Computer dieing

[Fizzler]

The specs on the computer are nice... but if you are willing to spend that much you can build a pretty sweet machine.

[warwizard]

Reinstall everything on the laptop and see if it makes a difference.

Blow the fans and cooling vents out, the XPS laptops have a known overheating problem with their video cards (I have had 3 at work need Motherboard replacements due to overheating.

Replace the hard drive, its just a sata hard drive, think of getting a fresh drive before reinstalling.

[suicidesspyder]

Yea ive blown them out at least once a month and have a tiny external fan that blows into the back of the vents to help aid in cooling i have no problems with overheating anymore but if you think a new hd would work then i might look into that first.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

The specs on the computer are nice... but if you are willing to spend that much you can build a pretty sweet machine.

Exactly. Check this out.

Qty.Product DescriptionSavingsTotal Price
1 LITE-ON 24X CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS324-08 - Retail Item #: N82E16827106291
$31.99
1 COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail Item #: N82E16811119068
$49.99
1 EVGA 896-P3-1171-AR GeForce GTX 275 Superclocked Edition 896MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported ... - Retail Item #: N82E16814130478
$259.99
1 SeaSonic S12D 750 Silver 750W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retail Item #: N82E16817151084
$159.99
1 Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard - Retail Item #: N82E16823126009
$58.99
1 Logitech G5 7 Buttons Tilt Wheel USB Wired Laser Mouse - Retail Item #: N82E16826104076
$49.99
1 CORSAIR DOMINATOR 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMD8GX3M4A1600C8 - Retail Item #: N82E16820145267
$259.99
1 GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD4P LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Item #: N82E16813128400
$169.99
1 Intel Core i7 870 Lynnfield 2.93GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80605I7870 - Retail Item #: N82E16819115213
$569.99
2 Scythe S-FLEX SFF21F 120mm Case Fan - Retail Item #: N82E16835185006 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
$33.98 ($16.99 each)
1 Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 120mm SSO CPU Cooler - Retail Item #: N82E16835608007
$74.99
1 Corsair Extreme Series CMFSSD-64D1 2.5" 64GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Retail Item #: N82E16820233090
$204.99
Subtotal:$1,924.87
UPS Guaranteed 3 Day Service -- $27.51
Grand Total:$1,952.38

This is a similar system. Differences:

• No Vista in that price (no biggie)
• NVidia GTX 275OC instead of 4870X2 (better for most games, and wow isn't exactly going to take much advantage of 4870 rendering advances)
• SATA SSD hard disk instead of crappy 7200rpm
• Slight step down on CPU (why pay twice the price for extreme edition unless you wipe your ass with $100 bills?)
• 8GB RAM instead of 12GB; won't notice this for WoW multiboxing
• Much better motherboard and RAM quality
• Much better heatsink for OC'ing the CPU
• Much better rated case for cooling and noise

IMO, I'd much rather manage where I cut corners than have some company do it for me.

[edit] DYING!