Dell XPS 410

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This Review Submitted By: Donald Mccarter

Dell is jumping aboard the Core 2 Duo bandwagon, sticking Intel's new Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU inside its XPS 410, a sequel to the company's midrange XPS 400. While our XPS 410 review unit's $2,405 price, which includes a 20-inch wide-screen LCD, may seem a bit high, especially compared to a budget Core 2 Duo system, such as the $999 Velocity Micro Vector GC Campus Edition, the Dell XPS 410's powerful processor and entertainment-friendly feature set provide everything you'll need to watch and record TV programs, create DVDs, and manage multimedia files.

The XPS 410 provides brand-name shoppers with a reasonable way to get into the next generation of CPUs without jumping all the way up to Dell's $4,000 XPS 700 gaming monster. The Dell XPS 410 is housed in the same glossy white BTX case as the XPS 400. It features a silver front bezel and black drive-bay covers. The midtower design is inoffensive enough to fit in with home office or den decor, but it will look out of place mixed in with your home-entertainment components.

A DVD burner and a DVD-ROM drive occupy the full-size external drive bays, and one of the two 3.5-inch bays contains a multiformat card reader. Two USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire port, and headphone and microphone jacks are mounted below the drive bays. Six additional USB 2.0 ports, an Ethernet port, and 5.1 audio jacks are located at the rear of the system. The XPS 410 can be configured with a high-end Creative Audigy 2 or X-Fi audio card; our test system included neither, relying instead on an integrated audio solution.

For most users, even home-theater users, the integrated audio will be fine. The system's chassis is completely tool-free, making it easy to install and remove drives and expansion cards. The XPS 410 relies on two system fans and a BTX airflow scheme to keep components from overheating.