is alienware worth it?

[Vr-Designs]

I bought an alien lime green laptop, for a total of $6,000, a good deal, for about 10 g of RAM, and since Alienware is all about gaming, and showing the TRUE GAMING EXPERIENCE, I continue to use it strictly for gaming and designing...

what the label doesn't tell you, is after you use up 8 gigs of RAM the metal monstrosity begins to crash, lag, and boot on you, causing you to sync, or drop out of games..

though it is very fast, it does have it's fair share of errors, and to be honest spending the money on an alienware laptop is quite pointless, so I'm just saying for anyone who wants to buy an alienware computer, don't, and if you do, make sure you keep the RAM low...

just wanted to see who has the same opinion or whatever

[_xX3559Xx_]

My next comp
COMP:
CPi : GAMER ULTRA SLI ELITE with AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Processors
Runs for $1129 + Shipping...

I was kind of interested in getting an alienware laptop... but I guess thanks for the heads up... I don't think I would ever have that many GiGz of stuff though. I usually play 1 or 2 games at a time, and that is it.
Maybe I'll get it, for X-Mas, really any laptop for xmas is good

I wasn't sure if I was really wanting to get a laptop or a regular "well, over regular..." lets say awesome Computer...

[Vr-Designs]

that's not a bad "next computer," in fact, it's not bad at all

how RAM do you get with it?? because I got deals on mine, usually gigs are 'up there' in price.. but i got 5 ram for just $125 kind of lucky..

im building my new computer very soon

[Apoctanks]

The price of ram depends on the generation (SD, DDR, DDR2) and speed (PC 3200, PC 5300, etc.). Newer generations and faster speeds will yield higher prices.

There's really no reason at all to have 10GB or ram, unless you are running several resource-intensive applications at once, which is essentially useless.

[Vr-Designs]

lol, though useless it's good to say you have 10. + it was for a good price, I can flip it and sell for double that, so it's all good, and I do agree that it is very unnecessary, but hey whatever.

I like memory, because you never know when you'll need it, and like I said I did a ton of gaming on it, but also my designing.. I have a ton of scripts, and files on it that it does take up a few spaces here and there... but I think it was a mistake to get an Alienware laptop in general

[Apoctanks]

I probably won't ever buy an Alienware, mostly because it's so much cheaper to DIY.

[Vr-Designs]

ah you did a DIY?

yeah I'm in the process of making one, mine wont be a laptop though, I have multi fans that have a neon blue with black frame, it's very costly but worth it, I'll just steal the RAM from my laptop and other computers, so yeah.

I'll post pictures.
current:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k319/aXr...ry/IMG_0538.jpg

keyboard:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k319/aXr...ry/IMG_0536.jpg

CPU:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k319/aXr...ry/IMG_0530.jpg

Mother board:
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k319/aXr...ry/IMG_0527.jpg


I'm still deciding on how many IN. the Screen should be, I'm interested in a 19 in, but I'm not sure.
and I'm getting more pieces by the day, it's not bad for a budget of $700 lol

[Vr-Designs]

that's not bad, but it's also breakable.. becareful though because some things you've mentioed are not very compatable with some other things you've mentioned just know there might be some run time errors, or some dll errors.

[Apoctanks]

Originally posted by _xX3559Xx_@Sep 9 2006, 07:43 PM
Nice Comp you've got there. Really.
Is that the sound system with all the switches? LoL that would be awesome if all that controlled just starting the comp. Like a racecar engine switchboard lol. Looks nice. (mines gonna own yours :P)

The only reason you would need 10 gigs of ram, would be.
If all of everything on there was your life.! EVERYTHING!
LoL. Like you live your life there, have it all saved there, etc...
Then a hacker deletes you :P

Heres all the stuff that was on the COMP I talked about earlier that I'm interested in:
CPi : GAMER ULTRA SLI ELITE
- NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI Chipset MB W/ Dual 16X PCI Express
- Genuine Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 w/ SP 2
- Corsair 1025 MB PC6400 DDR2 800 Dual Channel Memory
- 250 GB 7200RPM SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache Hard Drive
- (2) NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS 256MB DDR3, Over 80% performance gain over single graphics card solution
- LG 16X DVD+-RW Drive & 16X DVD-ROM
- NVIDIA nForce4 7.1 3-D Surround Sound
- 600Watt Subwoofer System
- Logitech Office 104 Keyboard
- Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse
- Turbo X-Cruiser Case 420Watt with See Through Windows
- CoolerMaster Aqagate Mini Liquid Cooling System
- 6 Colors to Choose from!
- Free 802.11 G Wireless PCI Network Adaptor
- 3 Year Limited Warantee
+ Lifetime Tool Free 24/7 Techsupport
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Processor

All of that equals : $1129.°° + Shipping

Add-On:
19" Viewsonic VA902B Xtreme 8ms Gaming LCD Display : $229.°°

Too me, that sounds worth it...
LIQUID COOLING!
SEE THROUGH CASE!
2 PROCESSOR CHIPS!
A SOUND SYSTEM WORTHY OF REPLACING MY STEREO IN BEDROOM!

And I'm going to have it :xmas: h34r:

Now keep in mind it's not two processor chips, but two cores.

I'm in the middle of an upgrade on my current PC. Here's what I'll have in a few weeks:

Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 ATX Intel (Socket T)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1GHz FSB (Conroe core)
Radeon X1300PRO 256MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 (400/800)
2x G. SKILL 1GB DDR2 SDRAM (DDR2 667)
250GB WD 7200RPM 3.0 Gb/s SATA HDD (16MB)
160GB WD 7200RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 HDD (8MB)
Rosewill DVD Burner (16x)
Antec Life Style SONATA Mid-size ATX case (380W Power Supply)

[xFaTaLx]

I just got 768 meg of ram and i was happy. Your all walking around with your gigs!

I wish i could afford a Alienware, just the look of them is cool!

[Apoctanks]

768MB is weak. :P

[Vr-Designs]

but is that a cpu you have? or a laptop =]

[xFaTaLx]

CPU unfortnately, and atleast its better then the 256 i used to have :P

[Supremacy]

Here ma PC, its my first "own" one as Ive always used my other crppy one but that has a 4 gig HDD and 64 Mb RAM so I dont call it a PC lol.

- Intel® Celeron® CPU 2.80GHz
- VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP 256 Mb
- Windows XP Home Edition 2005 w/ SP 2
- 2056 MB PC6400 DDR2 800 (RAM)
- 250 GB 7200RPM SATA-II Hard Drive
- LG 32X DVD+-RW Drive & 56X DVD-ROM
- Realtek AC97 Audio
- 400 Watt Creative Subwoofer System with 2 Tweaters
- Micrsoft wireless gaming keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless Optical Wheel Mouse
- E-Force Steel Casing
- Free 100 Mb/ps LAN
- 2 Year Limited Warantee

If I had to convert that to dollars, bout $700 for that.

[Unseen]

Originally posted by xFaTaLx@Sep 10 2006, 04:22 AM
just the look of them is cool!

Buy a case perhaps? :blink:

[Apoctanks]

Originally posted by Supremacy@Sep 11 2006, 04:42 AM
Here ma PC, its my first "own" one as Ive always used my other crppy one but that has a 4 gig HDD and 64 Mb RAM so I dont call it a PC lol.

- Intel® Celeron® CPU 2.80GHz
- VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP 256 Mb
- Windows XP Home Edition 2005 w/ SP 2
- 2056 MB PC6400 DDR2 800 (RAM)
- 250 GB 7200RPM SATA-II Hard Drive
- LG 32X DVD+-RW Drive & 56X DVD-ROM
- Realtek AC97 Audio
- 400 Watt Creative Subwoofer System with 2 Tweaters
- Micrsoft wireless gaming keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless Optical Wheel Mouse
- E-Force Steel Casing
- Free 100 Mb/ps LAN
- 2 Year Limited Warantee

If I had to convert that to dollars, bout $700 for that.

It's all pretty nice, then you come to the Celeron. That ruins the whole deal. =\

And SATA-II, is that 1.5 Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/s? I've never seen it written as SATA-II.

i wouldnt get an alienware, its like getting a diamond toilet, when you know it does the same as the porcelain one. :lol:

[Supremacy]

Originally posted by Apoctanks+Sep 11 2006, 05:15 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Apoctanks @ Sep 11 2006, 05:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Supremacy@Sep 11 2006, 04:42 AM
Here ma PC, its my first "own" one as Ive always used my other crppy one but that has a 4 gig HDD and 64 Mb RAM so I dont call it a PC lol.

- Intel® Celeron® CPU 2.80GHz
- VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP 256 Mb
- Windows XP Home Edition 2005 w/ SP 2
- 2056 MB PC6400 DDR2 800 (RAM)
- 250 GB 7200RPM SATA-II Hard Drive
- LG 32X DVD+-RW Drive & 56X DVD-ROM
- Realtek AC97 Audio
- 400 Watt Creative Subwoofer System with 2 Tweaters
- Micrsoft wireless gaming keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless Optical Wheel Mouse
- E-Force Steel Casing
- Free 100 Mb/ps LAN
- 2 Year Limited Warantee

If I had to convert that to dollars, bout $700 for that.

It's all pretty nice, then you come to the Celeron. That ruins the whole deal. =\

And SATA-II, is that 1.5 Gb/s or 3.0 Gb/s? I've never seen it written as SATA-II. [/b][/quote]
Lol, I took the Celeron so I dont bus my fathers pocket in one go, ease it to him slowly :P

[Unseen]

Its ok :P
Owns my PC, but then, mine was a gift, And I just want stuff to run my games. I dont need to have a really uberly cool PC, to know a lot about computers, and get good qualifications in it :P

[David]

You can make a computer as good as an alienware for around $800-900 Instead of $1,000+

[Supremacy]

Its like Nike, you can like 100 buck more for the name when the normals do the same

[Vr-Designs]

I just got an alienware for the purpose of having one, plus when you have the money to spend on certain things like that, you do it, but have I known it was like buying a diamond toilet.. I wouldn't have gotten it..

It can be fast, but this speed corrupts itself, and goes to fast for its own good, and shuts itself down. I checked the mainframe and the hard drive to make sure it wasn't an error, and I was right, it wasn't an error, it was just alienware's run too fast for their own good...

[Supremacy]

Lol, I ent ever heard of a PC running too fast itself cant keep up lol :P

[Nactoble]

Originally posted by Riley@Sep 11 2006, 07:05 PM
i wouldnt get an alienware, its like getting a diamond toilet, when you know it does the same as the porcelain one. :lol:

Dude.. where have you been living during these 10 years? In a carton box? Nobody wants diamond toilets anymore.. those are old things.
ppl want stuff like MikroMikko nowadays! >: D

[Vr-Designs]

yeah, it seems weird but believe me it is possible.. it runs too fast for its own good lol..

and a carton box??? Alienware can destroy everything.... except Mikro.. you have me there -.-

^_^