Alienware R3

McDaniel · 17 Jun 2011 at 17:29

Folks,

What do we think of these specs? Now i know Alienware are over priced and you pay for the name, but they are just so damn cool!!!

COLOUR CHOICE Alienware M17x Stealth Black edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 2720QM (2.20Ghz, 6MB, 4C) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM English Genuine Windows®7 Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) edit
GRAPHICS CARD 2GB GDDR5 AMD® Radeon™ HD 6970M w/ PowerXpress edit
MEMORY 6144MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [1x2048 + 1x4096] edit
HARD DRIVE 640GB (2x320GB) SATA Raid 0 "Stripe" (7,200rpm) Dual HDD edit
LCD 17.3" WideFHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD edit
OPTICAL DRIVE DVD+/-RW (DVD, CD read and write) edit
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Dell Wireless 1501 wireless-N - EUR edit

Obviously want it for gaming, def some Old Republic when its out; also some Battlefield 3 too... thoughts?

DELETED_83755 · 17 Jun 2011 at 18:39

They look impressive, but what is the price? Also it would be nice to have a blu-ray player with that specification.

4GB of ram will be sufficient. Probably best going for one SSD and one storage hard drive than raid if this is your price range! Though I believe this configuration is not possible.

Do you not have a desktop to play battlefield etc? Portable gaming is expensive and upgrades are more tricky!

McDaniel · 17 Jun 2011 at 18:56

I have an i7 920/6gb/ssd desktop machine - but I'm always on the road these days - I take my 360 to and this has hdmi in to so can act as tv - not to worries about future upgrades as the above should be fine for a while

BluRay not needed - media pc with hd rips and a portable hdd loaded with films to take with me to hotels too

McDaniel · 18 Jun 2011 at 22:31

Alienware M17x Stealth Black
8192MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x4096]
2GB GDDR5 AMD® Radeon™ HD 6970M w/ PowerXpress
640GB (2x320GB) SATA Raid 0 "Stripe" (7,200rpm) Dual HDD
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 2720QM (2.20Ghz, 6MB, 4C)
Integrated 3.0 Mega Pixel HD Camera
17.3" WideFHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD

Went for this in the end - found a 12% off code via work benefits to, came to 1770 all in all - I know I paid over the odds a bit for the brand... But I work hard so ok with it!!