Dell does not make cpu. The premium Dell price you got quoted on is not unheard of. 6700 retail price in 2015 was $303.
You are better off buying cpu from third party. eBay price is 199 out of box or 249 brand new. used 6700 price us of course lower. not sure 6700k is worth it. 8900 bios does not allow much user overclock freedom.
@XPS 8910 I agree with @redxps630 , there is hardly anything in the way of overclock function in any of the XPS models so a K processor is a waste of money. Since you didn't mention how much memory you have or whether or not you have an SSD those upgrades may yield more in the way of performance for the investment.
I have in fact upgraded SSD, RAM, GPU, and PSU---just taking on the CPU now. I find it ludicrous that Dell is trying to sell a CPU for 1300.00. You could literally buy a whole desktop for that price! Also I included the K variant in my post because it does run at a slightly higher freq. even when not overclocked.
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Also wanted to mention, in both instances the agents were supposed to email me back more information and never did.
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December 21st, 2021 13:00
Dell does not make cpu. The premium Dell price you got quoted on is not unheard of. 6700 retail price in 2015 was $303.
You are better off buying cpu from third party. eBay price is 199 out of box or 249 brand new. used 6700 price us of course lower. not sure 6700k is worth it. 8900 bios does not allow much user overclock freedom.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265350126215?hash=item3dc8199a87%3Ag%3ANEEAAOSwBYtg7Iqh&LH_BIN=1&LH_ItemCondition=3
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@XPS 8910 I agree with @redxps630 , there is hardly anything in the way of overclock function in any of the XPS models so a K processor is a waste of money. Since you didn't mention how much memory you have or whether or not you have an SSD those upgrades may yield more in the way of performance for the investment.
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I have in fact upgraded SSD, RAM, GPU, and PSU---just taking on the CPU now. I find it ludicrous that Dell is trying to sell a CPU for 1300.00. You could literally buy a whole desktop for that price! Also I included the K variant in my post because it does run at a slightly higher freq. even when not overclocked.
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December 22nd, 2021 11:00
This is the DP/N of Dell i7-6700 pulled from 8900 product spec using service tag
The correct Dell price is
this premium price is expected to buy from Dell. Dell validated cpu price is typically 200%+ of retail price.
but yes, $1300 is double of Dell part price and grossly over quoted.
for $200 you can buy a complete used 8900 unit w i7-6700 free shipping.
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December 22nd, 2021 11:00
You can also compare userbenchmarks for XPS 8900 with i7-6700 and i7-6700K here with details for the 6700 here and for the 6700K here.
The other thing to consider is will the "K" CPU require a better heat sink and/or bigger fan(s)..?
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Do you have a link for the $200 XPS
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December 23rd, 2021 07:00
The XPS 8900 w i7-6700 I saw yesterday on eBay for $200 was sold quickly. Here is link. https://www.ebay.com/itm/115134522239?hash=item1ace8d637f:g:DNUAAOSw6wphs64f