Alienware R3

[McDaniel]

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?

 

[McDaniel]

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]

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!!