Dell - XPS 8960 Desktop - Intel Core i7-14700 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 1TB SSD - Black
Model: XPS8960-7974BLK-PUS
SKU: 6574594
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Customers enjoy the XPS 8960's performance, with many praising its ability to handle demanding tasks and meet their expectations. The build quality also receives positive feedback, described as high-quality and well-designed. There were no negative customer comments reported. Overall, the Dell XPS 8960 is viewed favorably for its capabilities and construction.
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I bought this computer in July 2024. It was out of necessity since my current computer was a Windows 10 machine. Ordering it and picking it up was painless, and the price was very good in my opinion, in spite of some of its non-generic features (power supply being one example). I have several Dell computers (one running Win 7 and 2 running Win 10) that are still working, so I've had good luck with Dell computers. I won't regurgitate all the specs, since they are spelled out. The computer is pretty fast, booting up quickly (since it has an NVME drive). There are actually 2 spaces for NVME drives, so if you want to add another one, you can. In addition, the m2 screw needed to mount an additional drive is already there, so if you buy an additional NVME drive, you won't have to worry about buying an m2 screw. That was a pleasant surprise. Cloning the original hard drive was a problem because the Dell drive is encrypted. Up until now I was unaware of that new feature. So, I had to learn how to unencrypt the drive before cloning it. In addition, after unencrypting the drive, you have to restart you computer (in my case). I had bought a Samsung EVO 990 (not the Pro series) NVME to act as a back up cloned drive in the event the Dell drive failed. Samsung uses Magician software, and even though I unencrypted the drive the Magician Software kept telling me it was unable to clone an encrypted drive. The key was to unencrypt the drive, then restart the computer. After that, the Magician software was able to clone the source drive. After cloning the source drive, I re-encrypted it. The most annoying thing occurred when the computer went to sleep (either I put it to sleep or it went to sleep after a period of keyboard inactivity.) Sometimes waking the computer up was no problem. For some reason, at other times, I was unable to wake it up and had to restart the computer. I finally contacted Dell Support and they were able to make a few adjustments (that I did not understand) that ameliorated the problem. Taking the left side cover off to expose the contents was also a challenge. You have to loosen one screw at the top, then press/pull a lever to release it, then you can remove the left panel to expose the inards. This computer has 2 slots for memory, and so there are 2 8GB memory modules for a total of 16GB. If you want 32 GB, you will have to buy 2 16 GB modules. As mentioned, this computer can accomodate 2 NVME drives, and the M2 screw to accomodate a second drive was already there. (many people who bought NVME drives were disappointed that the drive did not include the m2 screw). Another pleasant surprise was the presence of 2 internal bays for 3.5 drives, with data and power cables. The Dell drive that came with the computer is a KXG80ZNV1T02 NVMe KIOXA 1024 GB NVME. Read/write speeds were 6000 and 5000 MBPS as per Magician software measurements. There are lots of USB slots for my mouse, keyboard, printers. I can have 2 monitors, and when I initially hooked them up, when moving the mouse to the right the cursor would not go to the right monitor, but to the left monitor. You must set up your monitors in the Windows setting to correct this if this happens. I've enclosed a picture of the inside of the computer. You can see the 2 internal drive bays, and if you look closer, you can see the 2 NVME drives as well as the 2 memory modules.
Posted by MrBean
Really fast and reliable. I needed it to replace my old computer. I got 3 of them. They are working as of now. I got them about 3 months ago. I got it for about eleven hundred. I did a research and for the price, it met my need.
Posted by JahiroC
Works fine so far. Not heavy. But I plugged in the wired keyboard that does not have a backlight and wired mouse. So now add on about $200 have a highway decent wireless keyboard and mouse. So it really is $300.00 more. I am very disappointed with Dell. I can see a wired keyboard and mouse but no backlight????
Posted by slicker