What's Inside An Old $1200 Dell XPS 630i Gaming PC?
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
- Today we're taking a look at a customised Dell XPS gaming system that left the factory all the way back in 2008, and likely cost it's original owner way over $1000. At just £80 or $100 on eBay, it seemed like a good deal considering how well they hold their value, but what lies within this futuristic looking enclosure?
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I definitely want to see an upgrade for this great machine!
I'm wondering if he could put an old LGA 771 Xeon in it.
It needs a modded bios to fully support the Xeon. I went back to my QX6850.
Yeah I'd like to see an upgrade using parts from it's time. Although I don't know how much higher end cpu you can get.
@jimmyhackers "hardware unboxed dislikes this comment"
I like the old XPS 630i's since they can take standard ATX boards and have decent cooling, along with RGB lighting :D
10 years from now:
"Hello everyone and welcome to another video. Now this is the RTX 2080 Ti which retailed for around a thousand dollars US but can be found nowadays for around $50"
Wayyyy cheaper, from 10 years ago I bought the worlds most expensive GPU ($2,799 which cost the same as 4x GT8800 SLI, or quad Titan RTX of back then). It cost me $40 mint and brand new in sealed box.... You think the 2080ti will be above $20? Dream on! There is a reason a GT8800 only costs $10 max (or free), haha $50, ha!
@@jakegarrett8109 whoosh
Let me know when you can find a gtx 980 ti for less than 250$ xD
10 years from now hello and welcome to another video now this is the rtx 2080 ti a once pricey beast from around last decade but now you can find these babies around for just 70 dollars too bad this will never be running gta 6 but we chould try the newish game that released 3 years ago known as bully 2 too bad its first game came out 2 decades ago and gta 6 has now offically became 5 years old im pairing this with a core i9 10 core 10 threaded cpu from the 15th gen of intels clocked at 4.5ghz with 32 gigs of ddr5 a RTX 9000 Ti with 12gbs of gddr8 vram with a 4tb CHD hard drive from seagate back in 2026
@@kiyanharchegani2588 Bought one last year on ebay for 200$ :)
Feels like just yesterday these parts were cutting edge stuff.
Damn I didn't know you bought our old XPS that was a beast of a system that hope you take care of it!
20 years from now: welcome to LGR, we are seeing a old pc from 2019 with a old i9 9980xe, 2080 ti, 8 tb of storage, 128 gb of ram, a asus deluxe x99, cooler master fans, cooler master case, cooler master cpu fan.
x299*
in max 10 years...it will be a museum's piece,,,,,maybe less
Welcome to LGR? he says "Greetings"
..and this system is barely able to "surf the web".
This is not LGR, thats another dude.
Id love to see you up it to 8gb, a 4870, and an overclock.
Why a 4870? That's barely better than the 4850 currently in it. I think you should get at least a Radeon HD 5870 or a GTX 480, because they have DX11, meaning they provide a real upgrade.
@@Tom2404 Because I want to see how this specific system would perform at its highest price point.
Why not add a hd 4890 then ?
@@jonathanharding5103 No need. Just extrapolate another 10-15 fps. End of story....
@@yuuji_ hd 4890 in crossfire for a total of 4 gpus
at work we order alot of XPSs for our developers and you taught me what the letters meant Thanks :P
I didn't know either, even though I own an XPS laptop. The more you know..
Love these old XPS’s. I used to have an XPS 710 not too long ago with a core 2 extreme qx6700, 4gb ram, 8800GTX SLI, and two 250GB hard drives in raid 0. Great tower
Prolly had to refinance just to take the dam brick home.
i love the editing style of this video
please keep this up
your an amazing tech youtube'r and my #1 best
keep it up, lotta love
Loving the cinematic shots, definitely an underrated part of this channel
I always loved this kind of machines! I had a Packard Bell with a Q8300, 8GB of DDR3 ram and a 9300 GS (Later 9600 GT), it was my first gaming pc and I used it to play AAA games from 2011. I still love the lga 775 platform, it's flexible and still up to date in normal tasks, loved this video reviewing this kind of computers.
I still have that case sitting on my shelf, love how huge it is, mostly metal case and the aesthetics of it. When I ordered mine it came with 4 gigs of ram, winxp (I remember paying extra to install XP over Vista), 2x9800GTs in SLI (thin ribbon SLI bridge came installed) and a core 2 quad, (2.8 ghz I think) on an nForce chipset equipped mobo. I still have all the components sitting around here. Can't remember, but I think it was around $12-1400. Service tag still works at dell, HQRRLJ1, but it doesn't have the config on it anymore...
RGHD: What's Inside?
Intel: ...
I had a Q9450, paired it with a HD5850 and it served me well for years. It couldn't handle GTA 5 at HD though, I had to go into windowed mode and set it around 900p for a smooth experience.
TBH, GTA V looks good even at 720p/Normal settings
It's such a well optimized game even low end pcs can handle it low to medium
Unlike GTA 4....
Our family pc still has a q9400 and is still decent on Windows 7. We'll need to upgrade if we want to use Windows 10.
@@josephpbrown For gaming you would need an upgrade, but everything else should run fine. Had Win10 on a 4GB laptop and it sucked though.
I had an XPS 720, it was incredible. I think it still look amazing.
RGinHD I've been watching your channel for so long and you are about nothing besides PCs and PC hardware. Thank you for that. It puts me at ease to get away from everything else in life and just see some cool PC videos.
Is it me or you did really you’re best in this video because its really great !
I did NOT expect to see this thing in my feed. This was my first legit gaming PC, which I acquired used back in 2012. Gave it away a few years back and the owner still uses it daily for work. One thing I remember about it is how massive it is; I recall it being much bigger and heavier than my s340 build.
great videos .. keep up the good work
Liking the new editing, definitely polishes the videos
I found this PC at good will and truned it in to my gaming PC with a 5 2600x 16 gb at 3200 and rtx 2060
Hell yeah!
You should upgrade it and mod it to atx I own a xps 720 and i did that it's the best case and classy
630i case is ATX already, so it's a simple swap of the components. :)
You have any tutorials on how this could be done. I have a Dell XPS 400. I remember nodding mine to fit another T3400 board and Xeon 3323(Q6600) by cutting out an IO shield for it. So, I've definitely messed with the case as a server. Is it just screwing in motherboard standoffs and cutting another location for the IO and PCI slots? Or is there more too it? Any insight would be awesome :) As long as you don't mind? Don't want to force anybody? I'm just asking cause I'm curious.
@@amightygrizzly I don't unfortunately, but you can look on some forums for some guides.
@@Masonly2 It's okay. I actually found LGA 1366 boards that should fit perfectly on EBay. It's pretty cool for a server upgrade considering the 6core Xeons that could possibly be used in them. Welp..only one way to find out.
@@bootlegscarce0844 why? It's already atx.
I love these videos! Thank you for making them.
I had this and it blew up on Christmas day 2012. Remember playing warz infestation with my friends on it!
I pull these from the electronics recycling bins at my county transfer station fairly often. I got a gateway FX x58 i7 920 the other day also with case.
Different editing style today, much appreciated
This is the same exact Dell I started with this brings back memories
I had that exact one and its still amazing to build new pc's in it
I got one of these from a scrap heap. I plan on upgrading it and seeing if I can play some games. The case is gorgeous and I want to make it a sleeper!
I own a 630i, 730x and 720, great cases. 730x was upgraded to 16gb ram, a 6 core Xeon overclocked, and still holds up today.
Love the look of these particular models from 2008-2009 and the quality from the case and components is superb, very heavy though. I have a 730x which I picked up last year for about 100€. Converted it to a modern gaming rig with all the latest components. Trickiest bit was to find an adapter for the controller board which powers all the case LEDs. Luckily someone in the states makes one as the stock controller draws power from a proprietary connector which comes off the power supply. As mentioned in the video if you find one of these pick it up and upgrade, you wont regret it.
Do you know where I could get information about the CPUs and GPUs the Mother Board could support? trying to update mine also
Ik this is a year old, but honestly I love how you go over the brief history of these.
I found one a few years ago sitting on the curb for the trash man to collect. Brought it home, cleaned it, and it works perfectly.
You put SSAO on 0.5 in the metro last light settings. Bumping it up can result in a big average FPS drop depending on your system. But, just disabling it will get rid of all the blur and will look really nice, at the cost of a couple frames.
The first prebuilt System I had. Loved it.
Great video man!
That case looks great. Is it possible to swap components and put something more modern in it? That would make a great video, too.
I still have an XPS630i from 2008 ... Core2 E8400 and Geforce 9800 GT, later upgraded to QX9650 and 2X 9800 GT SLI. Continued to use the case with a 4770K right up until 2017. The LEDs on the front panel are RGB if you can find the software and get the software to work. Case airflow is fine without an exhaust, the two intake fans are 3 amp and capable of high rpm.
I just picked up one of these for the same price as you it basically $100 and it's cosmetically perfect. Oh my God the case is a work of art. I'm actually thinking about doing a new-build with the case because the quality is stellar. Till then it's my old school emulator on win 7. I think this is literally the highest quality case I've ever seen. You don't have a ton of overclocking options but it was pretty easy for me to get 1600fsb stable which will translate into various frequencies depending on the chip someone has. Worth keeping your eyes peeled for a 750 Ti or 960 someone is unloading under fifty bucks. Could definitely be an ultra budget gaming rig
I grabbed a couple of XPS 8100, think they where used by an architect firm. Just laying on the curb. The white and black theme like you said, with the XPS pressed into the metal on the sides. Haven't touched them in a bit cuz my laptop died and win 10 is torcheres to get back on.... Like that's news, lovin the old school stuff. Sadly haven't seen many streamers doing it much lately. Enjoy the cooler weather while it lasts.
I'm watching this video on a 2010 Dell Studio XPS 8100. Got it from a client a couple years ago when her father went into extended care. I'd like to meet the guy that sold a 95 year old man an $1100USD gaming machine to check his email. This is a Core i7-870 2.93, currently running 12GB of RAM, WD Black 1TB and Seagate 4TB HDs, Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB video, and Windows 10. Triple monitors round out things with a 32" Vizio HDTV, HP 23" and VieSonci 24" LCDs. Been very happy with it. Thanks for the video.
I work on / refurbish computers as a hobby and I came across one of these at a recycling facility. It unfortunately had heavy case damage and a bad motherboard, but I ended up taking out the power supply and I still use it in a testing rig to this day.
I have to of two of those very same XPS's. One is my sleeper PC with a 980Ti and a Asus X79 Rampage 3 Formula Micro ATX board running an Intel i7 3930X with 16Gb of DDR3 Ram. The other still has all the original hardware in it. I just don't have the heart to upgrade it. And as is, it's a pretty good computer. Nice to see someone else also enjoys a little old fashion computer form and function .
I actually buy these to take the power supplies, they also had the same model with lower tier options, it came with a core 2 duo, and an 8800 GT 512MB. They were pretty sweet either way, also the core 2 quad Q6600 ones actually came with 2 mechanical drives in SLI, im not sure what the storage all added up to, but they ran as one GPT partition in Raid.
They were great machines, I bought mine in 2008 with the QX6850 and dual 9800GT Nvidia cards, came with Vista upgraded to 7 a few years later bumping memory to 8, upgraded graphics to a 3gig Nvidia and a ssd, continued to use for gaming until 2015, still runs and use for things other than gaming, was over $2000
Im new to the channel and I love it! Keep up the amazing ackward content!
I had one of these beasts when I was younger! Maybe not the exact model, but an XPS in the same case. The problem I seem to remember was that it had this storage system called RAID which synched numerous HDDs together. The system was very unstable and ended up dying.
I had the xps9100, upgraded it as much as possible till 2 years ago, i still use the case (which I love!) with new components
Realy love the case, this steel-look is beautyful
I had a beautiful red, dual 8800GT and Core 2 Extreme fitout of the unit. Served me well from 2008 up to 2016
You love an old XPS
Who doesn’t? They’re great machines
Creaky C.
Wut? You put core 2 quad into gtx1060? You wasted gtx1060...
@@MrOoof a decent c2d can oc to 4ghz, pairs well with a 1060
HEY! I had that PC case and used it for a minute just because the case had great airflow with a sick early 2000's look
Enjoyed the video. reminded me of my old Dell I paid 700 bucks for back in the day and must have been earlier than this because XP was the newest thing. I thought I'd bought a great system. There was a Dell # you'd call and they'd help you spec out your PC over the phone because most of us didn't know anything other than what we wanted to be able to do with it. Mine could burn CD's and I started retiring my cassettes. What a day
Find a lens filter that fits your camera (If you even use a DSLR or camcorder) and that tiny upgrade would probably make this channel comparable to tech giants. Love your videos, thank you for providing me with cheap computer hardware content.
I bought a Dell XPS 720 h2c for €35,- a few months ago. It fully works (although the AIO is not as good as it used to be because the cpu can get hot af) and I upgraded it to a point that it still plays modern games kinda ok. It's fun to play around with hardware from that time period, but i kinda hate the bios because it's locked down to a point that you can only increase the multiplier to overclock and a few other things.
I found one of these at a Goodwill for 15 bucks with everything but RAM, HDD and a GPU and after almost a year of sourcing parts, customizing and waiting for shipping, it's mostly complete and runs with all new modern PC parts and a window to see everything that's been replaced. All that's left is mounting the 3rd RGB fan to the window on the door, finishing the rough edges on the window cut out, cutting vent holes for the 3rd fan and refinishing the aluminum case. Components wise I'll upgrade the GPU and RAM soon but other than that it's wonderful.
Specs: CPU - Ryzen 5 3400G with a Wraith Prism Cooler, GPU - Gigabyte GT 1030...for now, MB - Asus B550-Plus, RAM - Teamgroup T-Force Delta TUF Edition DDRA 2x8Gb for 16Gb...for now PSU - Gamemax GM-800 800w 80+ Bronze, Boot Drive - Crucial P2 500Gb SSD, HDDs - Seagate Barracuda 4Tb + 1Tb, Disc Drive 1 - LG Bluray Drive, Disc Drive 2 - Original Asus Disc Drive, Case fans - Inwin Sirius Loop x2/3, A wifi 6 Adapter card, A USB Expansion card and some extra magnetic RGB light strips and USB Hubs
One of the nicer setups from Dell. I remember it weighing a ton though, as I carried 10 blocks from the yard sale I bought it from.
Hi i love your vids dude keep up the good work👍
Nice machine! I've got an XPS 700 next to me with 8GB 800Mhz ram, a gtx 650 ti. and a Q6700. I love the case :D
oh this is a blast from the past! I had an old Dell XPS 625!! haha
I have custom built an x58 system into one of these cases. I still use the stock lighting system with the dell mio board and nvidia performance software. The rear has mounting holes for an 92mm exhaust fan. I currently have a delta industrial fan attached to a fan controller installed. I still use the stock 750w psu also made by delta. Mobo asus p6t deluxe v2, cpu x5675 oc to 4.58ghz on air, cpu cooler corsair a70, 16gb ddr3, gigabyte g1 windforce gtx 970. I replaced 2 front 120mm fans with 2 corsair af140mm red fans custom mounted. I run 1 x 256gb ssd and 2 x 1tb 7200rpm drive. Currently I have modded side panel and installed glass window and am in the process of polishing the entire case to mirror finish. Have put a ton of work into the chassis stock and modified. If anyone has any questions or needs help getting anything working such as the lighting or stock wiring, send me a message.
i used to have a i7 2600 dell xps, that thing was like triggers broom over about 4-5 years, slowly changed everything over time, before finally going ryzen. Literally was just an xps office machine that i stuck a 970 in lol. Only stopped using it when it would hit 90c+, with a good cooler and good thermal paste too!
I was last into playing games around 2009, so didn't realise current games reached 100GB. That's incredible. It's definitely true about how restrictions can enhance creativity and that excesses usually lead to sloppiness. Pretty sure they could make the games smaller if necessary.
On the other hand, helps storage sales.
the design is very cool ..looks like a bit 50s retro with a nice paintjob :)
Another great video. Thanks.
the Dell XPS lineup is perhaps my favorite prebuilds of all time.
I just don't know how you're getting prices so cheap in the UK, as I am a Canadian, those machines can cost up to 300-500$CAD on ebay's Canada website, not sure if looking to the UK website prices/listings would be the same! Love watching your videos everytime you upload one!
I had one of these, can’t remember if it was a higher version, but it was tricked out with dual GTX8800 sli I think, it’s been ages so I can’t remember. The funniest thing about this system was you could set the front two fans to max and it would sound like a jet taking off and pulling in a massive amount of air. Also the LEDs were RGB.
I used to dream about owning one of these when I was younger
I actually also have an XPS. It's an XPS 8300 that's been turned into a budget gaming computer at this point
Brexit scum doesn't deserve it
i love the xps 720 looks and uit had led's back in day which is awesome
also its liquid and ceramic watercooler is really interesting, do you thin k that would fit modern systems?
Sleeper built with that case would be sick!
Do "sleeper" builds make sense with computers? It's not car racing. Don't get me wrong I'd be fine with a build in this case.
@@robertt9342 sleeper build are very relevant
Owned the xps 730 and still have the case kicking around but the motherboard popped a few caps. Main problem with the XPS 7xx series was the power supply and mobo were BTX, that said I was able to find a QX6800 core2 quad extreme on Ebay for `50$ (circa 2012) which did give the system a second wind to keep it running modern games until 2015 effortlessly along with a ram upgrade, ssd, and a GTX 660 it proved to be quite the workhorse. ps I did manage to get win 8 running with all needed drivers etc and I'm quite sure windows 10 would work too if need be.
I had a 650i motherboard which was the P5N-e SLI which I sold and got a 750i P5N-D motherboard running an E8400, 4GB DDR2 RAM, GTX 9800+ SC, WD Blue 500GB HD, and a 650 PSU. The GFX card was updated 4 times with a GTX 260 (216) , a GTX 470 briefly, and now a 560 Ti and another 4 GB of RAM. It can run Win 10 Pro just fine plays games decently
I have this case (with the OEM 750W Dell PSU) in my secondary rig, with a Asus Maximus III Formula RoG LGA1156 Mobo, a Xeon X3440 OC at 4.5GHz, Enemax 120mm AIO, 8GB of RAM, GTX660 and runs very good.
Fun Fact: The OEM Dell heatpipe cooler is adapted in my daily rig (cooling a Xeon E3-1230) 😄
I had a XPS 720 until I sold it recently because I needed the cash and space, it was a really cool machine. Someday I'd like to find the 730 since that's standard ATX (as far as I'm aware) and I could cram in whatever I want.
Such a beautiful machine
Man, Dude, Bro, i actually got a case/psu exactly like that one and build a new modern system inside of it, the chassy is amazing, GREAT airflow and fan control, the lightning is superb, and its super quiet, it also has RGB lmao, everything is super top notch quality and super solid, i wanted to rebuild it to its original form, but the motherboard is quite bothersome to find
Edit theres an Nvidia tool, that will let you control the lightning and the fanspeed, the daugherboard below the ODDs is for that, it also has bluetooth and a 5-1 card reader built in, its trully an amazing machine
3:07 cooling system: fansink :D
They make great sleeper pcs - you can easily put more modern motherboard in it as the pinout on cables seem to be standard
Bring back so much memory when I couldn't afford one I've been looking for one for months now
Mike Tison I actually have one collecting dust, works great still
I love the look of the system.
This was my first computer that was all my own. What a great case.
Honestly I kind of want that case for a sleeper it looks more unique then most cases these days
Even Modern Warfare 1 still has a lot of servers
I have a 512mb version of HD4850 as a backup/testing GPU, and I have no problem running it on Windows 10. The driver installer doesn't work, but you can install it manually from the Device Manager, just point it to the .inf file and it installs without any compatibility layers. Even the 1080p resolution works natively, although the monitor does run via a DVI to HDMI adapter
Still got love for the OG q9550...12 meg cache ftw!!
I have a 630i that I put an I7 3770K with a GTX1060 in just because I love the case. It is an ATX format so any ATX motherboard will fit along with a modern power supply. added a 1TB HDD and 1 120GB SSD for a boot drive. System runs good. thinking of going down to windows 7 so I can play older games on it since my main system has a 8700K with a Titan Xp star wars edition GPU.
I have an XPS 8100 as my gaming rig. Rocking a similarly striking white and black color scheme from factory. Core i7-2600 non-k. Originally had a 500GB HDD, Radeon 6990 1GB GDDR5, and 8gb of ddr3 1333MHz it was certainly a capable beast. I bought it with a dead GPU for $70, and set to work. Now it's rocking a GTX 1060 6GB, 2x 4TB HDDs, 120GB boot SSD, 32GB Geil EVO Corsa RAM, and it was cheap! It will still do VR and anything else you throw at it. My only complaint is that these old Dell BIOSes and motherboards do NOT support newer R7, R9, and RX series GPUs. Definitely something to consider.
My main rig right now is the Dell Studio XPS 435MT (x58 chipset from around 2009) that I have upgraded with 18gb DDR3 1333mhz ram, PNY GTX 750 ti 2gb, Xeon W3580 4c/8t 3.33mhz cpu, and an EVGA 600watt 80+ power supply. The computer was given to me, but I have slowly over time bought all the upgraded used parts (except for the power supply which was new). Can't overclock with Dell's bios and can't use the higher core count xeon that the xps 435T can. With that said, I'm able to play Far Cry 5, Far Cry New Dawn, GTA5, Dishonored, Dishonored 2, Assassin's Creed Unity, etc. with respectable framerates @ 1600x900 resolution. I can't afford to buy or build anything newer than that and it is a decently pleasant gaming experience.
Do a full Build in that beautiful old xps PC !!!
I like the case and heatsink design.
Just plop a cheap GTX960 or an R9 280 in there and maybe a Q9650 overclocked to 3.6GHz if the mobo supports 400MHz FSB, and voilá, modern gaming for and additional €100 or less. I'd love to see that, man! Great video as always!
Oh, and another pair of 2GB DDR2 800 dimms for the cool 8GB, of course. If you could do this gpu + cpu + ram upgrade for 100 of your British pounds it would be a very interesting video indeed!
You can force-install those legacy drivers on windows 10 with device manager
Very interesting and good. Thanks
I used to drool over these things in Dell catalogs when I was in middle school. Good times.
I'd LOVE to see a cpu/ram upgrade in this beauty, and just for the heck of it, maybe a more modern gpu.
Have had one from the scrapyard as file server, love the obsolete technic :D
watched your video on my XPS 630i just now
that tower cooler is probably my favorite part of that whole system, my LGA775 core2 Extreme gets SOOOO hot but I can't be bothered to get a better cooler cause I don't actually use the machine anymore....