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Discover a more immersive media experience with the new Dell StudioTM XPS™ 8100 desktop, designed to keep you front and center of all the action.

  • NEW Intel® Core™ i3, Core™ i5 and Core™ i7 processors
  • Transform your games into an eye-popping experience with optional NVIDIA 3D Vision kit
  • New! THX® TruStudio PC™ to enhance music and movies, making them sound livelier, clearer, smoother providing a better listening experience.
  • Stunning, high-performance graphics with ATI HD up to 1 GB GDDR5

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Dell Studio XPS 8100 Desktop Computer - Immerse Yourself

Immerse Yourself

Transform your screen into the ultimate entertainment empire with the new Dell Studio XPS™ 8100. This sleek and sophisticated desktop boasts new Intel® Core™ i3, i5 and i7 processors, 3D capabilities and stunning graphics options, new THX® TruStudio PC™ sound for enhanced music and movies with plenty of room for expandability Its confident design will leave you speechless, while its powerful features will keep you coming back for more.

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Transform Your Media

Dive deeper into your media with enhanced graphics and hi-definition (HD) capabilities while condensing it all using a general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU)-enabled graphics solution and optional CyberLink MediaShow Espresso.

Stunning Graphics
Watch your screen transform into life-like reality with standard ATI 4350 graphics or optional ATI HD 5770 1 GB GDDR5. Choose from NVIDIA® GeForce® GT220 or NVIDIA GeForce GTS240 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 with 3D* capabilities. Enjoy HD imagery and world-class performance with lightning-fast video and image processing. And for a more intense gaming experience, accelerated PhysX™ gaming effects provide a dynamic, larger-than-life impact.

CyberLink MediaShow Espresso
Convert your movies and other large HD content to a smaller size with optional CyberLink MediaShow Espresso paired with a GPGPU-enabled graphics solution. Scale down content to fit devices such as MP3 players, mobile phones or whatever digital device you own, so that you can take your favorite media wherever you go. Optional CyberLink MediaShow Espresso offloads the most intensive processing tasks from the processor to the graphics processor for quicker transcoding of your media content — taking care of all the heavy lifting.

THX TruStudio PC sound
THX TruStudio PC sound enhances music and movies, making them sound livelier — voices and dialogs are clearer, and changes in audio volumes are smoother — and providing a better listening experience and stunning sound.
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Striking Physique

The Dell Studio XPS 8100’s sleek and streamlined design isn’t just for show — every curve and contour was built for convenience and durability. Its angled stature provides easy access from above, while its recessed media tray offers two convenient USB ports for your portable devices. The media card reader and power button are also located on the top for easy-reach access. And it doesn’t stop there. The new look of the Dell Studio XPS 8100 desktop is tailored in pure white with metallic silver accents.
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Mind-Blowing Experience

Immerse yourself in the new world of 3D — a stereoscopic 3D gaming experience with NVIDIA 3D Vision™ active shutter glasses, the Samsung SyncMaster 2233R2 22-inch flat panel display, genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit and NVIDIA GeForce GTS240 and GTX260 graphics. Your 2D gaming world will never look this good. (3D kit and display are optional.)

Accessorize
Equip yourself with a pair of stylishly modern active shutter glasses, a lightweight alternative to the traditional 3D glasses with adjustable nose pieces to fit over prescription lenses. And they’re fully untethered, giving you a free range of motion up to 15 feet through the wireless IR signal.

Advanced Gaming
NVIDIA software automatically transforms hundreds of PC games into a full stereoscopic 3D experience. Experience rich, immersive gaming with stunning realism supported by the latest graphics technology including NVIDIA PhysX, Microsoft® Windows Vista® and DirectX® 10.
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Streamlined Power

Intel i3, i5 and i7 Processing
The new Intel i3, i5 and i7 processors are designed for faster multitasking, digital media creation and gaming.

Turbo Boost Technology
When your most demanding applications need your attention, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology dynamically speeds up the processor frequency for an increased level of performance, ensuring your demands never go unmet.

Hyper-Threading Technology
Go further without leaving your chair. Intel Hyper-Threading Technology maximizes performance with an 8-threaded capability on 4 cores, so you can multitask with greater efficiency than ever before. (Hyper-Thread technology is only available with the Intel i7 processor).

Smart expandability
The dual-channel DDR3 memory offers a higher bandwidth than DDR2 that enables the Dell Studio XPS 8100 to work at a faster performance rate with increased responsiveness. It comes equipped with 4 DIMM slots for expandability — so as your needs increase, there’s always room for more.

Simple and Smart Services

Dell DataSafe Online
Our online backup service offers data protection by enabling customers to back up data to a safe, remote storage site using a broadband connection. Dell DataSafe Online is easy, flexible and secure. After setup, it will automatically back up data and help protect against software, hardware and catastrophic failure.

Dell Support Center
Our centrally located, easy-to-use application provides personalized support resources. Conveniently located on your PC’s desktop with quick links to service, support and system resources, the Dell Support Center helps keep your system up-to-date and running efficiently through automated fixes for common configuration issues.

Optical Drive

  • Blu-ray Disc™ reader, burner and DVD +/- RW options available; Dual drive options available

Sound Card

  • THX® TruStudio PC™ Sound

Communications

  • Integrated 10/100/1000 (Gigabit) Ethernet LAN on system board

    Optional

    Internal Wireless-N

Ports

  • Top Ports

    USB 2.0 (2)
    19-in-1 media card reader
    Headphone port
    Microphone / Line-in port

    Front Ports

    USB 2.0 (2)

    Rear Ports
     
    IEEE 1394a
    RJ45 10/100/1000 Network port
    Line-in connector
    Front L/R line-out connector
    Back L/R surround connector
    Side L/R surround connector
    Center/subwoofer connector
    Microphone connector
    USB 2.0 (4)
    eSATA
    S/PDIF connector

    19-in-1 Media Card Reader
     
    Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card
    MiniSD
    Hi-Capacity Secure Digital (SDHC) class2
    Hi-Capacity Secure Digital (SDHC) class4
    Hi-Capacity Secure Digital (SDHC) class6
    Multi Media Card (MMC)
    RS Multimedia Card (RS-MMC)
    Multimedia Card Plus (MMC+)
    Multimedia card Mobile
    Memory Stick (MS)
    Memory Stick Duo
    Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO)
    Memory Stick PRO Duo
    Memory Stick Micro
    Compact Flash I
    Compact Flash II
    Smart Media Card (SM)
    xD Picture Card (xD)
    Micro Drive (MD)

Slots

  • PCI: 1 slot

    PCIe x1: 2 slots

    PCIe x16 (Graphics): 1 slot

Power

  • Power: 350 Watts

Chassis

  • Dimensions & Weight

    Height: 16.1" (40.9 cm)
    Width: 7.3" (18.5 cm)
    Depth:17.9" (454.67mm)
    Weight: about 22.4 lbs (10.18 kg)

    Power

    Power: 350 Watts

    Security

    Cable lock chassis security slot

    Drive Bays

    Three 3.5": (two internal, one external)
    Two 5.25" bays
    Memory DIMM slots: 4 available

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