Dell XPS M1730 - 2.5Ghz T9300

TheHitMan-1973 · 11 Jan 2011 at 16:42

I am looking to buy a second hand Dell XPS M1730 - 2.5Ghz T93500 for photoshop CS5 or Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and Microsoft Word

2x Nvidia 8800 GTX graphics cards

Can anyone recommend a Dell XPS M1730 & how much should i pay ?

Advice please

Andrew Moore · 11 Jan 2011 at 16:46

One of these at the fathers with the x9000 cpu (a 2.8ghz c2d with oc to 3.4ghz) and the dual 8800gtx cards...

Very fast laptop and will do the whole CS5 work load fine. Starting to show its age in games mind.

TheHitMan-1973 · 11 Jan 2011 at 16:49

Andrew Moore said:
One of these at the fathers with the x9000 cpu (a 2.8ghz c2d with oc to 3.4ghz) and the dual 8800gtx cards...

Very fast laptop and will do the whole CS5 work load fine. Starting to show its age in games mind.

How much should i pay for a good one ?

TheHitMan-1973 · 12 Jan 2011 at 23:44

I was only thinking the Dell XPS M1730 came with dual nVidia GeForce 8700M GT SLI or 88GTX :confused:

not dual 9800gtx

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290522325173&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

OspreyO · 14 Jan 2011 at 10:23

Problem with these is that they map eventually go pop

http://www.nvidiasettlement.com/affectedmodels.html

That said I have a 9400 and it hasn't done it. yet....

TheHitMan-1973 · 14 Jan 2011 at 17:34

A few of these Dell XPS 1720 have caught my eye on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270691037369&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290522325173&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

TheHitMan-1973 · 17 Jan 2011 at 19:18

How much is the worth - Dell XPS M1730 - 2.5Ghz T9300

- Intel Core 2 Duo CPU running at 2.5Ghz on both cores
- 4GB DDR2 Ram
- Two 160GB Sata Hard Drives - Currently striped and running in RAID 0 for high performance and increased speed in disk I/O reads / writes
- Two nVidia 8800M GTX's with 1GB GDDR3 Ram which are bridged / SLI for high performance and exceptionally high frame rates during gaming
- AGEIA PhyX 100 Series Accelerator card for extra FPS and to enhance real time physics when gaming
- 17" Ultrasharp WUXGA LCD - 1920x1200 display with TrueLife, fully supports HD 1080p playback, a fantastic screen with a huge desktop
- Seperate Logitech Gaming Panel above the keyboard
- SigmaTel High Definition Audio Card plus high quality speakers - audio is clear, crisp and superb quality
- Philips & Benq DVD Burner
- Wireless N Adapter + Bluetooth 2.0
- Integrated 2MP Webcam
-10/100MB Ethernet Port
- 4 USB Ports
- Firewire Port
- DVD / Multimedia Remote
- One ExpressCard Port
- Memory Card port support SD / MMC / xD
- DVI Ouput
- S-Video Output
- Smoke Grey with LED Backlights - LEDS can be changed to various colors [red, white, blue, green, violet, etc]