I'm Gonna Buy This

[Mer_de_Noms]

Sometime this year, this will be mine


[1] Area-51®

Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB Cache 1333 FSB
Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware® P2 Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling - Space Black
System Lighting: Alienware® Standard System Lighting - Nebula Aqua
System Cooling: Alienware® Standard System Cooling
Acoustic Dampening: Alienware® Acoustic Dampening
Power Supply: Alienware® 1000 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Graphics Processor: 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 3870 X2 – Dual GPU Technology
Video Optimizer: AlienAdrenaline v1.0: Video Performance Optimizer - More Info
Memory: 4GB Patriot EP+ Low Latency Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 2 x 2048MB
Motherboard: Alienware® Approved NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Motherboard
Includes PCI-Express 2.0, DDR3 Memory, and Support for Intel 1600 FSB
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Ultimate – DirectX 10 Ready!
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 160GB SATA 1.5Gb/s 10,000RPM 16MB Cache
Optical Drives : Single Drive Configuration - 20X Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW) w/ LightScribe
Enthusiast Essentials: Killer K1 Gaming Network Interface Card - Smoother Online Gaming! - More Info
Physics Processing Unit: Ageia PhysX PCI-Express Processing Unit w/ 128MB GDDR3 - More Info
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer High Definition 7.1 Audio - More Info
Monitor: 24'' Samsung 1920 x 1200 (5ms) SyncMaster Widescreen Flat Panel
Speakers: Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 200-Watt THX®-Certified Speakers
Keyboard: Premium Keyboard - Logitech® Deluxe 250 Keyboard
Mouse: Premium Mouse - Standard Optical 3-Button Mouse with Scroll Wheel
Hardware Bundle: Gamer's Bundle:
Attain precision control and an unfair advantage over your enemies with a Logitech® G15 Keyboard and G5 Gaming Mouse.
Includes a Logitech® G15 Keyboard and Logitech® G5 Gaming Mouse
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
Security Software: McAfee® VirusScan Plus – 36-Month Subscription Factory Installed!
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Desktop Binder
Alienware Extras: Owner Identification Card
Alienware Extras: Internal Wire Management
Avatar: Alienhead 3D
Window Style: Default Window Style
Mouse Pointers: Standard Mouse Pointers
Power Plan: Standard Power Plan
Automatic Updates: Automatic Updates On
Time Zones: (GMT - 5.00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Total: $5,436.00

 

[Oninuva]

Well obviously someone is buying this for you.

Anyways would be better to build your own.

 

[Mer_de_Noms]

I will be buying it myself (nice job, no bills ), and I put it together on Alienware's site.

Could I really build something like this any cheaper?

 

[Flare]

If you are from UK/Ireland, you could try this (it's £2551, or $5119). I don't know if it's possible for this company to deliver to anywhere else.

I didn't look over your whole specification so I don't know what is better/worse.

Spoiler

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™2 Extreme QX9650 (4 X 3 GHz) 1333MHz FSB/12MB L2 Cache

Memory (RAM)
8GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY (4x2GB)

Motherboard
ASUS® P5K: DDR2, SATAII, 2 xPCI-e x16, 3 PCI, PCI-e x1

Operating System
64 BIT WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc CD & License) (£55)

USB Options
8 x USB 2.0 PORTS (6 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1000GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk
NONE

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)
NONE

1st CD/DVD Drive
20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd CD/DVD Drive
NONE

Graphics Card
1024MB GEFORCE 3870X2 PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

2nd Graphics Card
1024MB GEFORCE 3870X2 PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT

Sound Card
Onboard 7.1 Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio (P5K)

Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND

Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

Floppy Disk Drive
NONE

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)

Case
CoolerMaster CM Stacker 831 Silver Aluminium Case

Power Supply & Case Cooling
700W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£79)

Processor Cooling
ASUS SILENT KNIGHT II PURE COPPER ULTRA COOLER (£36)

Firewire & Video Editing
2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORTS (1 onboard, 1 at back panel)

TV Card
NONE

Monitor
LG L246WH 24 inch Wide: HDMI/D-Sub/5MS/1920 x 1200 (£310)

2nd Monitor
NONE

DVI Cable
NONE

Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® G15 Gaming Keyboard with Backlit LCD Display (£49)

Mouse
Logitech® G9 Corded Laser Gaming Mouse (£49)

Speakers
NONE

Printer
NONE

Surge Protection
NONE

Webcam & VoIP
NONE

Media Center Kit
NONE

Anti-Virus
NONE

Office Software
NONE

Warranty
1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1 Year Free Collect & Return: £5

Delivery
Standard Insured Delivery to UK Mainland (Mon-Fri 8am-6pm)

Also, I'm curious.
Graphics Processor: 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 3870 X2 – Dual GPU Technology
Motherboard: Alienware® Approved NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLI™ Motherboard

Would they be compatible with each other? I'm not really very knowledgeable around computers, so if I'm wrong, let me know


Also, have fun having enough that kind of cash for a PC


lol, couldn't help noticing this

Window Style: Default Window Style
Mouse Pointers: Standard Mouse Pointers
Power Plan: Standard Power Plan
Automatic Updates: Automatic Updates On
Time Zones: (GMT - 5.00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

At least they inform you of what the default settings are going to be Never seen that anywhere else

 

[SFilip]

> Sometime this year
Chances are that it won't be very impressive when you decide to buy it.
Not sure how this would pay off. Well, you could play Crysis I guess, but other than that there isn't much of a point as opposed to buying a much cheaper (>$1000) PC with not much worse performance and updating it every now and then.

 

[Mer_de_Noms]

Well, I found that you can make payments on it (about $200 a month for everything listed, including the monitor and speakers). I'll be making around $530 a week, and with no bills to pay. Affording it will be cake.

It looks like a nice computer. I know that as soon as you buy a "new" computer, it's already pretty much outdated, but I think it'll do just fine for quite a while.

That and I want to spoil myself a little bit

 

[DDRtists]

What a waste of money. Alienware is a joke, you can build a computer 5x better for half the price.

 

[MeRcChRiS]

Wow dude wtf? I have a nice ass computer I got off of newegg. The only thing that is required is $700-$800 max if you dont have a video card and HD already, and knowledge of how to put a computer together.

 

[WastedSavior]

I've been running a 1998 without updating it and i don't have any problems haha.

 

[MeRcChRiS]

ALienware is the biggest ripp off ever. They sell high prices because they know people like you love their Brand Name and will sell things for $100 more than you can get else where and build it yourself.

 

[DDRtists]

Same as Merc, my computer would own that one in a heartbeat, and I paid about $800 ( with a HDD I already had ) for it on newegg...

 

[MeRcChRiS]

I paid $550 for my new build withought a HD and video card. go to newegg.com and maybe we can help you.

 

[Zakyath]

I spent 1,5k dollars on my comp, or something like that. It's far from enough

 

[WastedSavior]

I spent 1,5k dollars on my comp, or something like that. It's far from enough

enough? for what? o.o

 

[DDRtists]

I spent 1,5k dollars on my comp, or something like that. It's far from enough

This is what happens when you buy retail pre-made PCs.

 

[Oninuva]

What a waste of money. Alienware is a joke, you can build a computer 5x better for half the price.

Yeah Alienware is for the computer blind... No offense but yeah. I could build that computer for around 1,700 US Dollars.

 

[Mer_de_Noms]

Ok, ok, I got it

I'm looking into much cheaper ones

 

[Bronxernijn]

Don't forget: you'd better take a little order ultimate graphics card then a budget newer one of the same price. But with a budget of over 5k bucks, You can easily buy 2 new ultimate cards (crossfire/SLI) works real nice.

EDIT: Not even a G9?

 

[Oninuva]

Don't forget he is paying monthly so the budget is not 5,000. More of x per month.

 

[Metal425]

That's almost the same as my rig, except I built mine. Except I have an 8800GT.