Alright, it makes sense now. thanks man. My buddy was jibber jabbering about how i would somthing better than a 920 also ( that was my original choice) and he was yappin about the two 5970s. I had dual gtx 295s but then broke down and threw out the extra couple hundred and got the 5970s. so i went with the 960.. call me crazy. I was also looking at those falcon NW. very nice but those are even more spendy then the Alienware in most case lol.. money tends to burn holes in my pockets very easily
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 *Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board * Radeon HD 7970 *8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX *240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
Originally posted by Robgmur money tends to burn holes in my pockets very easily
Lol that much I can tell right off
An i7 920 + single Radeon 5970 would still blow away every game out there today and cost less than 1/2 that, but of course an i7 960 and 2x Radeon 5970 will last longer.
By the way, what size/resolution monitor are you using this on?
money tends to burn holes in my pockets very easily
Lol that much I can tell right off
An i7 920 + single Radeon 5970 would still blow away every game out there today and cost less than 1/2 that, but of course an i7 960 and 2x Radeon 5970 will last longer.
By the way, what size/resolution monitor are you using this on?
21.5 Inch Alienware OptX AW2210 Full HD Widescreen Monitor
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 *Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board * Radeon HD 7970 *8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX *240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
Unless you are a serious over-clocker (which few people are) then the base cooling fan is enough. If you are in a hot area (often reaches 30+ Celcius) or in a badly ventilated room then i recommend a larger fan and heat sink.
For comparison I have a very powerful system and live in a location that for 2 months of the year is normally over 40 celcius, i only need the large copper fan/sink.
Originally posted by haratu Unless you are a serious over-clocker (which few people are) then the base cooling fan is enough. If you are in a hot area (often reaches 30+ Celcius) or in a badly ventilated room then i recommend a larger fan and heat sink. For comparison I have a very powerful system and live in a location that for 2 months of the year is normally over 40 celcius, i only need the large copper fan/sink.
Yea I was gonna suggest he go with air cooling over liquid cooling but you don't get a choice on that Alienware pc that I saw.
Unless you are a serious over-clocker (which few people are) then the base cooling fan is enough. If you are in a hot area (often reaches 30+ Celcius) or in a badly ventilated room then i recommend a larger fan and heat sink. For comparison I have a very powerful system and live in a location that for 2 months of the year is normally over 40 celcius, i only need the large copper fan/sink.
it stays pretty cool where i live. I'm not worried about the heat. How do i get it OC'ed , like how do i go about the process. I know i can OC mine to around 4 and handle it without to much trouble at all i'm told
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 *Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board * Radeon HD 7970 *8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX *240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
I think part of the price Alienware charges is overclocking it for you, but I could be off here. Here's a quick guide to overclocking the CPU: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwbzQblRQ7I This is very BIOS centric so it will depend on your BIOS but this is a good place to start and there are plenty of guides out there you just have to look around.
Your monitor has a review here: http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=874&pageid=1 It looks pretty good, great connections and a good stand, height adjustable etc. This is a TN panel, this isn't a major thing unless you're like me and have always had an IPS panel. My girlfriend has a TN and she really likes it but it just looks wrong when I put the two side by side but I'm picky like that.
Played in some form: UO til tram, AC, EQ, AO, WW2O, PS, SB, CoH, AC2, Hor, LoTRO, DDO, AoC, Aion, CO, STO Playing: WoW (for gf), WAR Waiting For: SWTOR, FFXVI Hoping For: DCUO, Secret World, Earthrise -S- (UO Sonoma)
Ready for the grand total? 3373.88 with a $30 DVD drive of your choice and a Noctua heatsink for the CPU priced at about 74.99. So the only difference I'm seeing is the lack of USB 3.0 and SATA 6gb support. Oh and the better IPS panel on the monitor. You'll probably miss the USB 3.0 by the time your ready to buy another computer so check with Alienware and see if you can get it now. Other than that, as long as you won't be invalidating the warranty by working on the computer yourself there's no reason not to go with the Alienware.
Played in some form: UO til tram, AC, EQ, AO, WW2O, PS, SB, CoH, AC2, Hor, LoTRO, DDO, AoC, Aion, CO, STO Playing: WoW (for gf), WAR Waiting For: SWTOR, FFXVI Hoping For: DCUO, Secret World, Earthrise -S- (UO Sonoma)
Originally posted by Grakel Ready for the grand total? 3373.88 with a $30 DVD drive of your choice and a Noctua heatsink for the CPU priced at about 74.99. So the only difference I'm seeing is the lack of USB 3.0 and SATA 6gb support. Oh and the better IPS panel on the monitor. You'll probably miss the USB 3.0 by the time your ready to buy another computer so check with Alienware and see if you can get it now. Other than that, as long as you won't be invalidating the warranty by working on the computer yourself there's no reason not to go with the Alienware.
Cool, nice price summary. That military discount rocks, he said his config was like $4200 pre-discount, $3300 with discount, so it's costing nothing at all to have it assembled, plus it's also got the liquid cooling and mouse/keyboard and I'm sure it comes with a t-shirt. I have a feeling the mobo in the Alienware is more like a $200 mobo but can't know for sure, would be nice to find out the specifics of it.
I have a friend in the army that bought a high end Alienware laptop with part of his re-up bonus. Ask him now, and its the worst money he's spent. I lost count of how many times he's called me because his laptop is acting up (hardware issues) and their support is telling him to try completely irrelevant "fixes". Even though he bought the extended warranty, tech support has even had the audacity to ask him to get a screwdriver and open the lid and they would walk him through it. WTF? This is the far from being his area of expertise, to the extent that I wouldn't ask this guy to put up christmas lights unsupervised - let alone get under the hood of an electronics device... especially in that price range. It's completely sunk my opinion of a brand I had perceived to be high end.
Yea see people the price is almost the same. though i'm sure the alienware's motherboard is better than the one listed and my Chassis is bigger than that to allow for upgrades. and i got warrenties up the ass also. i feel the monitor i got (after reading all the reviews) is better.
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 *Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board * Radeon HD 7970 *8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX *240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
I have a friend in the army that bought a high end Alienware laptop with part of his re-up bonus. Ask him now, and its the worst money he's spent. I lost count of how many times he's called me because his laptop is acting up (hardware issues) and their support is telling him to try completely irrelevant "fixes". Even though he bought the extended warranty, tech support has even had the audacity to ask him to get a screwdriver and open the lid and they would walk him through it. WTF? This is the far from being his area of expertise, to the extent that I wouldn't ask this guy to put up christmas lights unsupervised - let alone get under the hood of an electronics device... especially in that price range. It's completely sunk my opinion of a brand I had perceived to be high end.
i'd have to disagree with you on that sir. Dell/alienware has great support. Two buddies of mine have owned several of them and they say they're well worth the money. If 1 out of 100 people have a horrid time with the product , that doesn't mean alllll of them are garbage. if that was the case almost every product out there would be trash and you'd have to pay 5x as much for a fool proof item
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 *Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board * Radeon HD 7970 *8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX *240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
I can run anything you can with my computer. I spent less than 600 bucks on it. Built it myself. Didn't spend 300 bucks on a case. here is a trick: a fish pump, and a bucket of water. Same concept as that 300 dollar liquid cooling. frankly I don't care if my fish pump glows blue. Stop trying to show off. you failed.
I can run anything you can with my computer. I spent less than 600 bucks on it. Built it myself. Didn't spend 300 bucks on a case. here is a trick: a fish pump, and a bucket of water. Same concept as that 300 dollar liquid cooling. frankly I don't care if my fish pump glows blue. Stop trying to show off. you failed.
Ya def. a 600 dollar computer is better than the one i got. I don't know how i didn't think of that. Did you steal all the parts? 5 finger discount? because one of the video cards i got costs more than that. And i can't stop them from using the liquid cooled system sorry, and from what i've collected it's better than an average fan cooled system. It's not showing off either (why do people always say that?)
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 *Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board * Radeon HD 7970 *8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX *240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
I can run anything you can with my computer. I spent less than 600 bucks on it. Built it myself. Didn't spend 300 bucks on a case. here is a trick: a fish pump, and a bucket of water. Same concept as that 300 dollar liquid cooling. frankly I don't care if my fish pump glows blue. Stop trying to show off. you failed.
And ya well my dad can beat up your dad
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 *Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board * Radeon HD 7970 *8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX *240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
I can run anything you can with my computer. I spent less than 600 bucks on it. Built it myself. Didn't spend 300 bucks on a case. here is a trick: a fish pump, and a bucket of water. Same concept as that 300 dollar liquid cooling. frankly I don't care if my fish pump glows blue. Stop trying to show off. you failed.
And ya well my dad can beat up your dad
Umm, I hope that wasn't meant seriously. Ok, back on topic. No matter what anyone else says, that is an utter BEAST system. Albeit, you could build one much cheaper yourself, but if you don't know how to do it, that's fine. Just go with the Alienware PC. They have great quality and extreme performance parts.
I can run anything you can with my computer. I spent less than 600 bucks on it. Built it myself. Didn't spend 300 bucks on a case. here is a trick: a fish pump, and a bucket of water. Same concept as that 300 dollar liquid cooling. frankly I don't care if my fish pump glows blue. Stop trying to show off. you failed.
And ya well my dad can beat up your dad
Umm, I hope that wasn't meant seriously. Ok, back on topic. No matter what anyone else says, that is an utter BEAST system. Albeit, you could build one much cheaper yourself, but if you don't know how to do it, that's fine. Just go with the Alienware PC. They have great quality and extreme performance parts.
Now that's what i'm talkin about. (high five) lol.. i feel a little better
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 *Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board * Radeon HD 7970 *8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX *240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
Originally posted by chrisrobhay2 Originally posted by Robgmur Originally posted by hellshanks I can run anything you can with my computer. I spent less than 600 bucks on it. Built it myself. Didn't spend 300 bucks on a case. here is a trick: a fish pump, and a bucket of water. Same concept as that 300 dollar liquid cooling. frankly I don't care if my fish pump glows blue. Stop trying to show off. you failed.
And ya well my dad can beat up your dad
Umm, I hope that wasn't meant seriously. Ok, back on topic. No matter what anyone else says, that is an utter BEAST system. Albeit, you could build one much cheaper yourself, but if you don't know how to do it, that's fine. Just go with the Alienware PC. They have great quality and extreme performance parts.
Actually someone worked out the prices. Because of the military discount he can buy it cheaper from Alienware than he could build it himself. Otherwise you're right there's like a $1000 surcharge without his discount.
Did you consider picking up 3 monitors to set up an Eyefinity thing btw? It looks pretty sweet, and would be something to dump that excessive graphics power in to.
So that is definitely a ridiculous system that will last you a long, long time. I currently own a brand new Alienware: i7 920, Radeion 5870, 6 Gigs of Ram, Windows 7 64 bit. Runs very, very smooth. Have had for two weeks and it runs really well. Extremely quiet on all games running on max settings. I only hear a purr. I'm very happy so far with my parents investment. haha. Christmas gift.
Anyway, the reason I chose not to build was from my lack of knowledge. In the future I plan to buy cheaper parts and build a less experience system to get the hang of things and then maybe in the near future will be building my own.
I must also comment on the elitism of those who build their own. It's rather annoying to listen to people go off about how they can build better ones, etc, etc. There are reasons for why people decide to buy from manufacturers. It doesn't have to do with laziness in wanting to build their own. Warranties are a good example of one of the reasons why. The high horse act really got old quick.
So that is definitely a ridiculous system that will last you a long, long time. I currently own a brand new Alienware: i7 920, Radeion 5870, 6 Gigs of Ram, Windows 7 64 bit. Runs very, very smooth. Have had for two weeks and it runs really well. Extremely quiet on all games running on max settings. I only hear a purr. I'm very happy so far with my parents investment. haha. Christmas gift.
Anyway, the reason I chose not to build was from my lack of knowledge. In the future I plan to buy cheaper parts and build a less experience system to get the hang of things and then maybe in the near future will be building my own. I must also comment on the elitism of those who build their own. It's rather annoying to listen to people go off about how they can build better ones, etc, etc. There are reasons for why people decide to buy from manufacturers. It doesn't have to do with laziness in wanting to build their own. Warranties are a good example of one of the reasons why. The high horse act really got old quick.
High five my man lol. we're like brothers now in a wierd alienware sort of way. Ya i was just going to buy the Alienware new aura alx but then said screw it and went ballz to the wall and just about maxed it out. I didn't grab i7 975 proc because i heard it was barely better than the 960 and for the huge price jump i said nah the 960 should be fine for now lol... The only alienware model that would take all the upgrades was the new area 51 model with the upgraded chassis. plus for the discount i got i basicaly payed 150 bucks more than the actual base value of the whole system+ components. I got a steal of a deal. So all you who say you can build a better one for cheaper have fun because buying all the parts of the internet and building it yourself would be a hair cheaper than mine but a big fat ZERO warrenty support network a long with it.
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5 *Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board * Radeon HD 7970 *8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX *240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
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Alright, it makes sense now. thanks man. My buddy was jibber jabbering about how i would somthing better than a 920 also ( that was my original choice) and he was yappin about the two 5970s. I had dual gtx 295s but then broke down and threw out the extra couple hundred and got the 5970s. so i went with the 960.. call me crazy. I was also looking at those falcon NW. very nice but those are even more spendy then the Alienware in most case lol.. money tends to burn holes in my pockets very easily
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
Lol that much I can tell right off
An i7 920 + single Radeon 5970 would still blow away every game out there today and cost less than 1/2 that, but of course an i7 960 and 2x Radeon 5970 will last longer.
By the way, what size/resolution monitor are you using this on?
Lol that much I can tell right off
An i7 920 + single Radeon 5970 would still blow away every game out there today and cost less than 1/2 that, but of course an i7 960 and 2x Radeon 5970 will last longer.
By the way, what size/resolution monitor are you using this on?
21.5 Inch Alienware OptX AW2210 Full HD Widescreen Monitor
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
Unless you are a serious over-clocker (which few people are) then the base cooling fan is enough. If you are in a hot area (often reaches 30+ Celcius) or in a badly ventilated room then i recommend a larger fan and heat sink.
For comparison I have a very powerful system and live in a location that for 2 months of the year is normally over 40 celcius, i only need the large copper fan/sink.
Yea I was gonna suggest he go with air cooling over liquid cooling but you don't get a choice on that Alienware pc that I saw.
it stays pretty cool where i live. I'm not worried about the heat. How do i get it OC'ed , like how do i go about the process. I know i can OC mine to around 4 and handle it without to much trouble at all i'm told
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
I think part of the price Alienware charges is overclocking it for you, but I could be off here. Here's a quick guide to overclocking the CPU: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwbzQblRQ7I This is very BIOS centric so it will depend on your BIOS but this is a good place to start and there are plenty of guides out there you just have to look around.
Your monitor has a review here: http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=874&pageid=1 It looks pretty good, great connections and a good stand, height adjustable etc. This is a TN panel, this isn't a major thing unless you're like me and have always had an IPS panel. My girlfriend has a TN and she really likes it but it just looks wrong when I put the two side by side but I'm picky like that.
Played in some form:
UO til tram, AC, EQ, AO, WW2O, PS, SB, CoH, AC2, Hor, LoTRO, DDO, AoC, Aion, CO, STO
Playing: WoW (for gf), WAR
Waiting For: SWTOR, FFXVI
Hoping For: DCUO, Secret World, Earthrise
-S- (UO Sonoma)
Just to get the price issue out of the way here's the real cost if you built this:
Core i7 960 OEM: 589.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115216
Crucial Ballistix Tracer 6gb 1333 DDR3 RAM: 173.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148281
HIS H597F2GDG Radeon HD 5790 2gb: 679.99 each http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161311
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB hardrive: 99.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284&cm_re=Western_digital_caviar_black-_-22-136-284-_-Product
Windows 7 Home 64 bit OEM: 104.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754&cm_re=Windows_7_home-_-32-116-754-_-Product
Killer Xeno Pro (I think this is a waste but your computer): 99.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833189001&Tpk=Killer%20Xeno
Cooler Master HAF 932 ( I own this case): 139.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160&cm_re=haf_932-_-11-119-160-_-Product
Dell 2209WA 22 inch monitor (better IPS gaming monitor): 260.00 http://www.amazon.com/UltraSharp-2209WA-Black-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B001TOMRIO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=miscellaneous&qid=1260683411&sr=8-1
Asus P6X58D Motherboard with USB 3.0 and SATA 6GB (a bit future proof): 299.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131614
Corsair CMPSU-850TX 850 watt Power Supply: 139.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009
Ready for the grand total? 3373.88 with a $30 DVD drive of your choice and a Noctua heatsink for the CPU priced at about 74.99. So the only difference I'm seeing is the lack of USB 3.0 and SATA 6gb support. Oh and the better IPS panel on the monitor. You'll probably miss the USB 3.0 by the time your ready to buy another computer so check with Alienware and see if you can get it now. Other than that, as long as you won't be invalidating the warranty by working on the computer yourself there's no reason not to go with the Alienware.
Played in some form:
UO til tram, AC, EQ, AO, WW2O, PS, SB, CoH, AC2, Hor, LoTRO, DDO, AoC, Aion, CO, STO
Playing: WoW (for gf), WAR
Waiting For: SWTOR, FFXVI
Hoping For: DCUO, Secret World, Earthrise
-S- (UO Sonoma)
Cool, nice price summary. That military discount rocks, he said his config was like $4200 pre-discount, $3300 with discount, so it's costing nothing at all to have it assembled, plus it's also got the liquid cooling and mouse/keyboard and I'm sure it comes with a t-shirt. I have a feeling the mobo in the Alienware is more like a $200 mobo but can't know for sure, would be nice to find out the specifics of it.
I have a friend in the army that bought a high end Alienware laptop with part of his re-up bonus. Ask him now, and its the worst money he's spent. I lost count of how many times he's called me because his laptop is acting up (hardware issues) and their support is telling him to try completely irrelevant "fixes". Even though he bought the extended warranty, tech support has even had the audacity to ask him to get a screwdriver and open the lid and they would walk him through it. WTF? This is the far from being his area of expertise, to the extent that I wouldn't ask this guy to put up christmas lights unsupervised - let alone get under the hood of an electronics device... especially in that price range. It's completely sunk my opinion of a brand I had perceived to be high end.
Yea see people the price is almost the same. though i'm sure the alienware's motherboard is better than the one listed and my Chassis is bigger than that to allow for upgrades. and i got warrenties up the ass also. i feel the monitor i got (after reading all the reviews) is better.
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
i'd have to disagree with you on that sir. Dell/alienware has great support. Two buddies of mine have owned several of them and they say they're well worth the money. If 1 out of 100 people have a horrid time with the product , that doesn't mean alllll of them are garbage. if that was the case almost every product out there would be trash and you'd have to pay 5x as much for a fool proof item
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
Get a 920 and single 5970, and use the rest of planned cash for decent monitor.
I can run anything you can with my computer. I spent less than 600 bucks on it. Built it myself. Didn't spend 300 bucks on a case. here is a trick: a fish pump, and a bucket of water. Same concept as that 300 dollar liquid cooling. frankly I don't care if my fish pump glows blue. Stop trying to show off. you failed.
Ya def. a 600 dollar computer is better than the one i got. I don't know how i didn't think of that. Did you steal all the parts? 5 finger discount? because one of the video cards i got costs more than that. And i can't stop them from using the liquid cooled system sorry, and from what i've collected it's better than an average fan cooled system. It's not showing off either (why do people always say that?)
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
And ya well my dad can beat up your dad
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
And ya well my dad can beat up your dad
Umm, I hope that wasn't meant seriously. Ok, back on topic. No matter what anyone else says, that is an utter BEAST system. Albeit, you could build one much cheaper yourself, but if you don't know how to do it, that's fine. Just go with the Alienware PC. They have great quality and extreme performance parts.
And ya well my dad can beat up your dad
Umm, I hope that wasn't meant seriously. Ok, back on topic. No matter what anyone else says, that is an utter BEAST system. Albeit, you could build one much cheaper yourself, but if you don't know how to do it, that's fine. Just go with the Alienware PC. They have great quality and extreme performance parts.
Now that's what i'm talkin about. (high five) lol.. i feel a little better
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
And ya well my dad can beat up your dad
Umm, I hope that wasn't meant seriously. Ok, back on topic. No matter what anyone else says, that is an utter BEAST system. Albeit, you could build one much cheaper yourself, but if you don't know how to do it, that's fine. Just go with the Alienware PC. They have great quality and extreme performance parts.
Actually someone worked out the prices. Because of the military discount he can buy it cheaper from Alienware than he could build it himself. Otherwise you're right there's like a $1000 surcharge without his discount.
Yes most people aren't accounting for the fact i saved almost 900 bucks off the total
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
Oh, well in that case definitely buy the Alienware PC. That's great value for your money.
Did you consider picking up 3 monitors to set up an Eyefinity thing btw? It looks pretty sweet, and would be something to dump that excessive graphics power in to.
So that is definitely a ridiculous system that will last you a long, long time. I currently own a brand new Alienware: i7 920, Radeion 5870, 6 Gigs of Ram, Windows 7 64 bit. Runs very, very smooth. Have had for two weeks and it runs really well. Extremely quiet on all games running on max settings. I only hear a purr. I'm very happy so far with my parents investment. haha. Christmas gift.
Anyway, the reason I chose not to build was from my lack of knowledge. In the future I plan to buy cheaper parts and build a less experience system to get the hang of things and then maybe in the near future will be building my own.
I must also comment on the elitism of those who build their own. It's rather annoying to listen to people go off about how they can build better ones, etc, etc. There are reasons for why people decide to buy from manufacturers. It doesn't have to do with laziness in wanting to build their own. Warranties are a good example of one of the reasons why. The high horse act really got old quick.
High five my man lol. we're like brothers now in a wierd alienware sort of way. Ya i was just going to buy the Alienware new aura alx but then said screw it and went ballz to the wall and just about maxed it out. I didn't grab i7 975 proc because i heard it was barely better than the 960 and for the huge price jump i said nah the 960 should be fine for now lol... The only alienware model that would take all the upgrades was the new area 51 model with the upgraded chassis. plus for the discount i got i basicaly payed 150 bucks more than the actual base value of the whole system+ components. I got a steal of a deal. So all you who say you can build a better one for cheaper have fun because buying all the parts of the internet and building it yourself would be a hair cheaper than mine but a big fat ZERO warrenty support network a long with it.
*Corsair Obsidian Series 650D *i5-2500K OC'd ~ 4.5
*Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 mother board
* Radeon HD 7970
*8GB (4GBx2) 1600MHz Kingston HyperX
*240GB Corsair Force GT Series SATA-III SSD
I dunno about the warranty angle, the advantage of building is each part has an individual manufacturer warranty that's usually pretty generous.
My experience with the Dell OEM type warranties is you always end up getting charged out the ass no matter what your warranty says.
If you can get a good deal on a prebuilt like Robgmur it's pretty sweet though.
Anyway about that Eyefinity.. looks pretty bad ass, you gonna try to set that up?