The XPS range of computers from Dell Inc. consists of a high-end line of PCs exclusively for gaming. “XPS” stands for “Extreme Performance System”. The XPS M170 comes across as a lightweight machine for gaming with good multimedia features and a full assortment of ports and connections. It is one of the slimmest and fastest gaming machines powered by a top-shelf processor and graphics engine.
The XPS M170 has an Intel 780 Pentium M processor with a clock speed of 2.26 GHz. The mainboard consists of a Mobile Intel 915PM Express chipset with a bus speed of 533 MHz. It has an installed DDR II SDRAM-533 MHz of 1GB which can be extended till 2GB. NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX is the graphics processor and has a maximum external resolution of 1920 x 1200. More than a 100 MB of DDR II SDRAM for video is available on this system. It has a storage hard drive space of 80 GB IDE. The system operates on Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005. It has an L2 cache size of 2MB. The audio output is in compliance with AC ’97 and supports STAC9750 audio codec. The various external ports include FireWire, USB, Modem, Network, Video, Audio, and Microphone. It comes with a standard 24x/10x/24x CD-RW, and 8x DVD-ROM combo drive.
The XPS M170 weighs approximately 8.6 lbs and measures 15.5 inches x 11.3 inches x 1.7 inches. Other miscellaneous features include a locking device keyhole, MP3 DJ Kitty, and a carrying case. The XPS M170 comes with a two-year warranty. | 
