alaTest Sites
About alaTest
Connect with alaTest
alaTest, Product Reviews & Tests © 2005-2025 ICSS AB. All rights reserved. Privacy
alaTest has collected and analyzed 28 reviews of Dell Studio XPS 435. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Desktops for all reviews. People really like the usability and size. The reliability and price are also appreciated.
design, price, reliability, size, usability
We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Desktops the Dell Studio XPS 435 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 87/100 = Very good quality.
Consumer review (amazon.com)
alaTest has collected and analyzed 4 user reviews of Dell Studio XPS 435 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other Desktops on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the design.
design
100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.
Expert review by : David Murphy (pcworld.com)
I don't often see Intel Core i7-based systems playing in the value-PC little leagues, let alone machines that manage to incorporate Intel's latest chip while remaining at a sub-$1000 price. And so enters the Dell Studio XPS 9000. At $999 (as of...
Excellent gaming performance ; Strong selection of connections
Not quite as upgradable as you'd hope ; Love-it-or-hate-it case coloration
Expert review by : Rich Brown (cnet.com)
Dell Studio XPS 9000 (formerly XPS 435)
Dell's strongest chassis design in years; highly capable jack-of-all-trade configuration; strong customer support options.
Not as fast or as affordable as some of its off-the-shelf competition; a few missing features; power hog.
The Dell Studio XPS 435 successfully overcomes our bias against desktops that claim to be experts at everything through charming case design and a strong configuration at a relatively fair price. It misses greatness because of a handful of minor...
Expert review by : Terrence Russell (wired.com)
Got hernia? Dell's 40 pound PC powerhouse has ample room for upgrade. But the unit's anemic power supply may doom expandability.
Outfitted for a slew of multimedia and gaming needs. Design trumps unwieldy size. Gigabit ethernet connectivity is a boon to the gaming set. Home theater ready with 7.1 surround speaker outputs. Peripheral friendly with eight USB ports (4 front/4 rear)...
Anemic power supply puts a damper on future expansion. Included mouse and keyboard feels el cheap-o. Ridiculous weight puts a damper on mobility. Both fan and Blu-ray drive door are frustratingly noisy. Not bundled/paired with a monitor
Expert review by (pcmag.com)
On top you'll find a recessed media tray in which to rest your MP3 player, digital camera, or external hard drive while it's connected to one of the top-mounted USB ports. I would have liked the tray to have a rubberized coating for slip resistance,...
High-powered CPU and graphics. Forward-thinking design. Top-mounted tray and USB ports. A 15-month subscription to McAfee Internet Security
Big and heavy. Could use another data drive. No hard switch for reset or power. Blu-ray is read-only ; Watch the Dell Studio XPS 435
The Dell Studio XPS 435 does a great job with multimedia tasks like encoding video and editing photos, and does very well with 3D games. All that power costs you less than $1,800 (under $2,000 with monitor).
Expert review by : Ricky (etechreviews.net)
To start with it's got a gadget case on the top of the chassis which isn't uncommon these days to store your cell phone o probably the iPod when u need to sync it with the desktop. The USB ports facilitate easy cord connections. The side panel also...
Astoundingly stylish, equipped with high end features for gamers, the cherry on the cake being the gigabit ethernet connectivity, home theatre with 7.1 surround speakers, eight USB ports, 15-in-1 card reader, stalwart chassis design
Exorbitant price as compared to its other competitors, bulky, power hog, no monitor pairing, blu ray and fan door are thwarting noisy
:With the stylish outlooks dell surely has come out of the boring black grey terrain, smoking specifications, and personally I feel that it’s unblemished even on the performance scale. It’s bulky and the power supply that it requires is sure to get...
Expert review by (goodgearguide.com.au)
Expert review by : David Murphy (techadvisor.co.uk)
At £999, the Dell Studio XPS 435 is the least-expensive Core i7-based PC we've seen. But here's the real question about the XPS 435: in squeezing as much blood from a stone as it could, did Dell make too many sacrifices in performance and functionality?
Simply put, the Dell Studio XPS 435 is a beast of a value PC. The price is right. More important, however, is that - save for a slight weakness in games - the performance is nearly perfect for what you'll be shelling out for this system. The solid host...
Expert review by : Rich Brown (cnet.com.au)
Dell Studio XPS 9000 (formerly XPS 435)
Dell's strongest chassis design in years; highly capable jack-of-all-trade configuration; strong customer support options.
Not as fast or as affordable as some of its off-the-shelf competition; a few missing features; power hog.
The Dell Studio XPS 435 successfully overcomes our bias against desktops that claim to be experts at everything through charming case design and a strong configuration at a relatively fair price. It misses greatness because of a handful of minor...
Expert review by (channel5.com)
It's not cheap, with prices starting at £1.6k, but there's a lot to like about the Dell Studio XPS 435. This high-tech wonder crams in all you'll need for high-end gaming, with a range-topping Intel Core i7 processor, up to a staggering an unbelievable...
Consumer review (viewpoints.com)
My Dell Studio XPS 435 came fully loaded, including an Intel Core i7 920 2.67GHz Quad Core CPU, a 750GB Seagate 7200RPM Hard Drive, a powerful gaming video card (ATI Radeon HD 4850 featuring 512MB of ram), 4GB of DDR3 System Memory (which I upgraded to...