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.
Congrats on your new system. Just to be clear I think you went the right way the way the prices laid out but, at least for me, I don't buy from companies like Alienware or Falcon Northwest strictly because of the warranty, well that and proprietary parts really bother me. But I like being able to switch out anything I want to in a year without having to worry about breaking that piece of tape, or just clean out my case for that matter. And since I use my computer for work as well I swap hard drives in and out at the end of every week at two different locations just to make sure everything's backed up and secure on our offline file server (my boss is a bit nuts about security). I couldn't do that with a Dell and keep the warranty, unless they start offering them with a hot swappable hard drive door like the Corsair Obsidian 800D (the D stands for Drool btw).
There are reasons why people choose to build and buy machines, mostly hardware is easy enough to learn if you want to. A book and a little courage was all it took my first time but if you aren't worried about being locked out of your case and can find a deal like the OP there's no reason not to go with an Alien instead of your own computer.
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)
I'm not locked out of my case. I'm free to upgrade as much as I want. The case slides open fairly easily as well. I plan on upgrading to a double 5870 ATI eventually. Plus, they almost encourage me to overclock my i7. Anyway, no problems so far and I'm really impressed with the games power. It's been running well on all games. Sadly, games like Darkfall aren't optimized well and I NEED to turn off shadows or else it lags to all hell.
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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.
Congrats on your new system. Just to be clear I think you went the right way the way the prices laid out but, at least for me, I don't buy from companies like Alienware or Falcon Northwest strictly because of the warranty, well that and proprietary parts really bother me. But I like being able to switch out anything I want to in a year without having to worry about breaking that piece of tape, or just clean out my case for that matter. And since I use my computer for work as well I swap hard drives in and out at the end of every week at two different locations just to make sure everything's backed up and secure on our offline file server (my boss is a bit nuts about security). I couldn't do that with a Dell and keep the warranty, unless they start offering them with a hot swappable hard drive door like the Corsair Obsidian 800D (the D stands for Drool btw).
There are reasons why people choose to build and buy machines, mostly hardware is easy enough to learn if you want to. A book and a little courage was all it took my first time but if you aren't worried about being locked out of your case and can find a deal like the OP there's no reason not to go with an Alien instead of your own computer.
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)
I doubt i will get the multi monitor set up. I might run a second monitor in the future and see what i can get out of 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'm not locked out of my case. I'm free to upgrade as much as I want. The case slides open fairly easily as well. I plan on upgrading to a double 5870 ATI eventually. Plus, they almost encourage me to overclock my i7. Anyway, no problems so far and I'm really impressed with the games power. It's been running well on all games. Sadly, games like Darkfall aren't optimized well and I NEED to turn off shadows or else it lags to all hell.
If you have to ask, its to much computer for you.
I wanna get information a new comp with low price and enough for game P(its mean under 300$).
Any1 can help?