this good deal for my new system

evilwood

evilwood

evilwood

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hello,

i have found what i think is the best system for the price:

Included in your system:
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 920 (2.66GHz, 8MB cache, 4.8GT/sec)
Single 1GB Nvidia® GeForce® GTX 460
9GB 1333MHz (3x1GB + 3x2GB) Tri Channel Memory
600GB Serial ATA (10000RPM) Hard Drive
16X DVD+/- RW Optical Drive (DVD & CD read and write)
Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio
Alienware TactX surround sound headset
all for £1391.24

or

Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 920 (2.66GHz, 8MB cache, 4.8GT/sec)
Single 1.5GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 480
300GB Serial ATA (10000 Rpm) Hard Drive
9GB 1333MHz (3x1GB + 3x2GB) Tri Channel Memory
16X DVD+/- RW Optical Drive (DVD & CD read and write)
Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio
Alienware TactX surround sound headset
all for 1531.24

if you know of any better then let me know, i shall state it is an alienware as i know some people dont like it, but the case is soo cool looking!.

Plus i am hard to find anywhere that does as good support as dell does!

Evilwood.
 
To be quite honest with you, I would say no.
That kind of built should not cost more than £1,000. And by todays standards, as far as prebuilts go, anything of that high spec is probably going to cost far more than its worth simply because it will be viewed as an enthusiasts model.

Dell machines are a perfect example of this. They know people will think Alienware are for 'hardcores' only, and so they can justify throwing up unreasonable prices for hardware thats really not very good. That video card is pretty much old hat, as the new generation cards are already being released.

If you can learn to build a computer yourself, do. A few months back I was looking into an alienware laptop myself, then I began to learn how PCs actually work, and what hardware is worthwhile... in two weeks I knew how to build a PC from components, and now I'm making a gaming rig.
Trust me, it's a skill thats entirely worth it.
 
System Specification
- Case: Coolermaster HAF 912 PLUS - Black
- Power Supply: Corsair TX 750W
- CPU: Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz Overclocked to 4.00GHz
- Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X58 TUF (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems CPU Cooler w/ Akasa Apache Black 120mm
- RAM: Corsair Dominator (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: Seagate Baracuda 7200.12 500GB 16MB Cache
- Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 580
- Sound: 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive
- OCZ 90 GB Bigfoot SSD

£1487.19 inc VAT

Just from a premade OCUK blackops system.

Alienware is all fancy looking but not worth the price.
 
I wouldn't suggest going for with either of those tbh. You are paying a lot of money for the name, more RAM than you need (also all 6 RAM slots occupied will make overclocking harder) and the case styling.

If you are making a gaming system then you want to focus on the best graphics card you can get for your budget and work from there.

Personally I would suggest waiting until the 9th fo January when the next generation Intel "Sandy Bridge" CPUs come out. But if you want something right now, then a system using an i5 760 and GTX 580 would be my choice - this will cost less than the systems above and run games better.

Also, you may want to consider building the system yourself. It is actually not too difficult (have a look at this guide), you get to tailor the system to your needs and it costs less.
 
hmmm the only case i think that comes close to looking like an alienware product is the NZXT Phantom, maybe you could get the prebuilt as above and ring OCuk to change the case to the phantom if u like it
 
I understand where you coming from, one point i would like to make is the warrenty they give it is super i had my XPS dell for nearly 3 years and they still send out engineer to the house to fix the parts if something goes wrong.

I agree with you, that you can make better deal with buying your own parts but i seen serveral things go wrong and sometime meaning you have to re-buy the component , i am very scared of this happening to me hehe.

Also you have to amit the case is very sexy >:).
 
You have a point with the warranty - it is nice to have someone come over and sort it out, but you do pay a lot for this (in terms of price paid vs what the components are worth).

While things do fail for people every now and then, on the whole it is a pretty rare occurance so long as you only buy quality components and set them up correctly. If something does go wrong with a self-built PC the we (with the help of the forum) identify where the problem is and if required RMA it. The warranty on individual components is usally 3 years or longer - so you will only be in a situation where you have to re-buy a part if you are out of warranty or you damaged it yourself (i'm not sure even dell would cover that). In fact, many of the key components are regularly offered with more than 3 years of warranty, EVGA graphics cards come with 10 years warranty (after you register online), most RAM comes with lifetime warranty, quality PSUs usually come with 5-7 years, some motherboards come with 5 years and Caviar Black HDDs also come with 5 years.

As for the case, tbh it looks like a Silverstone Raven RV-01 with more bling and less style.
 
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Plenty of Alienwares go awry. Google their forums.
Call OCUK or etailer of your choice and get exactly what you want for less.
 
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