The Dell XPS Desktop 8940 is a great little desktop for a laptop person like myself. Like Dell’s premium XPS laptops , the XPS Desktop …
The Dell XPS Desktop 8940 is a great little desktop for a laptop person like myself. Like Dell’s premium XPS laptops, the XPS Desktop is attractive and small — perfect for tight spaces. Unlike the laptops, though, there are plenty of opportunities for upgrades to help you deal with changing needs. The Dell XPS Desktop starts at about $640 and the Special Edition version with its „Mineral White“ case starts around $980. In the UK, the desktop starts at £899 and in Australia it’s AU$2,399, however, the Special Edition is currently not available in those regions. Aside from the chassis color, the differences come down to what you can get inside them. The standard model’s base configuration, for instance, starts with integrated graphics but can be configured with up to a 12GB GeForce RTX 3060 or an 8GB Radeon RX 5700 XT graphics card. The Special Edition, on the other hand, starts with a 6GB GeForce GTX 1660 Super and goes up to an 8GB GeForce RTX 3070, which is what I tested paired with a 10th-gen Intel Core i7 processor. Dell now sells it with 11th-gen processors that go up to a Core i9-11900K. You can also configure it with up to 64GB of 2933MHz memory but it supports up to 128GB. Similarly, you can get it with up to a 2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD and a 2TB 7,200rpm hard drive for storage, but open bays at the top of the case give you room to add more. Dell also offers a choice of a 360- or 500-watt power supply and, if you want, you can top it all off with a Blu-ray burner — nice to have if you’re getting this for content creation or just want an easy option for backups.
