Is this a good deal?

kitkat9933 · 14 May 2016 at 15:04

I have a chance to buy the following, is it worth buying now or waiting until new mobile hardware is launched, will I regret it?

Alienware 17 R3 - i7 6820HK, 16GB DDR4, 512GB PCIE-SSD, 980m 8GB, 4k Screen
Alienware Amplifier
Nvidia 1080 (on release)

All for ~£2000 and this is brand new from Dell. I can't find anything from gamer brands like Asus ROG, Gigabyte etc in the same price range and with the added ability of the Amplifier. So should I go for it?

nightmare99 · 14 May 2016 at 17:08

Is that lot really £2k ? I mean the 1080 is going to be something like £600 odd and the amplifier I thought was going to be £200 odd so that only leaves about £1200 for the laptop which doesn't seem possible for that spec.

kitkat9933 · 14 May 2016 at 17:18

What I've been offered yep. Is it worth it do you think?

drakioned · 16 May 2016 at 08:49

I would hold out for the new generation mobile GPUs.

I wish they would drop already.

stewski · 16 May 2016 at 20:54

I'd bite their arm off.
That said 4k screen with an 980m behind it won't be much cop when undocked.

kitkat9933 · 16 May 2016 at 23:31

In the end, I got.

Alienware 17 R3 with the above spec, the amplifier, corsair rgb Strafe, corsair rgb scimitar, ocuk premium xl mat, 17 laptop cooler, Alienware 17 inch backpack, cable organisers and a 12 way gang lead and £550 left for a 1080.

All for £1760

lavaman · 17 May 2016 at 16:33

that's a good deal, was that from dell directly?

danlightbulb · 17 May 2016 at 17:09

Information is needed as this implies only circa 1k for the actual 980m laptop alone, which cant be right (and if it is i want one).

kitkat9933 · 17 May 2016 at 18:56

Salary Sacrifice Deal through work directly from Dell

except some accessaries from OCUK.

Also got an upgrade to 32GB DDR4 and the 1TB PCIE-SSD

danlightbulb · 17 May 2016 at 19:08

Ah I see. So you've either got around a 32% discount or a 42% discount depending on whether you're a higher rate taxpayer or not, over 3 years?

My work do a scheme too but the laptops are preselected and are crap.

kitkat9933 · 17 May 2016 at 19:14

danlightbulb said:
Ah I see. So you've either got around a 32% discount or a 42% discount depending on whether you're a higher rate taxpayer or not, over 3 years?

My work do a scheme too but the laptops are preselected and are crap.

52% saving

danlightbulb · 17 May 2016 at 20:21

52%? How?

40% tax + 2% NI for the higher tax payers.

20% tax + 12% NI for the lower tax payers.

kitkat9933 · 17 May 2016 at 20:26

danlightbulb said:
52%? How?

40% tax + 2% NI for the higher tax payers.

20% tax + 12% NI for the lower tax payers.

40% tax + NI + Student Loan + bigger original discount for being a recurring customer .

danlightbulb · 17 May 2016 at 20:27

Nice one. Will be cracking bit of kit that.

kitkat9933 · 17 May 2016 at 20:31

danlightbulb said:
Nice one. Will be cracking bit of kit that.

I wanted a X99 rig, but it would have been harder to put it through work. But for what I got, I can't complain and have the ability to game for a low cost on the move.