The XPS 710 provides two internal USB ports to further expand its USB capabilities.
Dell's XPS 710 desktop PC launched in 2007 as part of Dell's Dimension line. It supports a variety of features including scalable link interface (SLI), optional liquid cooling and several types of optical drives. It provides support for some outdated interfaces but does not accommodate many of the features found on newer systems.
Processor and Memory
The motherboard of the XPS 710 provides support for Intel processors using Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme processors. These processors come in dual-core and, for Core 2 Extreme models, quad-core models that are available in a variety of speeds. These processors provide L3 caches with a minimum rating of 1 megabyte for storing temporary program instructions. The memory available with this system includes 533- and 667-megahertz DDR2 standard dual-channel SDRAM modules. The motherboard supports a maximum of 8 gigabytes of memory and only supports 512 MB, 1 GB and 2 GB memory modules.
Motherboard
The XPS 710's motherboard uses an NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP chipset to route information between system components. This chipset supports up to two video cards on this system using an SLI configuration. Video cards in SLI mode take advantage of the dual PCI Express x16 slots available on this board; however, systems using this configuration cannot use the PCI Express x1 slot that shares bandwidth with the second x16 slot. The motherboard also supports a 98-pin PCI Express x8 slot and three regular PCI slots for miscellaneous expansion cards, in addition to connectors for various disk drives.
Connectors
The XPS 710 provides support for older IDE disk drives using a single 40-pin connector. It also supports newer disk drives with six Serial ATA connectors and a single floppy drive using a 34-pin connector. It also provides three 5-pin power connectors to support internal fans and a 12-pin power connector compatible with a liquid-cooled heatsink. The XPS 710 also provides a variety of external data ports including two front-panel and six back-panel USB 2.0 connectors. The motherboard also provides a 9-pin serial port, two PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse support, an IEEE 1394 data port and a standard RJ45 network adapter for the integrated LAN controller.
Configuration
The XPS 710 provides an ample external drive bay that supports two 3.5-inch devices and four 5.25-inch drive bays. These bays are designed to hold a variety of drives and devices including floppy drives, optical drives and an optional combination media card reader that supports 13 types of media cards. The XPS 710 also provides an on-board RAID controller that supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations for computers with multiple matching hard disks. RAID 0 provides enhanced access speeds for data stored on hard drives, while RAID 1 configurations provide redundant data storage.
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