My logic before going to Dell site was save a hundred bucks and get a k series i5 then spend that saved money on a better GPU. Later you can pull the stock cooling and add sealed water and overclock the i5 a bit. All this was a waste of time as I'm not seeing that you can customize the PC spec's......hope I'm wrong.
A pre-filled-pre-packaged water cooling solution will not fit in the x51. It uses an ITX board in a very small enclosure.
Sealed systems are built to basically NOT be upgraded by the user. So you can't say buy it and replace this and that. It's a sealed system.
That said, I'm not sure if there are different packages, but if the OP is serious about gaming, go with an i7. I'm sure an i5 is nice, but it ain't no i7
My two cents.
No it will open up just fine but it may be a little tight working inside so what would take 5 minutes could take 10, no biggie. I would suggest buying all matching sticks and just removing the Dell provided stick and you may want to look carefully for clearance issues. If it's tight above the ram then look to low-profile sticks like these:
Corsair Vengeance 8GB Desktop Memory Module Kit - Low Profile, DDR3, 2x4GB, DIMM, 1.5V, 240 Pin, 1866MHz, XMP Ready, Blue (CML8GX3M2A1866C9B) at TigerDirect.com
Was planning on doing that upping it to16GB RAM and an SSD from crucial will be cheaper than buying from Dell.
Can you tell me how many hdd's it will hold and what the dimensions of the case are. I was also told by someone that they are much better than both XBOX and play stations in their graphics and games, is this the case? I was planning on getting an Aura from Dell, but was told it would be a waste of money, but in the end I couldn't afford anyway.
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