The XPS 8500 has a 460-watt power supply, which Dell says is enough for a 225-watt graphics card. Despite its array of cooling fans, the system is pleasantly quiet.

The Dell XPS 8500 manages to keep a low profile while being a great gaming or media system. They say good things come in small packages, and that’s the case with the Dell XPS 8500. The system is ...

Dell introduced the XPS 8500 high-performance desktop PC, featuring 3rd generation Intel quad-core processors, also known as Ivy Bridge, and the latest discrete graphics for professionals who demand ...

The XPS 8500 desktop delivers a superb user experience for creatives who demand uncompromising performance, whether composing music, working on graphi. Tuesday, July 22 2025 .

Today's deal is for a model equipped with an Ivy Bridge Core i7-3770 quad-core processor, which clocks between 3.4GHz and 3.9GHz depending on thermal capabilities thanks to the Turbo Boost feature.

Should you want to take the plunge, $750 will get you into the XPS 8500 fold, while $550 is all it takes for the Vostro 470 line. Head in past the break for a video peep at both PCs.

In contrast, Dell’s classy Studio XPS 16 starts at $1199 (as of 1/8/09), $200 higher than Gateway’s offering, and that shows in its build quality and construction (which I’ll get to in a bit).

Dell has tossed a 1GB ATI Radeon 4670 in the Studio XPS 16, and we've taken it in to benchmark. Find out of Dell's sexy new 16" powerhouse is potent ...

The Studio XPS 13 I bought was the basic model but with the CPU upgraded to the 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P8700. The system has 4GB of RAM, 320GB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G GPU and a 13.3 ...

The Dell XPS 8500 brings the company's top consumer desktop into the "Ivy Bridge" generation with fast graphics and SSD storage. 4.0 Excellent. By Eric Grevstad . Jul 20, 2012. 4.0 Excellent.

ET deals: $649 for Dell XPS 8500 Core i7 desktop Normally this machine runs near $900, but right now a combination of instant savings and a stackable coupon bring the price down to Black Friday ...