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Titan Computers X199 Workstation


https://www.amazon.com/Titan-Computers-X199-Workstation-Haswell/dp/B00YSM07Q8/

You can checkout this review at Anandtech.
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There are a lot of us who suffer from buyers remorse no matter how good a deal we think we got, because it always seems in few more months there will be something cheaper and more powerful.Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet, make a decision and go forward. Good luck.
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Hi. Well, I don't know how much you are spending on the Dell or how much in general you are willing to spend. But take a glance at my thread from the past few days about the Lenovo M710 Tiny desktop with a current i7:

https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg...ead,40377_offset,0#552193

I may just wait until Black Friday or Cyber Monday and see if I can scrape another 5-15% off but it seems like a great deal for the price, size, and power consumption. Sure, I'd love to have some beast with the absolute latest and fastest Intel that came out 12 days ago along with some $500 video card, but that kind of setup seems like it's going to cost $2000+, heat up my entire first floor, be a Tower, add $50/month to my electric bill, and possibly sound like a small plane idling. :)

I bought the Lenovo M910 Tower 1 month ago for home as well as crunching and it's fantastic all around for everything I do and crunching at 100% 24x7. The M710 Tiny has the same i7 as my Tower for a much cheaper price because all I want is it (actually a few of them) to sit and crunch.

Let me know your thoughts.

Hi. No disrespect but it feels like you replied to a completely different question/thread. I asked you about how much you wanted to spend, wattage, etc. and I got a reply about you living in Canada, financing, and being visually impaired. What do any of those responses have to do with your original questions and/or my replies?

I'll ask again: What is your budget? Have you considered the Lenovo Tiny that is 1/2 the price of the Dell XPS as well as easily 1/4 the size and probably uses 1/3 the power? Your XPS starts at $999 while the Tiny 710 tops out at $630. If the Tiny 710 is not good enough for you (why?) then try the 910 Tiny...or the 910 Mid Tower...or 910 full Tower....or 710 mid/full Towers.

Even financing Dell for 0% for 12 months you still have to pay them via check or credit card unless you get their actual Dell Credit Card which is not worth the time or credit pings to open a card for a 1-time purchase. Most people with existing credit cards in the USA are 8-17% for people with good credit. Most people in the USA can also open a new credit card with 18 month 0% that would easily afford a $500+ purchase.

Please stick the the sticker price and computer itself...do you like the Tiny? If not, what needs to be improved about it to make it work for you? For WCG reasons, all you should be concerned about is how much it costs to get X Results/Points per Day. GHz and overclocking are moot points. Think about the end goal.

You can also choose other Tiny editions at Lenovo or get the Mid Towers or regular Towers. I would suggest the 710 or 910 model desktops.

Eons ago I liked Dell. Nowadays there are never any true sales/deals at Dell, their stuff is years old (I watched the XPS models for years with very minimal changes), and their systems are blah and desktops seem to break right at the 3 year mark (your mileage may vary). Lenovo has a much better build in my experience. If you go to mom and pop shops, you're going to be 1.5x to 2x the price of Dell or Lenovo.