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I changed my mind, my current compuer has an intel integrated graphics card so i'll buy a new one. The one i'm going for is the Alienware Area-51 ALX. Full specs below
Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional SP2
Processors
Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition with Hyper-Threading Technology
Dual-Core Technology, 3.2GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB Level 2 Cache
Chipset
NVIDIA® nForce4 SLI X16
Memory
Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
Four DDR2 DIMM sockets
Up to 4GB of system memory
Graphics
Dual NVIDIA PCI Express x16 high-performance graphics
Up to 2 x 512MB GDDR3 dedicated video memory*
DVI, VGA, and S-Video outputs with dual-display support
Dual DVI and S-Video outputs with dual-display support*
Full DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL® 2.0 graphics compatibility
NVIDIA SLI-Enabled*
* Dependent upon video configuration
Drive Bays
Externally accessible:
Four* 5.25” for DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD/CD-RW, or DVD±RW drives
Two 3.5” for floppy drive and/or 10-in-1 digital media reader / writer
*Alienware Liquid Cooling System populates one (1) 5.25” bay
Internally accessible:
Three 3.5” bays for hard drives
I/O Ports
Externally accessible:
Parallel:One 25-pin parallel port Video:Four 24-pin DVI ports¹ Keyboard:One 6-pin mini-DIN port³ Mouse:One 6-pin mini-DIN port³ IEEE 1394:One 6-pin IEEE 1394 port - back
One 4-pin IEEE 1394 port - back USB:Eight USB 2.0 ports - 4 front / 4 back Audio:Six 1/8” analog jacks / one optical output / one coaxial output²
Supports 8-channel (7.1) 16-bit audio
Three 1/8” analog jacks / one 1/8” digital jack (optional)²
Supports 8-channel (7.1) 24-bit high-definition audio Ethernet:Two Gigabit Ethernet Serial ATA:One Serial ATA-II 3Gb ¹Only one DVI port operational when SLI is enabled
²Dependent upon system configuration
³Compatible with USB devices using adapter
Internally accessible:
Serial ATA:Five Serial ATA-II 3Gb ports Primary IDE Channel:One 40-pin connector Secondary IDE Channel:One 40-pin connector Floppy:One 13-pin connector Slots
2 x PCI Express x16
2 x PCI Express x1
1 x PCI Express x4
2 x PCI
Chassis
AlienIce™ high-performance air intakes illuminated in choice of colors
Locking front and side panels secure and conceal front I/O ports and drive bays
650*watt power supply with Active PFC
High-efficiency, low-noise 120mm and 80mm fans - one additional 80mm fan provided by power supply
Up to eight USB 2.0 ports (4 front / 4 back)
Four 5.25” external bays
Two 3.5” external bays
Four 3.5” internal bays
*710-watt maximum output
All this for $5,189, with free shipping. Do you think this would be a good choice for a new computer?
[Edited on 2/22/2006]