Alienware area 51

[--sam--]

can someone build some thing better than this No competitor links

my friend bums alienware and I hate it, I want to put him in his place with a better rig for the same price but I don't think I'd manage since they aren't bad rigs, I just don't want to admit it so I put forth the challenge to you guys

 

[buzzlightweight]

alienware is a con!

 

[--sam--]

I know, but this wont quite shut him up anyone have a build better than it?

 

[wkingsnorth]

This with windows 7 I believe
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-174-OE&groupid=43&catid=2040&subcat=1270

 

[buzzlightweight]

 

[wkingsnorth]

That's £2k, not the £1.7k he's after (inc. VAT)

 

[stulid]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £269.99
(£224.99) £269.99
(£224.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
(£146.66) £175.99
(£146.66)
Antec High Current Pro 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £145.99
(£121.66) £145.99
(£121.66)
MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £914.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £185.57
Total : £1,113.40

Much faster and £500 less.

 

[bobbarley]

That Alienware system seems crap, unbelievably over priced!!

 

[1uke]

That Alienware pc is pretty bad spec for the money you can get much better building it yourself!!!!

 

[buzzlightweight]

lmao

 

[buzzlightweight]

That's £2k, not the £1.7k he's after (inc. VAT)

£300 more! not much really. loko at the pic i posted of the alienware of similar spec.

still max max they would give is 1600mhz!!

 

[King Damager]

No... some really overpriced components there...

On the basis the budget is £1700.


YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI GeForce GTX 580 OC Twin FrozR II 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £365.99 (£731.98)
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £145.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Limited Edition White £139.99
1 x OCZ Z-Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.98
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Bundle - Home Premium 64 Bit £68.40
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £43.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £37.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £1,705.50 (includes shipping : £16.85).






Better in every single way, by a long way.

Alternatively, I'll quickly put together a build that's better and less xD

kd

 

[Zynck]

lmao

My reaction exactly.

It hurts to know that people would actually buy these and waste their money away like that.

 

[Hyburnate]

i7 930 - £215.99
560Ti - £163.99
6GB - £44.96
Win7+1TB - £112.39
DVD Drive - £15.98
Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 - £124.99
OcUK Bos Midi Tower Case - £24.98
Antec 750W - £85.99

700 Quid.

 

[wkingsnorth]

£300 more! not much really. loko at the pic i posted of the alienware of similar spec.

still max max they would give is 1600mhz!!

Oh dear, how I feel for those who would buy from them

 

[buzzlightweight]

That's £2k, not the £1.7k he's after (inc. VAT)

fine hows this

 

[Daze]

Shocked by this!

@buzzlightweight you can't be serious with recommendations like that

 

[3t3P]

mate had an alienware, it went wrong, it took them six months to get him a working pc again...

 

[bobbarley]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £269.99
(£224.99) £269.99
(£224.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
(£146.66) £175.99
(£146.66)
Antec High Current Pro 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £145.99
(£121.66) £145.99
(£121.66)
MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £914.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £185.57
Total : £1,113.40

Much faster and £500 less.

You could also add a very decent monitor, keyboard AND mouse and be under budget.

 

[Reaper 392]

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game** £269.99
(£224.99) £269.99
(£224.99)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £175.99
(£146.66) £175.99
(£146.66)
Antec High Current Pro 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive £145.99
(£121.66) £145.99
(£121.66)
MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
(£104.16) £124.99
(£104.16)
Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Full Tower Windowed Case - Black/Gold £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £43.99
(£36.66) £43.99
(£36.66)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £37.99
(£31.66) £37.99
(£31.66)
Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98
(£20.82) £24.98
(£20.82)
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Sub Total : £914.08
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £185.57
Total : £1,113.40

Much faster and £500 less.

you could save another £50 by going with the OCZ Z series 850W PSU... kinda surprised you havent recommended it because its been recommended so much and has amazing reviews