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Dell XPS Desktop 8950

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PRICE £808 (£969 inc VAT) from dell.co.uk

ANNUAL RUNNING COSTS £43

Dell earned its reputation for building its PCs to order with a “just in time” philosophy, but as time goes on it seems to be edging towards a pile-’em-high approach; we ordered this PC ourselves, and were hoping to customise the memory and SSD using its online configurator. But no such luck. We had to lump the preset options or pay another £500 for a Core i7 like it?

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