Just got Alienware

[PoorMansCamaro]

lol, looks like the cons outweigh the pros by a lot. I'll just play on the server my friends play on. they haven't had any issues so far.

Thanks guys.

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by CaMeRoN187

Not bad how much did u pay?

i paid 1,700 and built my own
Specs:
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX X58 SLI LE Intel Motherboard
EVGA 012-P3-1470-AR GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
OCZ Gold 12GB (6x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory:
Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
KINGWIN ABT-1050MM 1050W ATX 12V v2.2
CORSAIR Cooling Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW
ACER 23 Inch LCD Monitor (sometimes i use my 65 inch flascreen)

Good stuff!

I paid $1049

Originally Posted by wbt

No one makes better gaming laptops than Alienware. I have owned 3:

m9750
m15x
m11x

My fav to date is the m11x. Simply bad ass.

does the 15 and 11 stand for screen size? if so, i don't know how you can play games on such small screens. lol I almost opted for the m15x tho.

[DayDreamer]

So...after posting on here and talking to my wife(and her telling me I don't need a new computer)...went home and started playing SC2, and all the sudden "POP" and no power...my computer will no longer come on. More than likely a power supply issue but I am going to try and work my way into getting a newer model, not quite as elaborate as OP though.

[Blownhotrodder]

Im running an Alienware Area 51 hybrid. Great for www.iracing.com

[Camaro_Corvette]

Did you get the one with active venting with motorized vents on the top controlled by a desktop program? I don't want an alienware computer, but I do want this case

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

Nice machine. Alienware is cool, but be aware that their business model was based off the premiere computer gaming machine company Falcon Northwest...who still puts out a superior product, but at a higher price (and better customer service).

Alienwares are good machines though...I still like the fact that Falcon was able to paint mine the color of my car.

Once again, I love your computerI wish I had the coin to make me one like this

[rudack]

I enjoy to build my own. I am anal about wires and how things are ran I need to do it myself. You can't find a wire out of place in my case. No SLI Yet just waiting for the Ferni 470 to come down a little in price. Running it on Air as well.

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1342265

[PoorMansCamaro]

Delivery date is the 23rd, bah!

[Ravirn]

Originally Posted by Steve Dallas

Silverstone Icon Aluminum Chassis painted Chevy Imperial Blue Metallic
Side Panel with LED Blue Lighting
EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard
Intel Core I7 975 Extreme 3.33 GHz
Asetek CPU Water Cooling
Enermax Magma 1200 Watt Power SUpply
12 GB RAM (6 2GB D3 PC3-1333MHz)
X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro Sound Card
LG 8X Blue-Ray Disk Writer
Atech Flash Media Reader
2 EVGA Superclocked GeForce 295 1.8GB Video Cards in SLI (That's quad SLI)
Corsair 256GB Solid State Drive
Western Digital 2TB Hard Drive
LG W3000H-BN 30" 5MS LCD Display
Logitech G9 Mouse

How's the Corsair SSD doing? I tend to stay away from them atm, and chose Intel as my SSD of choice. I game regularly with several of the engineers at Intel's Folsom, CA campus.

Looks good!

[Mindz]

Congrats on the purchase. Sorry that you overpaid for something you could have built yourself. =)

At least you don't have to worry about tech support. Enjoy!

[Steve Dallas]

Originally Posted by Ravirn

How's the Corsair SSD doing? I tend to stay away from them atm, and chose Intel as my SSD of choice. I game regularly with several of the engineers at Intel's Folsom, CA campus.

Looks good!

So far I've had no problems at all. Biggest problem is, I only have 40GB free on the drive, so many programs are going to the 2TB drive now.

All my Adobe stuff is on the SSD, as well as a few games, and the load times are pretty darn fast.

I believe SSD is the way to go these days for a C: drive, because Windows 7 just rocks with fast access to the drive.

Oh, and I've worked with a couple of companies that are using SSD's in a RAID 5 configuration to run large SQL databases, and...well...it's pretty sick as far as speed goes

[Brokinarrow]

(cough cough) Newegg.com! (cough cough)

[Steve Dallas]

Originally Posted by Brokinarrow

(cough cough) Newegg.com! (cough cough)

I've built a few of my PC's using Newegg. I tend to use the hardware that Falcon-NW uses because it's generally been tested out by them pretty well, then order the parts and build it myself.

I've probably built about 6 PC's of my own over the years (and numerous ones for various jobs I've had). I have, when times have been good financially, bought 3 Falcon Northwest computers though as well. My wiring harnesses look no where near as clean as Falcon's...but the computers tend to run just as well, though over the years it's seemed like the PC's I've built have run into more hardware weirdness than the one's that were built by Falcon.

Still, building your own PC is always the best way to get the most bang out of the buck. I wouldn't take back my purchases of the Falcon's though...they have been sweet machines.

[Havok]

Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro

Well, I pulled the trigger on a new computer. It's been A LONG time since i had a computer or internet. Probably about 2 years. The only internet access i've had was with my iphone or at work. lol

Here's the specs...

Intel Core i3 530 2.93GHz (4MB Cache)
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz (2x2)
Single ATI 5670, 1GB GDDR5
500GB - SATA-II 3Gb/s 7200RPM, 16MB Cache HDD
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
NERO 9, ANW
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Alienware High-Performance Liquid Cooling

First thing I'll probably do is pick up this Call of Duty everyone is raving about. And a lot of people at work always talk about WoW, so I'll pick that up too.

Oh, and it'll be hooked up to my 55" wall mount plasma tv.

My condolences on overspending. Computer looks good, but not top of the line (or even overkill) in terms of what I usually see from Alienware. Should be able to play those games at high or highest setting, but I'm guessing since its Alienware you could have bought a better computer for the same price if not less.

Be pretty nice to be gaming on a 55" plasma tv though. Be like you are actually in the wall. BTW CoD sucks for PC. Its all people hosting servers on their computer so there is going to be massive lag. I think they supposed to change that in the next one that comes out at the end of the year.

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by Mindz

Congrats on the purchase. Sorry that you overpaid for something you could have built yourself. =)

At least you don't have to worry about tech support. Enjoy!

Thanks, but it's company paid.

Well, I had to front the money, and i'll get reimbursed up to 1k. so it only cost me $50