New Alienware X51 haswell

[cyber69]

Just been looking at one of these as i'm looking to replace my large Silverstone FT02 for something at least half the size.

With 7% discount and free postage, I could get one of the new Haswell X51's for £1080 with an i7 4770, 8GB mem, 2TB drive, 670 GTX.

I costed up a similar size of PC around a Silverstone FT03 and for a i5 4670, 8GB mem, no SSD, corsair H60, Quality corsair 860w psu, Gigabyte sniper mobo the cost would be around the same.

Seriously thinking about saving the hassle this time and going for an Alienware X51.

 

[Jony27]

for £1k Im sure you could get a similar/better performance based on a m-itx factor.
plus you get to have fun building it!

Something like this

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
(£229.99) £275.99
(£229.99)
MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** £249.95
(£208.29) £249.95
(£208.29)
Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard Gigabyte Z87N-WIFI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £119.99
(£99.99) £119.99
(£99.99)
Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
(£79.16) £94.99
(£79.16)
Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD20EZRX) HDD £71.99
(£59.99) £71.99
(£59.99)
BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black BitFenix Prodigy 'Yin' Mini-ITX Cube Case - White/Black £69.95
(£58.29) £69.95
(£58.29)
Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
(£54.99) £65.99
(£54.99)
Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
Sub Total : £886.51
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £179.65
Total : £1,077.91

 

[cyber69]

I would normally agree that making a custom system would be the best option but Dell seem to have upped their game with the new Haswell X51. I would have purchased already if the system had a NVidia 770 GTX in it instead of the older tech. Maybe they will update it again soon?

 

[Gav_881]

I built mine for about £7-800 so £8-900 with a 670, its also a lot easier to upgrade when the time comes as you can reuse the case, PSU etc.