ChrisJL
Well worth it!
I would actually give this 6 stars...Years ago I said I wasn't going to buy another pre-made from Dell and wasn't going to waste money on Alienware. Times have changed. I wanted jump on the AI bandwagon as a hobby. With today's prices, this ACT1250 with RTX 5080 was worth it vs the cost of building my own. Unfortunately, they have the rig locked down tight, so don't expect to tweak it, mostly. That being said, I can understand why. This computer runs flawlessly, and it runs ice-cold, and silent. Oh, and its honestly pretty cool to look at. The design is top-notch.I have had zero issues with this computer! I haven't tried gaming on it yet, but have ran numerous benchmarks and stress tests without a single hitch. In fact, my current setup just toppled the world record score in 3D Mark's free benchmark for similar setups. Even fully OC'ed as far as Dell will let it go, under full AI generation load, or the furry donut of death stess test, it runs at 66° with no artifacts with fans only around 65%.There is only 2 upgrades you can give this computer, both I highly recommend. Upgrade the SSD: toss in a WD_Black 2TB SN850x for OS drive, and a matching 4TB for storage if you need more room. (Gen4 only)Biggest upgrade (and one of only 2 tweaks you can do): buy the Dell certified 64GB (2x32) DDR5 XMP 6400mt/s ram from Dell's website. It can be 2 single 32GB sticks if the kit is sold out. If you are really lucky it will be Kingston Fury w/ heatsink.DO NOT BUY RAM UNLESS IT IS DELL CERTIFIED!!!The 2nd of only 2 tweaks for this computer is MSI Afterburner (currently, April2026, the beta). Dell's RTX5080 has a ton of headroom to OC.Even though Dell has is locked down tight, you can still push it a bit further safely. My 3D mark (and daily) setup:I9 285k @ 6.2GHzKingston Fury (Dell) 64GB DDR5 XMP 6400mt/sRTX5080 @ 3.2GHz core (curve) +3000 memWD_Black SN8100 2TB SSD (OS)WD_Black SN850x 4TB SSD (Storage)Yes, I bought the wrong SSD. Don't buy gen5! It works, but only cause its backwards compatible.Ver másVer menos
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