Meh, with what is already there I'm sure it could handle more ram and another HD. I'd be willing to bet that that box, as specced, wouldn't draw more than 240. I've opened up a few Dells and they have always been decently built (the older better than the newer, but I haven't looked inside on in the last couple years), but I have seen a couple nightmare HP.
And by getting it from Dell, you can usually be pretty sure to get the drivers from them.
And yeah, their motherboards are always proprietary, so if looking to be trying out a video capture card and additional audio card, and x2 variant of a video card, and setting up a raid, this box (probably) won't do it.
I'd be 80% sure this box would fit Finner's needs.
If you specced out something it would probably be 100% sure to fit Finner's needs for a similar price.
But if something goes wrong in 6 months, is Finner savvy enough to fix it himself? He has an option with the Dell to call their support (and probably speak to a nice person in India, but regardless, it is available).
Hey, I'm looking at building myself a new system. But if a person comes on here asking about a pre-made system then they are probably the right person to be looking for a pre-made system. People who know when/how to update specific components probably won't be asking about a Dell/HP/Lenovo.
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