Alienware

[VALIS]

I have been looking at the Alienware website for a time and have considered buying one.They are extremeley expensive though,are they value for money?
Does anyone have experience buying an alienware PC and would you recommend one?
Because i wonder if there are better deals out there and the amount of money i'm paying for an alienware is paying for the brand name.:hmmm:

I really NEED to upgrade my computer because the one i have now is junk!

[Freddie]

I have been looking at the Alienware website for a time and have considered buying one.They are extremeley expensive though,are they value for money?
Does anyone have experience buying an alienware PC and would you recommend one?
Because i wonder if there are better deals out there and the amount of money i'm paying for an alienware is paying for the brand name.:hmmm:

I really NEED to upgrade my computer because the one i have now is junk!

My post in your other thread was a bit of waste then....

It looks like you want to buy a pre built computer so could you please answer a couple of questions.

1) Do you want a PC with a new monitor or are you going to buy a new one or keep the one you currently using?

2) Does the new computer need to come pre installed with Windows XP/Vista or are you going to install you own operating system?

[VALIS]

My post in your other thread was a bit of waste then....

It looks like you want to buy a pre built computer so could you please answer a couple of questions.

1) Do you want a PC with a new monitor or are you going to buy a new one or keep the one you currently using?

2) Does the new computer need to come pre installed with Windows XP/Vista or are you going to install you own operating system?

1. I would not buy a new monitor.I just need to upgrade my specs.

2.I have no idea how to install a system,so it would need a pre-installed with windows.

[cudakite]

this a good website to buy a computer with any specs you want but you don't have to pay for a brand name. and they put it together for you and make sure it works.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/Default.asp

let me know your budget and I will throw together a couple of builds for you to look at if you want.

[VALIS]

My budget is £500-£2000

[Freddie]

My budget is £500-£2000

I quick search at my usual haunts found this for £800 the Executer 6400. E6400 Core 2 Duo, GeForce 8800GTS 320MB, 2 Gb ram + £50 gets you Windows Vista Premium pre installed.

[VALIS]

I quick search at my usual haunts found this for £800 the Executer 6400. E6400 Core 2 Duo, GeForce 8800GTS 320MB, 2 Gb ram + £50 gets you Windows Vista Premium pre installed.

Can that play all the recent games at max settings?
I want a PC that will play all games to be released within an year to play on max settings with no slow down.
will that PC do that?

I just saw this beast:

Dual 768MB GeForce 8800 GTX - SLI Enabled

me like.......

[Freddie]

Can that play all the recent games at max settings?
I want a PC that will play all games to be released within an year to play on max settings with no slow down.
will that PC do that?

I just saw this beast:

Dual 768MB GeForce 8800 GTX - SLI Enabled

me like.......

If you can afford it then that beast would run all today’s current games on max settings with no slow down. As for the future that's harder to gauge.

[cudakite]

hmmm any idea what that would translate to in USD

[Doono]

well don't touch alienware, They are good pc's but extremly over priced. With your budget you can easily build a top end system if you go to a website and order the parts individually and build it yourself.

I would recommend www.scan.co.uk

@ cudakite

£500-£2000 translates to roughly $1000-4000 USD which is a huge ammount and more than sufficient for a top end system.

[VALIS]

£500 = $975
£2000 = $3902

According to google.

[cudakite]

£500 = $975
£2000 = $3902

According to google.

OK i'll go for a target of $3000, $2500 & $1500

[cudakite]

it's the 'build it yourself' part he's avoiding

[Doono]

i know he want's to avoid it but it dosen't justify the extar £500 it's goign to cost him, building yourself is incredibly easy you just need to give it a go.

[VALIS]

Thank you for all your help.

I am unsure about building my own as i have never built anything electronic in my life.
I do not have a clue were anything goes.Apart from specs i have no idea what so ever when it comes to building my own PC.

I fear i would break it and end up spending even more money.

[cudakite]

OK here's the over-the-top version

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/i...nfigurator_top


$3218.00
(before all applicable rebates)
CASE: Hot New! NZXT Zero Aluminum Full Tower 420W Case (Black/Silver Color)
CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache EM64T
MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core Supports) MSI P6N SLI-FI nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (4x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
VIDEO CARD 2: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
LCD Monitor: NONE
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (400GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Data Hard Drive: NONE
Optical Drive: (Special Price) 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: 16X DVD ROM (BLACK COLOR)
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

-not mentioned above but included in price: 850w power supply, MS office pro, vista premium, Creative Labs Inspire P7800 7.1 Surround Subwoofer Speaker System


more rigs to follow...

[Citizen]

OK here's the over-the-top version

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/i...nfigurator_top


$3218.00
(before all applicable rebates)
CASE: Hot New! NZXT Zero Aluminum Full Tower 420W Case (Black/Silver Color)
CPU: (Sckt775)Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 CPU @ 2.4GHz 1066FSB 2x2MB L2 Cache EM64T
MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core Supports) MSI P6N SLI-FI nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (4x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
VIDEO CARD 2: NEW!!! NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
LCD Monitor: NONE
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (400GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Data Hard Drive: NONE
Optical Drive: (Special Price) 18X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
Optical Drive 2: 16X DVD ROM (BLACK COLOR)
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO

-not mentioned above but included in price: 850w power supply, MS office pro, vista premium, Creative Labs Inspire P7800 7.1 Surround Subwoofer Speaker System


more rigs to follow...

No offence but that's a bit of a waste of money. I can immediately see where the money has been wasted. The SLI cards and the unnecessary 4GB ram.

As a result you've gone for a rather sh!tty hard drive, AND you've exceeded the budget.

I would say sod the dual 8800GTX's and go for one, go for 2 gig ram instead of 4 (as 4 is simply not needed, even for gaming). The Conroe could easily be OC'd to 3.2GHz then buy a Zalman 9500 Heatsink/Fan to cool it. On top of this two Raptors could be purchased and put into RAID 0 or alternatively pick up a Raptor X for about £140 I seem to remember they cost on Ebuyer.

IMO, that'd be much better, and you wouldn't have a slow hard drive bottlenecking the system.

Remember, your computer is only as good as its weakest part.

[VALIS]

Why does it say 2 videocards?

[cudakite]

SLI. the basic concept is it splits the screen in half horizontally and each card renders only half the screen. which can give a crazy performance boost. of course both halves are synced so you don't see a split of anything.

[Markas]

Build your own! I was apprehensive about it but I came up with a brilliant solution- I got a friend to do it for me! Good ol' techie friends.