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[leticia]

...apparently, the Dell XPS 600, billed at the time mine was purchased as Dell's greatest gaming computer...

...lacks heat sensors on the motherboard.

Yes.

I've been trying to install nTune, nvidia's monitoring utility for their nForce chipset, which the mobo uses, and wondering why it wouldn't work. So I just checked out Dell's support forums. Apparently the hardware needed to monitor such exotic things as temperature and voltage does not exist on this motherboard.

And this is their idea of a gaming computer.

Dear Dell: I like performance computers. I want to know if I have provoked instability by installing an extra two hard drives. I would like to check my system temperature and the voltage I'm drawing off the power supply so I know whether I should yank a drive back out.

You sold this as a performance computer. Get your damn head out of your ass. KTHX, LOVE LETI.

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[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

...oh dear. I mean, I knew that Dell was the type to cut corners in order to offer lower prices, among other less reputable actions, but I didn't realize they'd go that far on a supposed gaming machine. (Note to self: Do not buy next computer from Dell.)