New Alienware

[SilentDeath]

[1] Aurora™

Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Chassis: Alienware® Full-Tower Case (420-Watt PS) - Space Black
Cable Management: Alienware® Cable Management System
Power Supply: No Power Supply Upgrade
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-53 Processor with HyperTransport Technology
Motherboard: ASUS SK8V - VIA K8T800 Motherboard
Memory: 1GB Extreme Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 400MHz Registered - 2 x 512MB
Video Card: ATI RADEON™ X800 PRO 256MB DDR3 w/Digital and TV Out
Video Cooling: AlienIce™ Video Cooling System - Terra Green
System Drive: High Performance - Serial ATA - 80GB Seagate Barracuda® 7,200 RPM
Storage Drive: High Performance - Serial ATA - 160GB Seagate Barracuda® 7,200 RPM
Optical Drive One: Lite-On 52x32x52x CD-RW
Optical Drive Two: Plextor PX-708A 8x DVD±R/W Drive - Black
Floppy Drive: 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive - Black
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy 2 High Definition 6.1 Surround
Network Connection: High Speed Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Keyboard: Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard - Space Black
Mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 3.0 - USB - Space Black
Headphones: Sennheiser PC150 Multimedia Headset
Gamespot Complete: Gamespot Complete - Free 90-day Trial
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Works Suite 2004
Free Alienware T-Shirt: Free Alienware® T-Shirt - Black
Automated Support: AlienAutopsy: Automated Technical Support Request System

[1] Free Shipping; On any Alienware system excluding peripherals - Continental U.S. Only

SubTotal: $3,434.00
Shipping: $129.00
Discount: $119.00
Tax: .00
Order Total: $3,444.00

no comments on the price. I got Alienware because i could afford it not because im some sort of mindless no0b.

The computer will be here June 11th but i wont get my hands on it till th 13th. (i'll be in ****ing texas at a damned wedding..they should really reschudule)

[Kantes]

You could save a lot of cash by just building that pc then buying an alienware case and putting it in there but like you said if you've got the cash why not! nice setup man enjoy. I'm getting myself an alienware laptop soon enough, nothing too up to date but reliable

[TeMpEsT]

I'd rather buy an Alienware than build my own PC if I had the money, but I don't have the money so I'm building my shit.

[Kenshin]

I agree with Kantes but silent said he had money running out of his ears so it didn't matter.

[Zzero]

Meh, my parents agreed to buy me an Alienware a while ago but I told them I would prefer to build my own PC. The Alienware he just bought could have been built for much, much less. I will never waste my money on buying a custom PC unless its a laptop (because I can't exactly build one, not yet at least).

[Kenshin]

yeah I'd never waste money on a Alienware you can get a computer with the same components cheaper even if you don't build it yourself. Also Falcon-NW has much faster computers and are a tad bit cheaper but not much cheaper.

[WolfmanNCSU]

Well, we all know that I like to build my PCs. Nice specs bro, you should enjoy that. But that is some serious $$$.

[SilentDeath]

no comments on the price.

And you people were doing so well

The Alienware he just bought could have been built for much, much less
you say this like I didnt know that

[TeMpEsT]

yeah I'd never waste money on a Alienware you can get a computer with the same components cheaper even if you don't build it yourself. Also Falcon-NW has much faster computers and are a tad bit cheaper but not much cheaper.


I would've went for the Falcon-NW comps too, their customization options are just stunning. Yet again, Alienware's new project in operation will boast some of the same options that Falcon-NW are using.

[8 Ball]

I think im gonna save up and buy an Alienware too. Nice pc man. Give it to me...

[SilentDeath]

I think im gonna save up and buy an Alienware too. Nice pc man. Give it to me...
what i didnt hear you :bigear:

[Kenshin]

I think i'll jsut use my money from working to buy an x800 XT, another stick of RAM, and a amd 64 mobo and CPU

[Kantes]

good choice but that x800 is gonna set you back a bit kenshin

[TeMpEsT]

I think i'll jsut use my money from working to buy an x800 XT, another stick of RAM, and a amd 64 mobo and CPU


YOU CAN'T GO WRONG!!!!!

[Kenshin]

YOU CAN'T GO WRONG!!!!!
DAMN RIGHT. I though I was getting payed tomorrow but I'm getting payed next week :( but hey atleast i get 2 weeks of pay all in 1.

[SilentDeath]

June 11th but i wont get my hands on it till th 13th.
change that damned alienware says the card is now on limited avalibilty and it will take till about June 17th till the comp gets here

[Zzero]

Hey man, go for whatever floats your boat. It's just that my reasoning is as follows:

- You can take that $3,000 and instead of buying an Alienware, build your own PC, spending the exact same amount you would have on the Alienware. The difference is, for the same amount of money, you could get an EVEN MORE POWERFUL machine. In my mind, the more power, the better. :D

[TeMpEsT]

I probably would've went to a retailer like SD did, except I might've gone to Falcon-NW. I love Alienware's style of cases, and their new ALX (I think that's it) looks absolutely amazing.

[Kantes]

You can buy their cases seperately.

[Zzero]

Not the new ones. The older tower cases can be found everywhere, those aren't considered anything special nowadays though.

[Kantes]

Nah i mean the new ones i can get em here anyways but there's an alienware factory 20 minutes away from me so that might be why. Plus i gots me some connections ;) i get all the parts discounted

[SilentDeath]

- You can take that $3,000 and instead of buying an Alienware, build your own PC, spending the exact same amount you would have on the Alienware. The difference is, for the same amount of money, you could get an EVEN MORE POWERFUL machine. In my mind, the more power, the better. :D

i dont trust myself enogh to buid yet and again, "You say that like i didnt know it already"

[SilentDeath]

x800 Pro finally came in :D

[TeMpEsT]

Silent, you should know better than to double-post. *pout*

[JasonXE]

I would suggest you get a custom built if you have the money. If your getting in the computers then i suggest you build it or if you don't have the budget.

[SilentDeath]

I would suggest you get a custom built if you have the money. If your getting in the computers then i suggest you build it or if you don't have the budget.
have you read the thread at all?

and yes i know temp, punish me :tapedmout

[XEdesigner]

well known of you im a certified computer technician blah blah blah.

Ive had alot of people go O YEA IM GETTING A ALIENWARE!!! The simple fact is they put all regular parts you can get for half the price and put them in a nice shiny case.

Its like buying a ati radeon 9800 xt for a RISC servers, just sorta useless.

Youve all chosen a bad time to get a new pc since PCI express is coming out soon and the new pins for the 64 bit amd procesors are coming out. So bad timing. Cantes put it quite nicely, you can just buy a alienware case or something nicer. I remember first time i saw a full tower alienware...it looks like a car and my girlfriend got scared and ran away LOL. I could build that machine for myself for around 2k.

[SilentDeath]

this is the last time im saying this (and yeah i really didnt know when the express things were coming out thanks) oh god i've said this too many times must delete thread becuase people say things i know already...

Edit : ****ing time limit, SAY IT A ****ING AGAIN IM GONNA ****ING CUT U(jokes but stop repeating shit over and over and over again)

[WolfmanNCSU]

Maybe you should have custom bu.......

Just kidding.

Let us know how you like your rig bro. I am going to reformat mine once my Chappell episodes finish DLing and thinking about adding a DVD +-RW this week.

[Kenshin]

Hey man, go for whatever floats your boat. It's just that my reasoning is as follows:

- You can take that $3,000 and instead of buying an Alienware, build your own PC, spending the exact same amount you would have on the Alienware. The difference is, for the same amount of money, you could get an EVEN MORE POWERFUL machine. In my mind, the more power, the better. :D

yes thats true but Alienware and Falcon-NW both have spiffy software for tweaking thier hardware to perfection so even if you did make a more powerful pc at $3,000 than a $3,000 alienware the alienware will still out perform it.

[WolfmanNCSU]

yes thats true but Alienware and Falcon-NW both have spiffy software for tweaking thier hardware to perfection so even if you did make a more powerful pc at $3,000 than a $3,000 alienware the alienware will still out perform it.

Yeah, but I like to do my own tweaking too.

Anyway, how is the rig running so far?

[SilentDeath]

it wont get here till sometime this week becuase of the delay (the X800 Pro card went on low availiblity) if i had it i would not be on these forums..at all i'd be ****ing gibbin on UT04

[WolfmanNCSU]

Ahh, I see, nice.

Let us know when you get it, and how you like it. Dont forget us once you get the new rig ;)

[8 Ball]

Im thinking about buying an Alienware. Im gonna get DSL in a few months so I want a nice computer so it can run Battlefield 1942 and shit like that.

[SilentDeath]

Im thinking about buying an Alienware. Im gonna get DSL in a few months so I want a nice computer so it can run Battlefield 1942 and shit like that.
finally i can **** u over on live

Comp estimated reciving date = Jun. 18 - Jun. 19

[WolfmanNCSU]

Cool bro, you will be up and running in no time. Thats awesome. I am waiting for my DVD burner auction before I finish off tweaking my rig. I am going to reformat and start over. My ex really ****ed my machine up when she would get on it and surf online. (She never used her machine, because she already ****ed it up).

Oh well, got some updates and now redoing it, plus a new girl (which I am really excited about). So all is good.

[SilentDeath]

hah cool so no more fiancee eh? tobad but then theres that replacement...


(i dont understand what i just said either)

[WolfmanNCSU]

hah cool so no more fiancee eh? tobad but then theres that replacement...

Yeah, if you remember the Accident thread a while back, then it explains a lot. She was an indirect cause of the dog bite and was nothing of a solution. Things got immediatly bad, and I could never live with someone like that. Blah, oh well, too much detail, blah blah. That was back in Feb

In the meantime I have been living up single life until I recently met this new girl, and I am really enjoying myself with her.

[XEdesigner]

:2thumbs:

[SilentDeath]

Phase 13! Prepare to ship!!!!!! OMFG OMFG OMFG

[Kantes]

Dude get unreal im sick of being whooped by zero i need someone new to kill me

[SilentDeath]

OMFG OMFG OMFG ITS SHIPPED FEDEX IS LAZY AND IT WILL GET HERE UM TUESDAY.

i got Some logitech 640 5.1 speakers and Unreal Tournament 2004 today at the store

Edit: Tried UT04 on this computer....NOT SMART

[Kantes]

eeeeeeeeee SD let me in his clan

[LavisBlade]

I have an alienware as some of you know, when I ordered mine it came in 5 days and they told me 2 to 4 weeks or something lot bigger.

Isnt FedEx nice?

I remember when it came I needed a 2nd person to carry the box because it was litterally bigger then my arm span. The case is huge I mean HUGE its nice though.

The thing I like is there is so much upgrading you can do. Hell now that I think about it I like this case so much I might use it again when I make a custom lol. When it came and I opened it up to make sure everything was peachy I was surprised about how nice all the wires were... they werent hangging everywhere but were all in nice little twisty ties.

Mines a year old now and runs like a champ.

EDIT: Oh yeah just a pointer.... When I first opened it I did not know there was a fan hooked to the door you open... beware it's hooked to wires so dont yank it out fast. As I did :cool:

[8 Ball]

Man. I must get an alienware!!!! Ill probably try and get something under 2000 because im a cheap bastard.

[WolfmanNCSU]

Man. I must get an alienware!!!! Ill probably try and get something under 2000 because im a cheap bastard.

Custom Build It

[Kantes]

hahaha i'd like to see that :-p

[SilentDeath]

OMG IM ON IT....WOW FAST.. this is a serious improvement on my last system. everything is so fast. what used to take me a few minutes (like unraring big files) takes this beast only seconds. the really only problem i have had with it was a windows error(i was instaling Adobe Photoshop CS got a blue screen of death) and that fact that its to tall it wouldnt fit under my desk

[JasonXE]

BSOD BSOD BSOD BSOD lalalalalal alalalalalalallalala

[SilentDeath]

BSOD BSOD BSOD BSOD lalalalalal alalalalalalallalala
english?

[Kantes]

weee unreal

[JoeyC2k4]

unreal is fun...i like using the weapons that players make..its fun...

[Kantes]

like what? i've never used one

[8 Ball]

To Kantes: **** you I can build my own pc. I took my old one apart and put it back together lol. To Silent: :woot: party up in herre.

[Kantes]

To 8ball: Shut up nerd boy, (kidding)

[LavisBlade]

i was instaling Adobe Photoshop CS got a blue screen of death

Umm I thought XP got rid of all blue screens... I havent had one since XP... XP should restart automatically instead of blue screen.

I always wondered why sometimes out of nowhere my computer would shut off and restart when all I was doing was surfing the internet or something simple. (Happened to me mostly at School because them comps are ****ED up)

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Told you the Case was huge... fits under my desk though :nanana:

[Kantes]

I Hate Xp Dakjdkjackahdkjdhkjahkjxakxchkajhck

[LavisBlade]

The more I use XP the more I like it. It's like everything thats new, people tend to turn it into a outcast because they hate change.

Live with XP now... Live with Longhorn later... or be a queer and use linux :tapedmout

[Kantes]

Firstly - Longhorn is nothing special yet, i have a beta version of it and personally i dont like it that much

Secondly - I dont dislike XP because its new, i like new things, i dislike it because it's crap, dont assume something like that it makes you look like an ass

[LavisBlade]

What is so wrong with XP that it makes you shake at the site of it?

I honestly dont understand your reasoning other then an opinion, in which I dont agree.

Please dont stoop down low and call me an ass, seriously. We are tallking about OS's and you have to call me an ass for making an assumption?

[Kantes]

read the wooord - assumption..ass..its a movie quote chill mate

I don't like XP because it spies on it's users, Microsoft can't do anything with the info though unless you give them permission to look into your pc in which case BAM they hit you where it hurts which for my is my uncountable amount of bootlegged programs.

It's basically childproofed, they rounded everything..why..the old design was fine just spruce it up a bit dont butcher it. I don't like how they restart if there's gonna be a potential bluescreen, sometimes you can get out of bluescreens well i know i can. It's nowhere near as reliable as the likes of 2000 was, i prefer 2000 or 98.

For me i don't like XP, call it an opinion, but then so is yours that XP is good, it's always a matter of opinion it depends what you like, i don't like XP, you do, i don't like it's features design or method of running, you do.. so don't try to put down what i say merely because it is an 'opinion' because yours is too

[8 Ball]

I havnt had any problems with XP except that its a slut.

[JohnXE]

With the money ou spent you could of got a badass Apple setup, that is the way I would of gone with that much cash.

[SilentDeath]

With the money ou spent you could of got a badass Apple setup, that is the way I would of gone with that much cash.
thanks for necroing the thread for some useless information :mad:

[Masantiz]

is that the new ati card your getting?

[Masantiz]

I have a:
P4
3 gig processor
1gig of RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro

I can run UTK2K4 perfectly at the highest settings maxed out. The load times are lightning quick. So whats so great about that new card that mine can't do?

[SilentDeath]

1. wtf are you talking about

2. OMFG thread necro again

what do load times have to do with your video card...

[8 Ball]

Its in his ass.

[SilentDeath]

Its in his ass.
wtf. :fisheyed:

[Masantiz]

1. wtf are you talking about

2. OMFG thread necro again

what do load times have to do with your video card...
well you said your alienware was good
is it better than mine. and I was just saying that it was quick cause it is

[SilentDeath]

yes and the card is net generation, if you look around you can find a few things that show you how much better it is. and since my amd is 64 bit processor it rins games faster

[8 Ball]

and its in your ass.

[Kenshin]

yes and the card is net generation, if you look around you can find a few things that show you how much better it is. and since my amd is 64 bit processor it rins games faster

actually dude 64 bit doesn't run games faster it enables you to use more than 2 gigs of RAM. Look at Doom 3 for instance you can have fast ass 64 bit all you want but it won't help the framerate unless you have more RAM than a standard 32 processor can access. Thats why I'm not borthering at the moment to upgrade my processor i'm just getting a new video card for Doom3. Technically my 9600 Pro can run it good with hardly any slowdown but the better the card the better the game is. Doom3 even has stuff that you can run that current top of the line computers can't run.

[SilentDeath]

actually dude 64 bit doesn't run games faster it enables you to use more than 2 gigs of RAM. Look at Doom 3 for instance you can have fast ass 64 bit all you want but it won't help the framerate unless you have more RAM than a standard 32 processor can access. Thats why I'm not borthering at the moment to upgrade my processor i'm just getting a new video card for Doom3. Technically my 9600 Pro can run it good with hardly any slowdown but the better the card the better the game is. Doom3 even has stuff that you can run that current top of the line computers can't run.
actually in tests it does run faster then its 32bit bretheren

[Masantiz]

and its in your ass.
shut up before I rape you at UT2k4

[SilentDeath]

shut up before I rape you at UT2k4
he'd like it