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Subject: Alienware for H2V

Elite 3000 was HERE >:)
Master Chief looked up at the Brute Captain, the Brute Captain looked up at him. Master Chief quickly aimed his rifle at the Brute's head and said, "LOLOLOL GTFO MY ROFLCOPTOR j00 N00b! LOL"

Well my friend has a LOT of money to burn so he was thinking getting an Alienware ALX. It's around like $5,000-6,000, but worth the heavy price, it has an awsome grafix card and a very fast proccesser and alienware comps. are primarily for gaming. He wants to get it before Halo 2 Vista comes out so he asked me if it was worth it. Also if you have the time, could you tell me comps that will be able to handle H2V thats under $600, I was considering about telling him to get a much cheaper computer. Thanks again.

  • 08.30.2006 2:47 PM PDT
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Alienware is a ginormous waste of money. You could get all the parts that go into a $6000 Alienware online for half that.

And if he wants to run Halo2Vista to the best of his ability tell him to wait for the DX10 cards to come out later this year or early next year.

  • 08.30.2006 3:13 PM PDT
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Couldnt have said it better myself ^

But for $600 you can get a system with a Dual Core X2 3800+, 1gb RAM, and possibly a 7600GT depending on the kind of hard drive you want.

  • 08.30.2006 3:39 PM PDT

Elite 3000 was HERE >:)
Master Chief looked up at the Brute Captain, the Brute Captain looked up at him. Master Chief quickly aimed his rifle at the Brute's head and said, "LOLOLOL GTFO MY ROFLCOPTOR j00 N00b! LOL"

Thanks, I'll be sure to tell him that. Thanks for ur help.

  • 08.30.2006 3:46 PM PDT

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Posted by: Elite 3000
Well my friend has a LOT of money to burn so he was thinking getting an Alienware ALX. It's around like $5,000-6,000, but worth the heavy price, it has an awsome grafix card and a very fast proccesser and alienware comps. are primarily for gaming. He wants to get it before Halo 2 Vista comes out so he asked me if it was worth it. Also if you have the time, could you tell me comps that will be able to handle H2V thats under $600, I was considering about telling him to get a much cheaper computer. Thanks again.


Alienware uses no proprietary equipment. For ppls that don't know their vocabulary, that means that all of their equipment can be bought by you in a store or online. Think about it before you spend that kind of money. Alienware is for people who don't know any better.

  • 08.30.2006 3:50 PM PDT
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Agreed. Alienware is like the Dell of gaming computers. (Hell, they're actually owned by Dell.) Try as they might, the hardcore computer enthusiast doesn't take them seriously.

You could get him to build his own box...if he has enough money to spend on a rig like that, then he can custom-build a fscking GOD BOX. I'm not kidding. If you go build it yourself, with that much money, you can build the ultimate in pwnage. With a capital P.

The only way I would agree with buying a preassembled would be when you want a laptop. In this case, it's still infinitely more cost-effective to purchase instead of build.

However, if your mind is set on buying preassembled, I would certainly hold off. There are virtually no cards on the market today that offer DX10 technology, and that's going to be essential for next-gen games. That, and Windows Vista, though nearing completion, is not out on the market yet. Don't ever trust the Vista Capable stickers computer manufacturers like to slap on their new models. They translate into you running, at the very least, the most basic, dumbed down version of Vista...no eye candy or whatnot. Wait at least unitl DX10 cards become more mainstream, or until Vista is actually released before going preassembled.

*throws in twenty cent's worth of opinion*

  • 08.30.2006 4:10 PM PDT
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Ya, about the only thing good about Alienware is the spiffy box. Then again you could make your own with some sheet metal, tin snips, and an edger.

  • 08.30.2006 4:15 PM PDT
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You can get 2 Rigs with better Specs other than getting a good one at Alienware for the same money man. Just build your own rig or atleast buy one that has parts you can replace and be prepared for future improvements.

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If your friend wants to burn 6K on a pc I don't think it would matter if he could save some by building it himself. However, if he is gonna put 6K into a computer, don't put it into an Alienware. Spend the money for a real enthusiast company. Check out Voodoo's omen, which is also water-cooled (it comes in an air-cooled version as well) or Falcon North-West's Mach V. They have the best parts, best design, and they have the best tech support that exists.

http://www.voodoopc.com

http://www.falcon-nw.com

  • 08.30.2006 6:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Alienware is a ginormous waste of money. You could get all the parts that go into a $6000 Alienware online for half that.

And if he wants to run Halo2Vista to the best of his ability tell him to wait for the DX10 cards to come out later this year or early next year.


If you have a high end DX9 card you will be able to run HV on high no problem.

  • 08.30.2006 6:14 PM PDT
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Alienware- okay piece of machine, pretty good for gaming, I guess

the price of Alienware- you're better of buying a cheap Dell PC, at least you'll save loads of money

As everyone have said, Alienware may be good, but its ridiculously overpriced. $6000 gaming computer? I've seen a better gaming computer with slightly better parts for way less than half of that price. If your friend has some knowledge on how to build a custom PC, convince him to just spend around $2000-3000 dollars for better or at least equal parts that of the Alienware computer he wants. If he doesn not know how to, just tell him to wait 'till Vista/DX10 comes out, a Windows Vista OS will be much cheaper than an Alienware, and much more reliable.

  • 08.30.2006 6:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Ya, about the only thing good about Alienware is the spiffy box.

So that's why they cost so much. :P

  • 08.30.2006 6:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Ya, about the only thing good about Alienware is the spiffy box.

So that's why they cost so much. :P


LMAO.

  • 08.30.2006 6:58 PM PDT
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Alienwares are overrated. My Dell is Vista Capable, and can run the following games:

Halo-High Detail-Little Lag

Far Cry-Ultra High/Medium detail-Little Lag

Oblivion-Ultra High-Some lag

Counter Strike:Anthology-Little Lag, No detail settings

Half-Life:Source-No Lag

Counter-Strike:Source, High Detail,Extremely little lag

Half-Life 2:High Detail, No lag

All for the price of $2050.00. Very cheap for a laptop with its power. Your friend should get this, you can look at more of my laptop's specs in my sig.

  • 08.30.2006 7:36 PM PDT
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Dell=Multimillion mass production computer place thing. When i get older i will BLow Dell up.

  • 08.30.2006 7:42 PM PDT
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Dell is not a bad company. I like their PCs, I'm not very technical so I can't build my own PC. Besides, I got my dream laptop for a good price.

  • 08.30.2006 7:44 PM PDT
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I t depends on the model of course. A lot of people here say Dell's are crap, unless you spend some clod to get a decent one. The bargain bin Dells that most people get for thier kids are the back to skool bare bones variety.

  • 08.30.2006 8:02 PM PDT
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Dell...will always reek of cheapness to me. They're the guys who introduced the whole "All PCs are ALWAYS ugly flat boxes that have no design aesthetic (and with cheap parts/lots of unecessary preinstalled software)" stereotype to the main market.

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I think Dells are cheap, as is HP as well. I think Emachines, Gateway, and others are nice, not custom PCs. After you buy them all you might have to do is buy some ram and a gfx card and you got a pretty good gaming PC.

  • 08.30.2006 8:06 PM PDT
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Most of the PC issues posted here are the result of PEBKAC.

Custom built is usually the cheaper option, but requires some knowledge of computer parts. If you've got a friend that can do it that won't charge you, you're good.

Alienware is good, damn good, but if I ordered those parts online, it would not amount to 6K. I could get two GeForce 7800's connect them with SLI, and it would still not amount to that.

Prebuilt has always screwed me, selling me a crappy low-end Celeron back in the day, and selling me a crap board. Be careful. My PC was shipped with neither a PCI-Express nor AGP slot. This was before I became a skilled techie too. By February, though I should have $1600 to spend on my dream PC. And it's going to be custom built, too.

  • 08.30.2006 8:26 PM PDT
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Dell PCs are ok, but never ever the way to go if your a gamer.

It will always cost less to custom build one, because the Dell gaming machines are either cut down in some way, or too expensive.

And people are forgetting the stupid amount of CPU raping software all dells come preinstalled with. Like AOL crap for starters.

Building a PC yourself isnt hard, it may look complicated inside, but its not at all.

The hardest part about building a PC is choosing the parts and making sure its all compatible. For example, making sure your PSU will suit your motherboard. You can get plenty of help from people online though.

  • 08.31.2006 4:12 AM PDT
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Alienware sucks. Take it from me, I made the mistake of buying one.

...And the graphics suck, too.

[Edited on 8/31/2006]

  • 08.31.2006 9:45 AM PDT
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Building a computer is easy, as Minjita said the hardest part is making sure all the devices are compatible. Even the big name computer companies sometimes screw that up.

The only thing you really have to worry about is static electricity. But everyone knows that.

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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
The only thing you really have to worry about is static electricity. But everyone knows that.


Right. Just keep at least one part of your body grounded to something metal, preferrably the metal of the computer case. Even...even if you ground your...

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  • 08.31.2006 11:55 AM PDT
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Just like the past billion people said dont bother buying an alienware for $6000. If your going to spend that much get an actual gaming computer like a voodoo for falcon. Now for that same price alienware you could build a computer for about $2500-3500. Hell I'd do that and then buy myself a new tv too.

  • 08.31.2006 12:18 PM PDT

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