DEAD DEAL-DELL XPS 1730 SLI 9800m gt for 1100$ SUPER SALE

I think you can get eSATA card for express 34, too.

on Ebay:

wings:

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Dell-XPS-M1...s=66:3|65:1|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:100

and

blu ray:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Panasonic-UJ-12...s=66:3|65:1|39:1|240:1308|301:1|293:1|294:100

 

It's for my hard drives, I've just gotten accustomed to being able to RAID external devices easily.

 

there is no love lost between dell m1730 business division and AW consumer division.

 

i think that would be cool to change just one of the wings
that would be pretty sweet

i think that red/white or red/grey would be pretty awesome

 

You can do that.

 

yeah i know but i want to see someone doing it first so i can what it will look like

 

i guess the huge markup before the liquidation offsets any potential future losses. cleaning out inventory will save dell money as well. great time for people who are able to play games this summer

 

You have a cabinet with 8 drawers, but only have 3 categories to file under.

No there won't be a performance upgrade unless you use the capacity.

 

i dont think that the xps supports 8gb

 

ADDITIONAL $15 OFF COUPON ZL8GCRDBC$F3BH
WOW this is completely world best bang for buck gaming laptop.

 

What's done is done.
Just ordered a smoke gray one (T8100, 250GB 7200RPM) with the above coupon + a $15 gift card I had laying around.
Paid 1080 and change all in all, I feel like I did pretty good for myself.


I might cancel my order later this week. I got it in so I don't miss out but am not totally sure I want to do this yet.
We'll see.

 

it is man ....

 

ok wait so this will STACK with the other 15$ off one??? man this is just getting to good

that was already posted and is no different than the previous code posted.

 

total $985 amazing deal plus 3% off dell account = 955

 

yeah i was going to tell u Z the coupons are the same...too bad... but still a deal

 

glad to see me putting this thread out saved alot of people money

 

yeah man thanks for the help

by the way where did u find it?

 

i found it in another thread the guy was asking if it was worth gettign that or the sager 8662...

i was like holy crap put it in my sig and tell every one lol

 

thanks Mr. Moo +rep, i bought myself one

 

yeah man ++++++rep to u

 

You should request the Mods change the title of your thread to show that its now $999 vs. the $1100


Cin

 

no just leave like this so less ppl will buy it jk...

 

$1,100 is just as ridiculous as $999 haha. dealnews.com shows this deal ending May 29th.

 

i know is going to end may 29th but it wont last that long

 

i saw the web site(dealsnews) and it says that the screen is 1440x900 but actually is 1900x1200

 

i don't know when dell changes motherboard for pm65 m1730 to pm45 or something fits core i7 ? anyone has news about it ?

 

These are starting to show up on eBay now.

Lies included...

 

++++++rep to u Mr.Moo!
man i finally find a friend at US now and order one for me. I am gonna to let him to order another two.
Since I am in China, I will pay more for this, expense for DHL it from US to China you see.
thanks a lot man!

 

Thanks. I ordered this to replace my P-6831FX for extra gaming performance and I'm pulling the upgraded T9300 I put in the Gateway. I wonder if the Gateway's RAM or HD is worth swapping into the Dell as well.

 

I know and I am trying to sell this in which is loaded out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=270391517257

 

Saved me money? You convinced me to spend 1.5k!

 

I am probably gona order one or two as well, but can anybody tell me what the difference is for Sound Blaster HD Audigy Software Edition from the ExpressCard Sound Blaster Audigy X-Fi Extreme? Is there a hardware PCB of Sound Blaster Audigy gonna be built into the system? If so, it's not a bad price to add $25 for that.

 

No, it's just software. And it's worthless. The expresscard would be the way to go if you really really want another soundcard - but trust me, the built in will be fine.

 

im probably not going to get this only cause i dont have the money right now but do you think waiting until july there'll be better deals than this?

I'm just thinkingj the santa rosa is a lil outdated and the montevina plus is coming out and 9800s arent even top of the line cards right now so its just my opinion to wait till better models come out

my 2 cents

 

So did we decide that with a BIOS flash this laptop can hold up to 8gb of 800mhz ddr2 ram?

 

With a BIOS flash it will support 8GB PC2-5300 (667mhz). Santa Rosa will never support PC2-6400 (800mhz) ever, period. That's a chipset limitation, not a BIOS limitation.

 

For some reason I was thinking santa rosa was 800mhz while montevina was 1066mhz. But that isn't an issue to me, I was mainly concerned that it will hold up to 8gb for future proofing. Thanks for your response.

 

That's FSB.
Santa Rosa:
667MHz memory
800MHz FSB

Montevina:
800MHz DDR2 or 1066MHz DDR3
1066MHz FSB

 

there wont be a better deal on the 1730's when there aren't any left to sell. they're obviously trying to make room for newer models in a hurry. if you think santa rosa is outdated and want the newest top of the line card then you should just wait for better models to come out but be prepared to pay twice as much for itl.

 

hey man i dont think that no one on ebay or even here will sell for less than that they bought

if u really want the newest laptops just wait cuz it will appear new laptops every time and if u think like this u will never buy one

 

Yeah, the thing that really sold this on me is that I know in one year I could break it down and still sell the 9800GTs, the screen, the CPU, and so on for over what I paid.

 

u mean the 9800 GT

yeah its a great deal ....

IMO dell is doing this deal cuz i think they are going to release a new xps1730 and it will montevina and quad core

 

Cool, mine says "Shipped" now

 

No, I mean the 9800GTs (not a 9800GTS or a 9800GT)
As in the system is a SLI configuration
Meaning there are two 9800GT s


And it's already been confirmed that this is a liquidation to make room for the Alienware " All Powerful," coming out in 15 days or so. Credit to MR. Moo on that find.

 

oh sorry about it i dint see that the ''s'' was low caps

ik that they are making room for the AW but i think that they might make a new xps too

 

I think he meant GTs in plural so 2 GT.
The last post i wrote i wasn't saying that this is a bad laptop at all, on the contrary i would probably buy this right now if i had the money but what i was asking was if this was worth it buying now or waiting for a newer model later.

Also is it easy to:
remove the cpu and sell it on like ebay or something? I know i probably wont make profit or come even from it but do you think it would be easy to sell? Is it easy to replace as well? If i were to buy this i think i would get it with the 2.1 ghz and upgrade to 2.4 myself and get the ram up to 4 gig, the problem is i dont know much about upgrading laptops

 

hey man its not that hard to do it and the ram is the easiest one

there are tons of videos and tutorials explaining how to do it

 

Another thing. As long as there's a CD-key for Windows Home Premium X32 for this M1730, this key is still gonna be ok if we have a Home Premium X64, right? I may pick up a copy of the Home Premium x64 but I would like to keep the key in the package so I can still use the keys at the bottom of the laptop.

 

Just to clarify on semantics real quick, it's either 32 bit and 64 bit, or X86 and X64. Not X32.

On to your question, you can use the OEM key on the bottom to install either 32 bit or 64 bit Home Premium, so long as you are using an OEM disc. You cannot buy a retail copy of Home Premium like you're saying and install with that disc, it will not accept the OEM key. Microsoft allows you to buy just a DVD from them for 10-20 dollars, and there's always other ways to get the media, like borrowing from a friend.

 

See post #16048

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=173512&page=1605

and #16064

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=173512&page=1607

Credit to tmaxxtim and ernstig01