DELL computer I’m buying. I’m going MAC after this.

By: jvision

jvision — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:46:22 +0000

6870 I mean
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By: jvision

jvision — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 04:44:55 +0000

Bought my Studio XPS 435mt @ Best Buy. Was configured with i7 920 @ 2.67GHz, 4 GB DDR3 @ 1066MHz, 650 GB Western Digital sata2 hard drive, ATI Radeon 4850, 512MB (DDR3? I think.) DVD/CD Burner, media card reader with front USB 2.0, 1394, audio out + mic.
CPU fan is extremely loud and was running Windows Vista. Those were only 2 negatives until I bought a Corsiar 600w gamer series PSU, A Tri channel Kingston DDR3 1066 memory kit, dropping 1GB of what came with it, a Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 vapor series graphics card, and a 3.5 inch USB 2.0/1394 port hub. I transplanted the Dell to a Antec SOHO Full tower ATX case.and it is running better than ever. Just wish I could overclock it…. Given that, I just purchased a i7- 2600K, 650 GB Western Digital Caviar Black HDD, dual channel 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz w/ case latency of 9, Asus P8Z68 pro socket 1155 mobo, Wintec Dragon Rider full tower ATX case, Corsair 850 Watt Enthusiast PSU, ASUS DVD burner, and Windows 7 Pro 64 bit OEM. Dell just won’t run CIV 5 high settings/ huge maps without stutter/stagger + delay even with new hardware in new case. Gotta do what ya gotta do? Still have to decide whether or not to buy another GPU or use 6970 and put 4850 back in Dell??? Any advise???

By: Umar Abid

Umar Abid — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:58:51 +0000

Hi What the size of the case?

By: AVATAR9

AVATAR9 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:31:44 +0000

Based on suggestions from Chris Moscher from Dell (dell forum) I recently ( a week before) installed a BFG GTS 250 as an upgrade for my GT 220 in my XPS435mt (it is the maximum you can go in this machine). I didn’t change the PSU and sticking with the factory PSU (360W). So far it seems good, there is only slight noise increment and I didn’t see much heat increment. I will report if I get any problems in the future. I would like like to see similar posts.

Thanks

By: Jeremy K.

Jeremy K. — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:05:02 +0000

There are no "standard" PCI slots...PCI Express only. For more, check out the machine's official documentation.

By: John Doughie

John Doughie — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:24:20 +0000

I see PCI-x slots.. are there PCI slots?

By: duckie

duckie — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:24:13 +0000

Hi, I also have a 435MT bought in the UK in October 2009, but wish to install XP Pro 64 bit (Service Pack 2) instead of Windows 7. Can anyone please advise me as to which motherboard/chipset drivers will be required (Dell say they don’t support XP on this box)?

By: john

john — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:42:57 +0000

I have had this machine for almost a year now…. i also edit video on it and it has been a workhorse…. very happy with it … did have a problem with the e-sata … no biggy went to usb for storage

running widows 7 … tweaked
Sony Vegas 9

I have added an extra wd black drive and upgraded to a geforce 1gb 9800gt video card….works great…. i think i am at the limits of the psu though and was wondering if anyone has put in a bigger psu?

Dell told me not to or i would void the warranty…. i dont care about that so much but dont want to fry anything…. any help would be appreciated….

By: Ralph

Ralph — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:35:14 +0000

I have been using my new Dell xps 435 for about a month and generally pretty happy except witht eh limited rear USB connectors.

One helpful idea to minimize use of rear USB ports is a keyboard/mouse combination on one port. I use Microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse with a common wireless pickup utilizing just one USB port.

After lots of problems with internal hard drives on my previous system Dell XPS circa 2003)I found the 435′s external eSATA connection an attractive feature. My backup system is now two internal 1 TB drives in RAID 1 configuration and an external backup through the eSATA connection to a Western Digital 1TB My Book (also connect with USB and Fireware).