AMD-based Dell PC examined
HEXUS.community member and PC modder extraordinaire Gordon Handley recently received one of Dell's new AMD-powered SKUs. He's given it a bit of a poke and run some benchmarks to give us an idea of how the Dell-AMD PC fares. Read on for Gordy's thoughts.
Initial thoughts and a look inside
I've finally received my first AMD-specified Dell, I've been waiting for the company to include AMD chips for sometime now. It's nice to see it happen at long last.
It doesn't seem too different to the Intel machines, with just the AMD X2 sticker on the front to indicate the change. This model uses Dell's custom small-form-factor chassis, which is in the BTX vein of design, with the heatsink near the front of the machine. It's quite well laid out.
There are lots of rev A01 stickers everywhere, so this is one of the very first machines!
The motherboard is an NVIDIA-based solution that looks like it has been custom made for Dell. I ordered this one about one-and-a-half weeks ago - it took some time to arrive.
Read on for a little benchmarking fun.
