XPS 420 Desktop

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Introducing the high-style XPS 420, offering cutting-edge performance and professional-grade features designed to help you achieve creative mastery.

Overview

Tech Specs

Processor & Chipset

Processor Type

Intel^® Core™2 Duo and Core™2 Extreme processors up to 130W

Families

Conroe, Kentsfield, Wolfdale and Yorkfield

Highlights

45nm ready for next-generation 32-bit and 64-bit processors

Chipset

Intel^® X38 (Bearlake) with 800/1066/1333 MHz FSB

Operating System

Genuine Windows Vista^® Ultimate

Genuine Windows Vista^® Home Premium

For more details on Dell systems that run Windows Vista, see www.dell.com/vista.

Memory

Memory Type

667 / 800 MHz Dual Channel Dual DDR2 SDRAM

Memory Capacity

Minimum 1 GB (2 512 MB DIMMs), Maximum 4 GB^*

Memory module connectors

DIMM connectors (4), user-accessible, installed in pairs

NOTE: The available memory displayed does not reflect the complete maximum memory installed because some memory is reserved for system files.

Hard Disk Capacity

Drive Bays

Two 3.5" hard disk drive bays for factory installed SATA disks up to 1TB^*^*

Two 5.25" bays with self-tending drive doors for optical drives

Hard Disk Drive options

160 GB^* 7200 rpm SATA w/ 8M Cache

250 GB^* 7200 rpm SATA w/ 8M Cache

320 GB^* 7200 rpm SATA w/ 16M Cache

500 GB^* 7200 rpm SATA w/ 16M Cache

750 GB^* 7200 rpm SATA w/ 16M Cache

1TB^*^* 7200 rpm SATA w/ 32M Cache

160 GB^* 10K rpm SATA w/ 16M Cache

With two hard disk drives, optional RAID 0 (striping) or RAID 1 (mirroring with DataSafe™ Internal feature)

External Connections

Additional drives can connect to eSATA, 1394 and/or USB 2.0 ports.

Optical Disc Options

Blu-ray Disc^TM SATA (25 GB single layer, 50 GB double layer capacity)

DVD+/-RW SATA

Combo SATA

DVD-ROM^* SATA

Graphics & Video

High end graphics options from NVIDIA and ATI.

One PCIe x16 graphics slot with support for PCIe 2.0 future graphics cards.

768MB DDR3 nVidia^® GeForce^® 8800 GTX

512 MB DDR3 nVidia^® GeForce^® 8800 GT

256MB DDR3 nVidia^® GeForce^® 8600 GTS

256MB DDR4 ATI HD 2600 XT

128MB DDR4 ATI HD 2400 PRO

Physics Accelerator

Note: Games must be designed to take advantage of the PhysX accelerator.

Sound Cards

Integrated

Intel^® 7.1 channel High Definition Audio

Optional

Sound Blaster^® Audigy^® software (relies on CPU)

Sound Blaster^® X-Fi^TM ExtremeMusic^*

Communications

Network adapter (standard)

10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN on system board

Wireless options

Internal Wi-Fi (802.11g)

Bluetooth^® 2.0 wireless technology with Media Card Reader

Ports

USB 2.0 Ports

Ten: 2 front, 6 back, 2 internal

Front & Back AV Ports

Front: Microphone (1) and Headphone (1), 1394a (1), Optional RCA and S-Video ports with Xcelerator^TM option

Back: S/PDIF, (1 RCA & 1 Optical), 7.1 integrated sound audio I/O (5), DVI, VGA or S-video (Video I/O port depends on the graphics or TV tuner card)

Expansion Slots

PCI: 3 Slots

PCIe x1: 1 Slot

PCIe x16 (Graphics): 1 Slot

PCIe x8: 1 Slot

Chassis & Case

Form Factor

Mini-tower, high-gloss black front bezel, XPS logo on side panel

Dimensions

18" tall, 17.8" deep, 7.4" wide

Weight (typical)

31 lbs (41 lbs packed)

Power

375 W standard

425 W available on select configurations

Convenience

Tool-less access to inside chassis, Flexbay, HDD, optical drives, and expansion slots (graphics card replacement requires tools)

Easily identifiable customer service points (blue)

Security

Cable lock chassis security slot

Thermal Management

6-slot BTX motherboard and chassis design