Should I Get This?

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  1. Blade!

    Blade! Well-Known Member

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    [1] Aurora ALX

    Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-60 with HyperTransport and Dual Core Technology
    Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Service Pack 2
    Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
    Automated Support: AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System
    Chassis: Alienware® ALX Full-Tower Case - Space Black
    Chassis Upgrades: Alienware® Acoustic Dampening with AlienIce™ 2.0 Video Cooling
    Thermal Management System: Alienware® ALX Active Liquid Cooling System
    Power Supply: 850 Watt Alienware® Approved Turbo Cool SLI
    Graphics Processor: Quad NVIDIA® SLI™ technology featuring four GeForce® 7900 GPUs
    Video Optimizer: AlienAdrenaline: Video Performance Optimizer
    Monitors: Samsung SyncMaster 320P 32" 8ms HDCP Ready Wide LCD - Quad Displays
    Motherboard: Alienware® NVidia nForce™4 SLI™ X16 Motherboard
    Memory: 4GB Low Latency DDR PC-3200 SDRAM at 400MHz - 4 x 1024MB
    System Drive: High Performance - 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
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    AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
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    Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi® Elite Pro High Definition 7.1 Audio with XRAM Technology
    Removable Storage : 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive /w 3.5" to 5.25" EDA - Black
    Hybrid LCD TV / Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 242MP 24" HDCP Ready Wide LCD TV/Monitor
    Keyboard: Alienware® ALX Wireless Optical Desktop Elite by Microsoft®
    Mouse: Logitech® G5 Laser Gaming Mouse - Maximum PC Award Winner!
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  2. xlink

    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    no, overpriced, no longer caries lifetime waranty, and outperformed by my OCed Opteron because it's ram is at lower speeds.

    also about 4000$ overpriced


    trust me, you will be made fun of because you were stupid to drop sooo much $$$ on something that will be obsoleted in a year anyway.

    also AM2 is coming out in like a week so the FX60 price would drop because of the FX62s...
     
  3. AKW

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    If you were to get it, which you wont, take the acoustick dampening out and ditch all of the monitors.

    And take out two of those graphics cards...
     
  4. azn_rebel99

    azn_rebel99 Well-Known Member

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    alienware sucks. PERIOD. Just build it yourself. or i can make a list with the budget you're working with and you or someone else can build it. its much cheaper.
     
  5. -bLiNd

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    ^ especially since Dell bought them there is always a rough transition period. No gurantee that if anything went wrong it would go smoothly. Dellienware.. heh.

    -bLiNd
     
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    Shift_Six Well-Known Member

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    its definatly overpriced
    but you should get it yeah,if you got the money
    ..imo you could spend the money better on games
    (i mean the money you save when you build your one)
     
  7. AKW

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    Meh, I am sitting on an Alienware right now, yes, it is customized a bit, but I don't see you anywhere in the top 3 of the board in Super Pi (MOD). Hmm... they suck do they? Interesting.
     
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    Alienware computers are awsome if you have the money. That's all there is to it. You bought it before the Dell purchase?
     
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    xlink GR's Tech Enthusiast

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    my system cost 1/3-1/4th as much and yet it beats yours on superpi... and if I keep the voltage for the proc on stock and lower the divder a bit... then I beat yours even further... you need to be a 4.2-4.5 to be compareable.



    and to BTK, get a comp which costs 1/4th as much twice as often(or just save the cash) and you'll be happier.
     
  10. AKW

    AKW Senior Member

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    I never dissagreed to them costing a bit, I just stated that mine was NOT a bad computer.

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    Yes, before the Dell ----.
     
  11. Blade!

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    then help me build my own computer with a dual or 4 screen and make sure it has at least 160 gig of space, 2 kick ass cards under 10 000
     
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    under 10,000? if you are that rich might as well buy an alienware then just customize it at your house.

    -bLiNd
     
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    If you have more money than Bill Gates or God ... then I suggest getting it ... if not ... then I suggest just building your own with some slower parts ... then OCing it :D
     
  14. AKW

    AKW Senior Member

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    He said 10k I think. Why not just stick with that build and then just OC. Just get the top-of-the-line ----. Then OC it if you have 10k.
     
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    well, i want as much to save, i need a good desktop which owns for gaming, customized. Can i get a good 1 under 1 or 2 k?
     

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