Dell Inspiron 3910 Desktop Computer Tower - 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Intel UHD Graphics 730, WiFi 6, HDMI, Bluetooth, USB-C, Windows 11 Home - BlueEPEAT

I received an Inspiron 3030 instead of the 3910 that's advertised. Not a bad thing at all. Same features, 16GB ram, i5 processor, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, DVD, memory card slot, 8 USB slots, HDMI & Display Port, etc. What's better is that the processor is an i5-14400 and the ram is DDR-5. There is one open DIMM slot so I ordered a 16GB ram card to boost memory to 32GB.The machine is nearly silent when running. If I listen hard right next to the box I can hear the hard drive faintly.The wifi is plenty fast and reliable. I process digital photos and video quality on my IPS monitor is excellent. Rendering is fast and I expect it to be quicker yet with the extra ram.Sure, there are faster machines with better graphics out there but, for a budget machine, it exceeded my expectations.

Works great

The keyboard does not work very good. The @ key does not work at all. The mouse does not track very good at all.

It replaced a 12-year-old Dell T3600, the size of a suitcase and weighing over 20 pounds. It cost $3,000 at the time. Fortunately, my college paid for it! The new is what newer technology is supposed to be: a much smaller footprint, much lighter, much faster, SSD, $800. The only thing I've never liked is the keyboard. I prefer my own, an illuminated Logitech soft touch.

I've been using this computer daily for more then two months now and I feel okay about granting it a Five Star rating because: 1) it's performed flawlessly with NO hiccups (the 12th gen i5 cpu SCREAMS, and it stays cool to boot), 2) I can play quite a few of my favorite games (e.g. Skyim SE lightly modded, on low settings) pretty much flawlessly, and 3) overall I find it to be intelligently designed and (for a 'pre built' machine) quite well put together.This was an emergency purchase due to my 5 y/o gaming rig dying very suddenly, so I really didn't spend a lot time comparison shopping: being flat broke at the time, I grabbed my credit card and purchased the first reasonably priced desktop PC that met all of my own personal 'minimum spec' requirements, and hit the checkout button. Even though I've had to effectively retire 80% of my Steam Library, I'm glad this is the system I purchased. 😁

this Dell computer comes pre-loaded with Win11 OS and its a nightmare. The little Dell computer hardware package is adequate for pedestrian daily users altho it basically cannot be upgraded or added-to unlike old full size desktops. The hardware is tolerable.The real problem is the Windows 11 OS which is a disaster in my opinion. I've been a dedicated PC user and have used most microsoft systems since before windows was invented about 40 years ago and Win11 is the worst experience. Its like a ruined Windows 7 system....metaphorically its like Win7 that took LSD and then fell into a wood chipper.Win11 is very user unfriendly ... there is no hard disc with the OS on it, and apparently you never actually own your copy of the OS. During setup there are so many mercenary grasping screens asking for more money and credit card numbers. So many 'features' are now automatic and can't be turned on or off and serve only to sell you something at every menu selection. Win11 comes loaded with bloatware and sellware and rentware that is difficult to stop or remove in many cases. You need a PIN to load your own computer every time you turn it on and going PIN-free or the equivalent is basically impossible. So much of Win11 is maze-like and obscured and pointlessly shuffled and disordered and opaque compared to Win7 which is open and upfront with system information and tools and procedures. So much of the embedded software in Win11 is mercenary, unfunctional, and/or undesirable to any experienced computer user....just wasted RAM and ROM and CPU resources and registry pollution that needs to be uninstalled and disabled and sorted away.....unless your life revolves around instagram and reddit and facebook and spotify and xbox and espn.Win11 is definitely regressive and unfriendly all papered over with a slick veneer of icons which has replaced the extremely logical and helpful START menu which has disappeared along with the system menu on the lower left .... just empty space there now. I could go on but others have already described the disaster better than i could.i gave the whole package 2 stars mainly because of the dystopian OS filled with self-updating bloatware and the cringy little hardware package that is all it will ever be, but mostly because Win11 is so regressive, obtuse, and confounding when it should have been straightforward and sensible.ADDENDUM june 28 2023 after using this hardware for a while i notice quite a lot of lag in the GPU especially on things like comment boards and vigorous discussion threads....the graphics processor struggles and lags and there are 2 and 3 second delays while i watch a blank screen try update a comment.................this sort of thing is OK for putzing around like i do and stuff is not important....but its a lot different from my cheap old basic ACER desktop with the ancient entry level $59 nVidia graphics card, it was much quicker..............so i subtracted one more star because this whole setup is just a one star deal for retired kibbitzers like me....i'd send it back but its a hassle and the machine does perform in a minimal brutalist sort of way....if i was richer i would have bought better

I'm kind of a Mac guy now but some things I still like Windows for . The Dell is a good computer . for the money , I would've expected a little more memory but I have most of my stuff on a Seagate drive anyway . Can't comment on gaming because I don't do it . My Last Dell Inspiron was 15 -20 years old and went through a lot of weird upgrades ( started off Windows 7 ) . The Email on that machine is VERY unfriendly . I ended up having to use Mazilla Mailbird . Same crap I went through with my first Inspiron . I tried for three days and could NOT get it to work .

It took me awhile to embrace Windows 11. Now I really like it. This bad boy is quiet and boots up fast, my YT video editing has reached a new level in speed. It was taking 45 minutes to render my projects on my old PC and now it's 10 minutes. I also got a 30" Wide Screen monitor and a lighted keyboard and everything just works great. I've been using it for 6 months now and I'm very happy with this unit. I want another one for my patio office but it's a bit pricey and the old PC is ok for that.