@bobblahIn general are all desktops upgradeable as far as processors go? If I want to add the newest Intel 12th or 13th gen processor in a few years that shouldn't be a problem right?
. . . no.
There is a lot of proprietary stuffing baked into Dell products, so future upgrades are miss . . . or miss. Hop over to the Alienware forum and search for the happy Aurora R7 owners wanting to upgrade to ninth gen Intel processors. All it would take from Dell is a bios update . . . but they want to sell R10's instead.
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@bobblah In general are all desktops upgradeable as far as processors go? If I want to add the newest Intel 12th or 13th gen processor in a few years that shouldn't be a problem right?
. . . no.
There is a lot of proprietary stuffing baked into Dell products, so future upgrades are miss . . . or miss. Hop over to the Alienware forum and search for the happy Aurora R7 owners wanting to upgrade to ninth gen Intel processors. All it would take from Dell is a bios update . . . but they want to sell R10's instead.
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@bobblah So in that case I guess I should wait a bit save up more money and buy the best possible desktop . . .
Consider building your own computer . . . then you have complete control. Do a little research, it is really not that hard.
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February 12th, 2020 23:00
Just buy an Inspiron and get started, they all keep changing, don't worry about it.
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Neither Inspiron or G5 series is recommended. For the same money 8930 is a better buy. Proprietary power supplies are nonsense.
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-desktop-computers/xps-desktop/spd/xps-8930-desktop
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February 14th, 2020 19:00
The 3670 Inspiron is a lot less and doesn't have the jet engine fan racing problems. Probably what I will get next.
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@546insp The 3670 Inspiron is a lot less . . .
It has an 8-pin ATX power connector (instead of 24-pin) and a 290 watt PSU . . . so yeah, it is a lot less computer
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@bobblah after discounts was only a little over $500
WOW, that is a great price for an Aurora R9. What components did you get (CPU, PSU, VGA)?